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Human Element

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: Nexon Corporation
Developer: Robotoki
Release Date: Q4 2015

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'Human Element' (ALL) On Ice As Developer Shuts Down

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2015 @ 11:51 a.m. PST

Human Element is an open-world survival game which challenges players to rebuild society in the aftermath 35 years after a zombie apocalypse and adapt as the world evolves based on their actions.

Set 35 years after a zombie apocalypse, Human Element combines action, strategy and resource management to offer players the ability to create multiple human survival scenarios. The game features a cinematic, immersive, first-person experience using the latest CryEngine technology, and combines innovative new Streaming and Segmented World massively multiplayer online (MMO) game technologies to achieve a large open-world MMO experience while maintaining the high visual fidelity of a first-person shooter (FPS).

Having recently parted ways with publisher Nexon, trading free-to-play for a premium game, Human Element developer Robotoki has shut down while putting the game on hiatus.

On April 9th, 2012 I left my highly paid, highly successful career as Creative Strategist of the Call of Duty franchise at Infinity Ward. A role I started a decade earlier after making the decision that I would settle for nothing less than doing what I loved. 

My entire time there, I was in love with my job. I loved our fans, I loved our games, and I loved the team I was working alongside. Once we finished the Modern Warfare trilogy, I felt it was time to move on, to try my hand at independent game development and try to make something different.

Over the last two years, we made a lot of different.

We were actively negotiating a publishing deal for the premium version of Human Element but unfortunately I am unable to continue to self-fund the studio until that deal finalizes.

I want to thank every single person who supported us along this journey. It was an experience of a lifetime, and we learned a lifetime of experience.

I will never forget the friends we made, the experiences we created, and the lessons we learned. 

The women and men who make the games you love are risking everything, and its worth it.

Support indie development, play experimental games, and continue to do what you love to do.

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Robert Bowling

Define Yourself, Define Survival

Choose your role in the rebuilding of society. As a protector. As a scavenger. As a threat.

Whether you choose to survive alone, survive with a partner, or survive with a young child, the world responds to your choices, actions, and individual personality of survival in this open world, scenario driven experience.


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