@ms16969 23 October 2022 more from that month

Legendary game designer Will Wright, who led the production of SimCity and the original The Sims, hasn't made a big video game since Spore (2008). Now the developer with a team of like-minded people is working on a mysterious project called VOXVerse. Wright's new work is a social game in which the gamer will "mine something, build something and talk to people." Another distinctive feature of VOXVerse is voxel graphics. Kotaku notes, not without a dose of irony, that VOXVerse meets all the requirements of the project, which "should" be announced in May 2021. There is a blockchain, and NFT, and a metaverse - all the attributes of the game, from which at the end of 2022 the layman would rather wrinkle his nose than be delighted. The heroes of VOXVerse will be licensed characters from the world of movies, animated series and video games. A release date and a full list of target platforms for VOXVerse will be announced at a later date. VOXVerse is being developed by Gallium Games, a studio specializing in blockchain projects. It was founded by Wright himself, together with game designer Lauren Elliott. The latter is among the co-authors of the oldest series of educational games Carmen Sandiego.