Fallout vet says his heavy metal open-world RPG is "5x the size of Skyrim," riffs on Todd Howard: "See that mountain there? You can go there"

Oct. 7, 2024

“I tried something smaller and it felt awful”

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Former and longtime Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile says his new “heavy metal open world horror game” is five times as big as Skyrim, and in doing so riffs on an iconic Todd Howard moment.

Explaining the need for such a large game world, Purkeypile said The Axis Unseen “is a hunting game with huge creatures, so it needs a lot of space. I tried something smaller and it felt awful.”

The game just got a demo on Steam and it releases on PC October 22.

Only time will tell if it joins the ranks of thebest open world gamesto play today.

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