Project: Knoxville is a cancelled video game developed by Press Play and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox One.[1] The game puts emphasis on survival and lets players co-operate with each other to achieve success. The game adapts an open development and allows the community to give input regarding the game's development. As Press Play was closed in March 2016, the game was no longer in development.
Project: Knoxville is a third-personmultiplayersurvival game.[2] Throughout the game, players can jump, sprint, and interact with the environments. The game's major objective is to survive and escape from an arena which is filled with different hostile enemies. These arenas are round-based, each one lasting for approximately ten to twenty minutes, and the game does not feature a persistent world.[3] Players can interact with characters that are controlled by other players, and can choose whether to trust them or to distrust them. The game supports co-operative gameplay.[4] As a result, players have the option to demand attention from other players, as well as requesting weapons, healing and currency from them. Some missions require multiple players to work and ally together, or else they will be unable to complete them. Competitive multiplayer elements are also present in the game, in which players can choose to eliminate or backfire at each other.[5][6][7]
In the arena, the player will be accompanied by seven different players at the beginning of each match.[5] They can pick up weapons that are sparsely scattered across the world to defend themselves and attack enemies[8] They are also tasked to collect coins, which can be used to escape a level and upgrade the character the player is using. The number of coins in a level is limited, and some players may not be able to collect the coin needed to escape the level, and will get left behind in the arena.[7] Players who die in the game can also enter an Afterlife mode. They can spawn objects that will influence a round, such as enemies or medkit next to surviving characters.[7][8]
Developmentedit
The game was developed by Press Play, who had previously worked on Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and Kalimba.[9] On August 18, 2015, Press Play revealed three different projects they may work on, and asked the public to vote and choose the one that they wanted the most.[10][11] The three projects were Project: Dwarka, Project: Karoo and Project: Knoxville. Dwarka is a dungeon crawler set in a first-person perspective.[12] It tasks players to play as a dwarf and investigate dungeons, which are procedurally generated. Karoo is a simulation game, which tasks players to build and customize their own vehicles, and explore a wasteland to gather different resources. The third project is Knoxville, which was ultimately chosen by the community.[13] All of them feature multiplayer components.[14][15][16]
According to Press Play, the game was inspired by films like The Running Man and The Hunger Games.[17] Similar to the films, they put emphasis on survival and the relationships between players.[5] The game's development was aimed to be transparent,[5] as they would share new information of the game every other week through Twitch.[5] Supporters would also get to join meetings of the development team through Skype.[3][18]
On March 7, 2016, Microsoft announced that Press Play has closed down, and that the development of Project: Knoxville had ended. The decision was made as Microsoft wished to "focus its investment and development on the games and franchises that fans find most exciting and want to play".[19]
Referencesedit
^"Exclusive: Press Play discuss Project Knoxville, their ambitious and exclusive Xbox One survival game". windowscentral.com. 16 September 2015. from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
^Yin-Poole, Wesley (September 9, 2015). "Press Play's next game is Project: Knoxville". Eurogamer. from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^ abPereira, Chris (August 18, 2015). "You Can Choose Which Game This Studio Makes Next". GameSpot. from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Todd, Andrew (September 9, 2015). "Press Play's next game is the Hunger Games-inspired Project Knoxville". Gameplanet (New Zealand). Retrieved September 9, 2015.[permanent dead link]
^ abcdeMartin, Michael (September 8, 2015). "Knoxville: The Next Game From Press Play". IGN. from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Cook, Hershall (August 18, 2015). "You Can Vote On Press Play's Next Game". Game Informer. from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^ abc"Project: Knoxville Prototype Gameplay". YouTube. Press Play. August 18, 2015. from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^ abHussain, Tamoor (September 9, 2015). "Max: The Curse of Brotherhood Dev's Next Game is The Hunger Games Meets The Running Man And Left 4 Dead". GameSpot. from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Phillips, Tom (August 18, 2015). "You can vote on which game the developer of Max: the Curse of Brotherhood makes next". Eurogamer. from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Williams, Mike (August 18, 2015). "Microsoft's Press Play Opens Its Development Process to the Players". USgamer. from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Campbell, Evan (August 18, 2015). "Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and Kalimba Dev Press Play Letting Fans Pick Studio's Next Game". IGN. from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Nunneley, Stephany (August 18, 2015). "Vote on which game Max: The Curse of Brotherhood studio develops next". VG247. from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Hillier, Brenna (September 9, 2015). "Knoxville chosen as Press Play's next project". VG247. from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Campbell, Colin (August 18, 2015). "Developer Press Play asks public to choose next project". Polygon. from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^Prell, Sam (August 18, 2015). "Xbox studio is letting you pick its next game". GamesRadar. from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
