Lightspeed Studios, finest recognized for co-developing PUBG Cellular, and Will Smith, finest recognized for slapping comic Chris Rock on stay tv, have teamed up for a free-to-play open world survival shooter known as Undawn.
Jokes apart, Will Smith is likely one of the greatest film stars on the earth, an Academy Award winner (and 4-time nominee) whose movies have earned practically $9 billion worldwide. Apart from a Fortnite pores and skin, this seems to be Smith’s first actual videogame function, and if I have been to image him because the face of a sport I assume it might be one thing somewhat extra grand—like Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk 2077, or Liam Neeson in Fallout 3, or one of many many Hollywood actors who’ve carried out within the Name of Obligation sequence.
As an alternative, Will Smith is now the face of a free-to-play cellular shooter that is additionally coming to Steam. So, yeah, I am as confused as you might be. Go forward and watch the star of The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air wordlessly ship a smackdown on some monsters making hassle in his neighborhood within the trailer above.
We first heard about Undawn in 2019 (it was initially known as Daybreak Awakening) however it’s lastly on the point of launch: the free-to-play multiplayer survival sport launches on June 15 for cellular units and on PC. If you happen to want a refresher on what it’s, precisely, learn on:
“Within the post-apocalyptic world of Undawn, survivors have break up into completely different factions every with their very own guidelines of survival,” reads a press launch despatched to PC Gamer (which, no joke, contained the phrases “Get Jiggy” within the topic line). “Throughout their daring journey, gamers will encounter legendary survivor Trey Jones performed by world film star Will Smith. Trey will act as a information to assist different survivors navigate the world 4 years after a worldwide catastrophe.”
It is somewhat laborious to say what’s within the precise sport—the official site instantly will get busy tantalizing you with a listing of rewards you get for pre-registering, like consumables and a number of other several types of in-game forex. The Steam page is a bit more to the purpose, exhibiting off taking pictures, monsters, useful resource gathering, base constructing, and autos. It additionally exhibits a really cluttered cellular sport HUD, so I am not tremendous optimistic it’s going to be gratifying on PC.
As for Will Smith, he does match into the world of Undawn fairly nicely, although principally as a result of he seems quite a bit like his character Robert Neville from 2007 zombie apocalypse movie I Am Legend. I am somewhat suspicious that Smith’s character does not discuss within the trailer, and even make noises like “ugh” or “uff” whereas operating, sliding, and bashing monsters. Did he simply lend his seems, and never his voice, to the sport? I assume we’ll discover out on June 15.
