E3 2017: A Way Out is the Next Game from the Creator of Brothers

<p>Josef Fares hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been very present in the spotlight since the critically-acclaimed <em>Brothers&colon; A Tale of Two Sons<&sol;em>&comma; but today at EA&&num;8217&semi;s EA Play event he announced his next game from the studio&comma; Hazelight&period; <em>A Way Out <&sol;em>will be a co-op adventure game that focuses on split screen and working together with the person next to you&period; The game can also be played online&comma; but is co-op only in either instance&period; You can check out a trailer for the game below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;yGZGSdgJVPM" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>A Way Out <&sol;em>follows two prisoners&comma; Vincent and Leo&comma; who each have their own character backgrounds and stories to unfold&period; However&comma; players will take control of one of the characters while their friend takes control of the other&period; This lends itself to interesting gameplay elements such as giving one player freedom to move while the other is in a cutscene&comma; or allowing them both to work together to create unique scenarios built from a simple objective or task&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the game definitely gives off some <em>Uncharted 4 <&sol;em>vibes&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s definitely a lot that can be pulled from Fares&&num;8217&semi;s last game&comma; <em>Brothers<&sol;em>&period; The two character dynamic seems more fleshed out&comma; and brought to something grittier and emotionally taxing for the characters&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also just a far more ambitious project&period; Fares had announced Hazelight&&num;8217&semi;s inception in 2014 at The Game Awards where he also revealed what the team was working on&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;hTmTdSPCPhU">which was still untitled<&sol;a>&period; That game showed two men who look a lot like Vincent and Leo in <em>A Way Out <&sol;em>riding on a train to somewhere unknown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Look at my sketches of A Way Out and the final😂 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;lkYJ6DQ1Bg">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;lkYJ6DQ1Bg<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Josef Fares &lpar;&commat;josef&lowbar;fares&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;josef&lowbar;fares&sol;status&sol;873641612563185668&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">June 10&comma; 2017<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Josef Fares also released sketches of scenes from the trailer that reveal how they looked on paper before they were fully animated&period; On top of that&comma; the EA Play event featured a gameplay video that you can watch below for more of a hint at how the game will function&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"&lowbar;ApSmPvxz1o" title&equals;"A Way Out Official Gameplay Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;&lowbar;ApSmPvxz1o"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;&lowbar;ApSmPvxz1o&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"A Way Out Official Gameplay Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I find this to be personally exciting news as I&&num;8217&semi;ve been impatiently awaiting Fares&&num;8217&semi;s next project after the impact that <em>Brothers <&sol;em>had on me&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a profoundly moving game that utilized its unique control scheme to better its narrative&comma; which is something that <em>A Way Out <&sol;em>looks like it also understands&period; I can&&num;8217&semi;t wait to hear more as E3 continues&period; EA Will be publishing the game as part of their EA Originals brand&comma; and will release it on PS4&comma; Xbox One and Origin in Early 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; EA Play Conference<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;