PUBG Devs Premiere Untitled Project Based on Korean Fantasy Novel

The builders behind PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton Inc., simply introduced energetic growth on an untitled online game undertaking primarily based on a well-liked Korean fantasy sequence known as The Bird That Drinks Tears. Though we don’t have many particulars at this level, Krafton launched a largely nondescript official web site for the sport, nonetheless bearing “unannounced project” within the net deal with and a titleholder “GAME” on the precise web site. However, the web site gives a considerable amount of element relating to the novel itself and the direct inspiration it’s going to have on the sport’s growth. 

According to the official website, The Bird That Drinks Tears is a “best-selling fantasy novel written by renowned Korean novelist Yeongdo Lee” that has been “loved and celebrated for over 20 years.” Initially launched and serialized on-line (as all of Yeongdo Lee’s works), the 4-book sequence revolves round a fictional world and its 4 races; disregarding the tropes of Western fantasy like elves and dragons, The Bird That Drinks Tears employs usually Korean ideas just like the dokkaebi and a sort of folks wrestling known as ssireum, seemingly making the online game setting a really totally different place than audiences could also be used to. As such, three of those 4 races dwell on the world’s Northern half, together with the Rekkon, a race of big fowl warriors; the Tokebi (dokkaebi), primarily based on conventional Korean goblins; and people, that are – y’know – human. The Nhaga reside within the Southern half’s tropical jungles, being a cold-blooded reptilian race and having established their foothold within the South via an historic prior battle. 

With even fewer particulars, the story itself will observe a human named Kagan as he survives “by eating raw Nhaga out of vengeance,” apparently “due to a certain incident with the Nhaga.” Based on some identifiable bare-bones, a fellowship have to be based to rescue a “collaborator” with the Nhaga – now at risk as a result of they found a secret Nhaga plot that threatens the opposite races. Of this get together, Kagan is the “pathfinder,” and can most definitely be joined by a Tokebi as a “magician” and a Rekkon that wishes to be the “defeater.” Clearly, there are particular trade-offs to every of the races, so we may even see Skyrim-like character customization, permitting gamers totally different powers and talents relying on their chosen race. 

Riding on the gifted creativeness of Yeongdo Lee, Krafton has recruited Iain McCaig to “help bring the novel to life.” For the uninitiated, McCaig is a famend idea artist who has labored on early characters for Star Wars, The Avengers, Harry Potter, and The Terminator franchise. Guided by Lee’s work and McCaig’s expertise for advanced, eye-catching characters, Krafton wishes to create as devoted a world to The Bird That Drinks Tears as doable, and, from the seems of that idea artwork, they’re doing a spectacular job.