The Twitch streamers shroud and Sacriel have announced a game they are developing together with the studio Splash Damage.
Who is it about?
- Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is a well-known streamer and former CS:GO pro.
- Shroud is known for his gifted aim in shooters and demonstrates this regularly in his streams. He is considered a shooter god by many shooter fans.
- On Twitch, Shroud has 10.5 million followers and averaged 15,000 viewers over the past 6 months.
- In 2022, shroud made his comeback in esports and became a Valorant pro for the Sentinels team.
What kind of game will it be? On March 16, 2023, Shroud announced that he, along with streamer “Sacriel,” is developing a survival shooter that will have an open world.
In a video that Shroud posted on Twitter as part of the announcement, the streamer raised high expectations: “I want to create the best game of all time.”
Which studio is making Shroud’s game? The two streamers will develop their game with the studio “Splash Damage.”
Splash Damage already has experience in developing shooters and has worked on games like GEARS 5 and the Halo Master Chief Collection (via splashdamage.com).
In 2023, the studio also plans to release the cooperative game “Transformers: Reactivate.” Here you can see a trailer:
What is Shroud’s involvement in the development of the game? In the video on Twitter, Shroud also gives an insight into what he contributes to the game. This mainly concerns the gunplay. As examples, he mentions how the weapon behaves and what the recoil is like.
In conclusion, Shroud emphasizes what is important in the game and says: “The gunplay is very important.”
Shroud and Sacriel are not the first streamers to announce their own game. Dr. Disrespect is also working on his own title, a shooter called “Deadrop,” and has even founded his own development studio called “Midnight Society” for it.
Deadrop is set to be a mix of Battle Royal and Extraction Shooter:
