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Starfield’s lead quest designer joins other ex-Bethesda devs - plus Obsidian and BioWare vets - to work on upcoming open-world RPG WyrdsongWill Shen was also a writer on Skyrim and multiple Fallout games
Will Shen was also a writer on Skyrim and multiple Fallout games
Image credit:Something Wicked Games
Image credit:Something Wicked Games
It sounds like quite the team of RPG talent is assembling behind upcomingopen-world gameWyrdsong, the debut title from newfound studio Something Wicked Games. On top of its existing staff made up of former Bethesda, Obsidian, Respawn and BioWare devs, the lead quest designer forStarfieldhas joined the team.
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Before heading up quest design on this year’s sprawling sci-fi adventure, Will Shen also worked as a quest designer and writer for other Bethesda games includingSkyrim,Fallout 4and Fallout 4’spretty darn good DLC Far Harbor, on which he was lead designer.
Excited to announce that I’ve joined Something Wicked Games! I’ll be working alongside an incredible group of roleplaying game developers, and it’s amazing to think we have veterans from Bethesda, Obsidian, and Bioware all on one team.https://t.co/kIfie3NH3K— William Shen (@WillShen101)October 16, 2023
Excited to announce that I’ve joined Something Wicked Games! I’ll be working alongside an incredible group of roleplaying game developers, and it’s amazing to think we have veterans from Bethesda, Obsidian, and Bioware all on one team.https://t.co/kIfie3NH3K
That hasn’t stopped Something Wicked from talking a big game, promising “a high-quality, new AAA RPG experience” that will “redefine aspects of the RPG genre as a whole” and force players to “question both their reality and the choices they make”. Mmhmm.
Still, the studio has the experience to seemingly back that up, with Shen joining co-founder Jeff Gardiner - a 15-year Bethesda veteran who was previously project lead onFallout 76- and a team with credits across massive names includingFallout 3,Fallout: New Vegas, Skyrim andDragon Age: Inquisition. Also among that number is fellow co-founder and design director Charles Staples, who was design director onThe Outer Worldsand lead level designer onSouth Park: The Stick of Truthduring a years-long tenure at Obsidian.
WYRDSONG | Announcement Trailer | Something Wicked GamesWatch on YouTube
WYRDSONG | Announcement Trailer | Something Wicked Games
Something Wicked say they plan to staff up to more than 100 staff in order to make Wyrdsong (it’ll be an Unreal Engine 5 game). They’re currently at just shy of 40, so expect that list of familiar names to grow soon enough.
