A new horror game is on the way for PlayStation 5, as the Firesprite studio is working on a new exclusive and is developing it with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 graphics engine. No word on when the game would arrive, but it will be a AAA experience with a narrative focus.
Thanks to the Resetera forums it became known that the Firesprite studio, which was acquired by Sony in September of last year, is hiring staff to work on its new horror adventure for PlayStation 5. The studio published job vacancies in which it gave some details of what to expect.
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Firesprite is a UK based developer studio and is looking for talent for their Liverpool offices. According to their vacancy, Firesprite is looking for a Narrative Director for their new project, an AAA game with a narrative focus on the horror-adventure genre, made with Unreal Engine 5 for PlayStation 5.
The Narrative Director would be in charge of the plot of the project, in addition to establishing the lore of the universe in which the game will be developed and supervising the narrative quality. For the position Firesprite is looking for veterans with a lot of knowledge in storytelling techniques, especially in interactive media; with an understanding of how game development works.
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Firesprite prides itself on being an inclusive studio, asking all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, gender, disability, religion, or sexual orientation. However, it’s clear that we’re a few years away from seeing anything from this new PlayStation 5 exclusive.