Wild (video game)


Wild is an upcoming open world survival adventure game developed by French developer Wild Sheep Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The game was announced in 2014 at Gamescom. According to DLCompare, new images were released in April 2020 and the game is still in development.

Gameplay

Wild is set during the prehistoric Neolithic period, in a procedurally generated world of seemingly infinite size. Within the game world, the player controls a human and can use smaller animals to spy on others, or larger animals to support the player and their tribe in fights with other humans. Animals can be controlled by using shamanic powers - once "possessing" an animal the gameplay moves to the point of view of the controlled creature, and then proceeds using the skills and characteristics of that animal.

Development

Wild began development in 2014 at Wild Sheep Studio, a developer based in Montpellier founded by Michel Ancel from Ubisoft. Initial plans for the game included a very large, continent-sized open world, dynamic weather complete with seasonal variations, online play, and the ability to play as any wild creature in the world, including wolves, sheep, fish, ants, cats, birds, etc. A gameplay trailer for the game was shown at Gamescom in August 2014 and then at Paris Games Week in October 2015, where the developers released a new gameplay trailer and a film about the production of the game.
Despite lead designer Michel Ancel posting screenshots of the game on social media in January 2017, many journalists have cited the game to be vaporware.