hat would humanity be like
if we let our obsession with
technology run rampant in a
way that gets the better of
us? What if we continue to
irreparably ruin our planet?
These were just a couple of the questions
that V1 Interactive’s president Marcus Lehto
asked himself when exploring concepts for
his next project following his departure from
Bungie in 2012.
After spending 15 years at the studio, where
he co-created the immensely iconic Halo
series, designed and created the one and only
Master Chief, and spent a year helping develop
Destiny, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to
do next. He took a year to decompress and
had fun exploring different ideas for new
projects, but at the same time he tried not
to force the idea of making a game and just
let things evolve naturally. He delved into
a variety of genres from fantasy and sci-fito more spiritual and stranger conceptual
ideas, but kept returning to one concept
every time. It started as just a story, but it
was a seed that would burrow deep within
his mind. The more he thought about his idea,
the more he felt that not only was it a really
interesting fictional universe, but it was the
perfect playground to serve up a huge amount
of creative freedom and possibilities for
gameplay mechanics. That was when Lehto
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