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^Jarvis, Matthew (March 7, 2016). "Lionhead ceases Fable Legends development, considering closure". Develop. from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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Project Knoxville is a cancelled video game developed by Press Play and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox One 1 The game puts emphasis on survival and lets players co operate with each other to achieve success The game adapts an open development and allows the community to give input regarding the game s development As Press Play was closed in March 2016 the game was no longer in development Project KnoxvillePromotional poster of Project KnoxvilleDeveloper s Press PlayPublisher s Microsoft StudiosDirector s Mikkel ThorstedPlatform s Xbox OneReleaseCancelledGenre s Survival actionMode s Multiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Development 3 References 4 External linksGameplay editProject Knoxville is a third person multiplayer survival game 2 Throughout the game players can jump sprint and interact with the environments The game s major objective is to survive and escape from an arena which is filled with different hostile enemies These arenas are round based each one lasting for approximately ten to twenty minutes and the game does not feature a persistent world 3 Players can interact with characters that are controlled by other players and can choose whether to trust them or to distrust them The game supports co operative gameplay 4 As a result players have the option to demand attention from other players as well as requesting weapons healing and currency from them Some missions require multiple players to work and ally together or else they will be unable to complete them Competitive multiplayer elements are also present in the game in which players can choose to eliminate or backfire at each other 5 6 7 In the arena the player will be accompanied by seven different players at the beginning of each match 5 They can pick up weapons that are sparsely scattered across the world to defend themselves and attack enemies 8 They are also tasked to collect coins which can be used to escape a level and upgrade the character the player is using The number of coins in a level is limited and some players may not be able to collect the coin needed to escape the level and will get left behind in the arena 7 Players who die in the game can also enter an Afterlife mode They can spawn objects that will influence a round such as enemies or medkit next to surviving characters 7 8 Development editThe game was developed by Press Play who had previously worked on Max The Curse of Brotherhood and Kalimba 9 On August 18 2015 Press Play revealed three different projects they may work on and asked the public to vote and choose the one that they wanted the most 10 11 The three projects were Project Dwarka Project Karoo and Project Knoxville Dwarka is a dungeon crawler set in a first person perspective 12 It tasks players to play as a dwarf and investigate dungeons which are procedurally generated Karoo is a simulation game which tasks players to build and customize their own vehicles and explore a wasteland to gather different resources The third project is Knoxville which was ultimately chosen by the community 13 All of them feature multiplayer components 14 15 16 According to Press Play the game was inspired by films like The Running Man and The Hunger Games 17 Similar to the films they put emphasis on survival and the relationships between players 5 The game s development was aimed to be transparent 5 as they would share new information of the game every other week through Twitch 5 Supporters would also get to join meetings of the development team through Skype 3 18 On March 7 2016 Microsoft announced that Press Play has closed down and that the development of Project Knoxville had ended The decision was made as Microsoft wished to focus its investment and development on the games and franchises that fans find most exciting and want to play 19 References edit Exclusive Press Play discuss Project Knoxville their ambitious and exclusive Xbox One survival game windowscentral com 16 September 2015 Archived from the original on 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7 2016 Lionhead ceases Fable Legends development considering closure Develop Archived from the original on March 8 2016 Retrieved March 8 2016 External links editKnoxville at Microsoft Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knoxville video game amp oldid 1185358970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
