The first game from PlayerUnknown Productions, an emergent survival game called Prologue: Go Wayback!, will get an early access release this November, the developer announced Tuesday. The game is currently in an open beta, but next month’s early access release will include a host of new features.
PlayerUnknown Productions released an early access trailer for Prologue: Go Wayback! that highlights some of the new features coming to its single-player, run-based survival game. That includes custom game settings (weather, time of day, etc.), multiple game modes, and a map editor that lets players hand-draw their own map, import a map image, or generate a custom one.
Prologue: Go Wayback! puts players in a 64-square-kilometer world that changes for each run, promising beautiful and challenging worlds to explore and overcome, the developer says. Players need to survive a new wilderness while staying warm (under sometimes harsh conditions), secure food and drinkable water, and make their way to a weather tower.
PUBG Battlegrounds creator Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene and his PlayerUnknown Productions team first teased the game that would eventually become Prologue back in 2019. The project is rolling out in multiple phases and sizes, starting with the tech demo Preface: Undiscovered World and ultimately concluding with a project known as “Artemis”, described by the studio as “the large-scale ‘end goal’ project of the series.”
For now, players will have to satisfy themselves with Prologue: Go Wayback! to get a taste of what PlayerUnknown Productions has planned for its machine-learning-powered survival game. Prologue: Go Wayback!‘s early access release will be available starting Nov. 20 via Steam and the Epic Games Store, and costs $19.99.