00:04the most innocuous of LinkedIn profile
00:06bios kicked off a frenzy of rumor
00:08mongering way back in 2019. Rockstar
00:11India artist Paula saxena added to their
00:13job responsibilities that they were in
00:15the midst of creating modular
00:16environment pieces with Organic finish
00:19carefully following medieval
00:20architecture style those three final
00:23words the description of medieval
00:25architecture style whilst paltry was
00:27enough for this employee's profile to
00:28gain International traction the wording
00:31was subsequently removed from their
00:32profile but by this point it was too
00:34late for the internet had already
00:36decided a medieval game was forthcoming
00:39the employee in question had been
00:41working for bangalore-based druvet
00:43interactive one-time auxiliary of
00:45Swedish developer star brief Studio
00:47since 2017 before being acquired by
00:50Rockstar and absorbed into Rockstar
00:52India by May 2019. during a time of
00:55employer merging in Acquisitions it's
00:57likely succina felt compelled to update
00:59their LinkedIn profile should their job
01:01no longer be available come to complete
01:03absorption into Rockstar India so in a
01:06nutshell any job role describing work on
01:08medieval architecture probably happened
01:10whilst the employees still worked for
01:12juva interactive and before Rockstar
01:15still this tiny morsel was enough for
01:18one random redditor ironically enough
01:20with the username I know stuff312 to pop
01:23up with substance there's meat on the
01:25bones of that rumor or so they claimed
01:27according to their sources who they say
01:29are usually correct adding that they've
01:31been accurate in their story predictions
01:33for GTA online and Red Dead Redemption 2
01:36Rockstar's next game wasn't going to be
01:38Grand Theft Auto 6 or a long-touted
01:40sequel to 2006 bully but a fully fleshed
01:43open world medieval epic complete with
01:45sword fighting as the principal combat
01:47mechanic yes they add whilst any rumor
01:49should be taken with a pinch of salt
01:51fans should be expecting release during
01:55obviously we now know that these rumors
01:58should have been taken with a snow plows
02:00worth of salt as Grand Theft Auto 6 has
02:02been officially announced and
02:03furthermore has been in production since
02:052014. evidently redditer I know stuff312
02:09sources were leading them up the Garden
02:10Path but to be fair a development Empire
02:13as vast and as wealthy as rock stars
02:15could conceivably work on more than one
02:17title at a time after all since Grand
02:20Theft Auto 5's released swaths of
02:22development Talent throughout Rockstar's
02:23vast International Network have worked
02:25tirelessly to keep the GTA online
02:27Juggernaut churning out content
02:29alongside developing the successful
02:31sequel to Red Dead Redemption which came
02:33out in 2018. if Rockstar were ever
02:36working on a medieval themed title
02:37what's happened where is it
02:40deeper internet sleuthing yields more
02:43behind the scenes info this time from a
02:45purported former Rockstar employee who
02:47going by the username Ash 735 offers
02:50Choice nuggets of information over on
02:52the recent era forums in late 2019 as to
02:55the whereabouts of a medieval Rockstar
02:57game once again these comets are to be
02:59taken with fistfuls of salt they claim
03:01internal documents existed describing
03:03project timelines for Grand Theft Auto 6
03:06dating back to 2012. with pre-production
03:08beginning in 2014 Ash 735's dates aren't
03:12way off the mark But admittedly it's
03:14highly guessable especially if they did
03:16indeed work for Rockstar most revealing
03:18though is that a skeleton crew within
03:20Rockstar North were working on an
03:22entirely new IP which at the time was
03:25slated for release between Red Dead
03:26Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto 6 and
03:29it was known internally as project
03:32at this point in time officially
03:34announced yet strangely brushed under
03:36the carpet stealth action thriller agent
03:38had been abandoned and Bully two while
03:40still a rumor until itself that it'll
03:42eventually happen given it's been
03:44reportedly in development and shelved
03:46multiple times isn't a New Prospect for
03:48Rockstar so the only possibility still
03:50in contention that fits the criteria of
03:53new IP is this alleged medieval game
03:56so again if we run with Ash 735's
03:59testimony for just a second what has
04:01happened to project medieval well Ash
04:03735 themselves don't give much more than
04:06a shrug of the shoulders the scribing
04:07projects as being greenlit then shelved
04:09almost routinely within Rockstar with
04:11bully sequel being reportedly in the
04:13works and canceled a couple times during
04:15their tenure so yes it's possible
04:17Rockstar have gone cold on the idea of a
04:20medieval themed game despite most of us
04:22agreeing it'd be a good fit for the
04:24company whose penchant for richly
04:25detailed open worlds remains
04:28there's a strong chance project medieval
04:31was the passion project of former
04:33co-president Leslie benzies who as I'm
04:35sure you all are aware is no longer with
04:37Rockstar North following a very public
04:39Fallout over principally unpaid
04:42royalties with fellow co-president Sam
04:44and Dan Hauser although there are tons
04:46of other accusations that were flown
04:48around at the time which resulted in a
04:50lengthy lawsuit which only saw
04:51settlement in early 2019 with benzie's
04:54unceremoniously dumped from Rockstar
04:56North it's likely any ideas in projects
04:58being worked on under his team will have
05:00been put through the proverbial paper
05:02shredder too a crying shame but benzies
05:04has moved on to pastures new with the
05:06promising looking everywhere coming next
05:08year from his new studio build a rocket
05:10boy with a team made up of former
05:14the entirety of this feature is widely
05:17speculative for sure but to be honest
05:19Rockstar's devout secrecy feeds the
05:21rumors hearsay is nothing but feeble
05:24attempts to piece together Rockstar's
05:25enigmatic going ons behind closed doors
05:27in an interview with polygon journalist
05:30David Kushner describes Rockstar
05:31perfectly it's like Willy Wonka's
05:34chocolate factory in there before going
05:36on to add mysteriously people go in and
05:38they don't come out you never see how
05:40the chocolate gets made
05:42so what does this all mean well a
05:44medieval open world Opus gallot Knights
05:47on horsebacks land ruled by kings and
05:49queens freshly risen Castle swords bows
05:52arrows a grand theft feudal for the
05:54Modern Age its existence can never be
05:56disproven likewise without even a shred
05:58of proof it exists leaked concept art
06:01former employees breaking ndas nothing
06:03its existence can't be confirmed either
06:05hell project medieval might even be an
06:08internal working title for something
06:09completely unrelated to
06:12but let's just imagine for a second what
06:14a rockstar game set within the Middle
06:16Ages would play like it'd certainly be
06:18fantastic Rockstar would likely tackle
06:20this era in Earnest with strong
06:22realistic combat Punchy dialogue and
06:24relatable flawed characters it'd be
06:26refreshing too medieval settings often
06:28rely on overuse fantasy tropes of
06:30magical warlocks Wizardry and
06:32fire-breathing dragons to prop up their
06:34game worlds Rockstar Games was
06:36Fantastical in their approach to social
06:38commentary and satire are always
06:40grounded in some semblance of reality
06:42and you know a game with swordplay as
06:45its primary fighting mechanic represents
06:47something completely different for
06:48Rockstar for up to now guns have been
06:50their bread and butter a serious stab at
06:52a Medieval Era game that is laced with
06:54all the tongue-in-cheek humor Rockstar
06:56are famous for could be a great move for
06:58the developer maybe Time Will Reveal a
07:00secret medieval game but for now it's
07:02fun to imagine that's all for now if you
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