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A Way Out | Hazelight Studios (makers of Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons) x EA

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- Release in early 2018
- Origin, PS4, Xbox One
- co-op only game
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZGSdgJVPM


Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), in partnership with Hazelight, announced A Way Out, a new EA Originals game coming to players from the creative minds behind the critically-acclaimed indie title, Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons. Coming early 2018, A Way Out is a co-op only game uniquely tailored for two players to work together no matter the situation. Through a compelling narrative, Leo and Vincent will embark on an emotional adventure, where they will live some memorable action moments that they will face together including car chases, stealth passages, melee fights, shootouts and many more.

"Josef and his team at Hazelight represent everything that EA Originals stands for," said Patrick Soderlund, Executive Vice President of EA Worldwide Studios. "They are a small and very talented group with a vision and passion for a game that is truly unique in the video game industry. A Way Out is going to surprise people with its innovative co-op gameplay and the way it tells an emotional story solely through these two characters."

"This game is going to bring a co-op experience unlike anything you have ever seen before," said Josef Fares, Writer and Director at Hazelight. "The idea for A Way Out came when me and a friend tried to find a story driven co-op game that wasn't a drop-in/drop-out experience. We simply could not find a game like that. We're also bringing an innovative look into how to tell the story of both these characters. Players will be immersed in the game with the way we change the display from a full screen experience seamlessly to different cinematic split-screen formats. By focusing on the two characters in different ways, it opens up a huge variety of gameplay, as we really wanted to avoid repetitions so they will get to know the characters through very different situations."

The story of A Way Out begins in prison with two separate inmates, Leo and Vincent, who don't know each other. While their individual stories progress, players will have to build a relationship based on trust as they break both men out of prison into the world beyond. This co-op only experience is meant to be played together with a friend on a couch or online.

A Way Out is being developed by Hazelight and will be available as a digital download in early 2018 on PC via Origin, Xbox One and PlayStation® 4. For more information on the game, head to http://www.awayoutgame.com.
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Hazelight Studios is a Stockholm-based game studio which was formed in 2014. The founding members were the core team working on the well-received Starbreeze title 'Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons'. Hazelight currently has about 25 employees.

A Way Out is the studio's first game and is set for a release on all (well, maybe not all) major platforms later this year. The title was funded by EA (SEK 30m), though studio founder Fares says that Hazelight has full creative control over their game, with very little publisher involvement. Hazelight is using the UE4 to create the game.

The game will be officially unveiled later today at EA's E3 conference, with a cinematic trailer and Josef Fares (director and writer) on stage.

A teaser trailer was released in 2014: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB9uaH5VoAAILEv.jpg:large
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I hope this reveal doesnt take the place of Visceral's Star Wars game. But I guess EA doesn't want to show TWO Star Wars games.
 
Liamc723 said:
No?

Star Wars Battlefront II and Visceral's Star Wars game. Hopefully we get both, but the leak points to no.
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I just don't see what this would have to do with that. Regardless of the amount of SW projects they show, this wouldn't be "taking the place" of any of them. It would be there regardless.

I guess that's where my confusion sprang from.

(To be fair, I didn't look at the leak at all so I'm not up on that.)
 
TetraGenesis said:
I just don't see what this would have to do with that. Regardless of the amount of SW projects they show, this wouldn't be "taking the place" of any of them. It would be there regardless.

I guess that's where my confusion sprang from.

(To be fair, I didn't look at the leak at all so I'm not up on that.)
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They said they would be showing 8 games, 2 of them unannounced. People want them to be Bioware's new IP and a new Star Wars game, but it's going to be Bioware's new IP and this game, or at least everyone assume so.
 
MasterOfNone said:
Wait, where is that leak from? Why does it say Dylan instead of the actual name?

Looks really fake
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Yeah, I think so too, why would it say Dylan instead of the real name. Unless it's another EA bullshit of "we're working on this, no other news"like they have done the last few years.
 
kulapik said:
They said they would be showing 8 games, 2 of them unannounced. People want them to be Bioware's new IP and a new Star Wars game, but it's going to be Bioware's new IP and this game, or at least everyone assume so.
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I guess I considered this game already announced, even if it was a small teaser, but I could see how they might consider this the "official" announcement.
 
It does look very interesting, it has a unique theme for a game, and for it to be coop, looks promising.
 
This reminds me a lot of Uncharted. This actually doesn't look bad. Some of the ways they play with the splitscreen look pretty clever.
 
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