
Japanese game developer Monolith Soft, the studio behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series, has begun a recruitment drive for "experienced staff in action game development".
Translated by JapaneseNintendo, the recruitment post describes itself as being "urgent", with a Technical Artist (including modelling and animation), Programmer, Planner (including map, level design and event), and Designer (including character models) being searched for. The post provides no mention of which game potential staff will be working on, nor any word of a particular console or publisher, but the Switch is a pretty safe bet considering the developer has been working with Nintendo pretty much exclusively since the mid 2000s.
Naturally, this leaves us pondering the question of what the studio might be up to. Is this the start of the next Xenoblade title? Could this suggest that the studio is working on a brand new franchise? Whether the "urgency" of the post is thanks to replacing leaving staff members, or an urgent need to grow to create a larger-than-usual project, is unknown, but it's pretty exciting stuff all the same.
What do you think Monolith Soft is working on? Would you like to see something new and fresh? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
[source japanesenintendo.com, via monolithsoft.co.jp]
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Curiouser and curiouser...
Whatever it is, it will probably be great!
I understand they're doing something different for the next one which I'm sure will be great but I'd love another Xenoblade, really enjoyed the two I played.
Man, I love me some Monolith Soft.
"The post provides no mention of which game potential staff will be working on, nor any word of a particular console or publisher, but the Switch is a pretty safe bet considering the developer has been working with Nintendo pretty much exclusively since the mid 2000s." Isn't Monolith owned by Nintendo, so I assume it will have to be on one of their consoles.
As to what it is, last year it was made known that the developer were creating a new IP through job listings and some artist impressions were released, though I don't think any name was given to the game.
Monolith Soft is completely owned by Nintendo, they are basically a first party development studio at Nintendo.... not sure why the qrticle questions the console/publisher not being Nintendo....
"... a larger-than-usual project..."
Larger than Xenoblade Chronicles 2? Gosh... that would be pretty damn huge!
Nintendo owns 80% of Monolith. The other 20% is divided between Bandai-Namco and Monolith's founders. So yeah, they're a first party studio. BN holding onto part is for business relationship reasons which you can see from Pac-Man in Smash 4 on top of BN doing some codevelopment work too.
Meanwhile Retro Studio is making another DK remaster
@FragRed Yes, they own Monolith Soft. They're just as much a part of Nintendo as their EAD studios are (or whatever they're called these days).
Please be an open world action adventure...
@Octane Thanks for clarifying. I know it’s not possible to know everything, but for a news site that’s devoted to all things Nintendo related, knowing what developers they know should be pretty basic stuff. Or at least look it up for relevant articles.
The image implies something fantasy based.
I was hoping their next project would be a sequel to XCX and a Mech Action game at that.
Bring it on! Xenoblade is my favourite game on switch so far
This could be the direct sequel to BOTW that everyones talk about. Monolith was involved in the last game, they could totally help ninty in several ways for the sequel.
Anything Monolith Soft touches becomes amazing. Id love another xenoblade, and im certain we will get one at some, but I feel like this is the start of a new IP.
@liljmoore I’m more than cool with that! 😂😁
I love the concept art on their page. Is that for that new project they were talking about a while ago?
A spiritual successor to The Last Story.
I know it's not the same studio, but please let me dream
I want Disaster Day of Crisis 2: Night of Crisis.
Such a talented development team there at Monolith Soft.
Consistent quality.
I look forward to whatever they put out.
High chance this will be great.its monolith.
It would be pretty cool to see an action RPG spinoff of Xenoblade. Monolith Soft is a pretty stellar studio so I would consider almost anything they release at this point.
Well, they've got some action/adventure experience with Breath of the Wild. Who knows what they have in store.
As long as it's nothing like XC2's character design, I'm down.
Weren't they already supposed to be working on a new IP fantasy action RPG or something? Probably for that. Hope it means it is ready to be unveiled. I love me some Monolith
This fits the rumor last year they're moving into an actio RPG after Xeno2 releases.
To clarify my last comment about it probably being great: they need to do some polishing before releasing it. XC2 is great, but it has some problems that a couple of months more could've fixed.
Whatever they're doing, I'll take two. Oh, and while they're taking my money, hook a brother up with a port of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Chronicles X. Thank you.
Having finished XCX not too long ago, I would definitely be on board for a sequel. A new IP is always welcome, too. I have full confidence in Monolith at this point.
@TossedLlama call me out!! Haha
An XCX sequel/port pls
I'm very excited for Monolith to move on from Xeno titles and offer us a new kinda of action rpg. This sounds like the "Western Style RPG" they were hiring for a year ago.
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