Does Blizzard want to expand Overwatch or is a new shooter being planned here? People are being sought to animate creatures and characters.
The job listings page of Blizzard was recently expanded with more positions. It sounds like Blizzard is assembling a team to develop a new shooter. Whether this new title might take place in the Starcraft or Diablo universe is still unclear.
A Senior Technical Animation Artist is now being sought.
New Blizzard Shooter?
Three job listings from the Blizzard website have been noticed in the Neogaf forum that should be taken a closer look at. All belong to the “Unannounced Project” category and offer a job at Blizzard’s headquarters in Irvine. These three jobs apparently do not refer to the mobile game for which Blizzard is also looking for new people.
- A Lead Software Engineer is being sought for a first-person engine (for an unannounced project). The candidate has additional opportunities if they are already familiar with first-person or other action games.
- Additionally, Blizzard is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to work on an unannounced project that utilizes a first-person engine. It is also advantageous in this job if one has experience working on first-person or other action games.
- The third interesting job listing is for a Senior Technical Animation Artist. And for this position, it is also beneficial if the candidate has experience with games that utilize the first-person perspective. In this job, tools are to be created to animate many characters and creatures.
- The job listings can be found on Blizzard’s official career page. Here are the Blizzard jobs at careers.blizzard.com
The remark that people are being sought for “many different characters and creatures” sparks discussions among fans. This could mean that the shooter does not take place in the world of “Overwatch” (it would be strange with creatures), but rather in a fantasy setting.
We are curious when we will learn more about this unannounced project.
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