Gods and Monsters, Ubisoft's open-world fantasy game, has yet to make an appearance during this summer's wave of online reveals and announcements. A random mishap that saw an alpha version of Gods and Monsters briefly available on Stadia has prompted Ubisoft to talk about the game, however. In quite the surprise, Ubisoft says that Gods and Monsters has dramatically changed since it was first shown during E3 2019, to the point where Ubisoft has even renamed the game.
Speaking with Eurogamer, Ubisoft wanted to make clear that the gameplay shown in the leaked Stadia game is not representative of the current state of Gods and Monsters. The leak was apparently an E3 2019 demo shown behind closed doors to journalists. The video shows a game strikingly similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Features like Link's exhaustion meter are immediately recognizable. This is notable, because Ubisoft very clearly wants everyone to know that Gods and Monsters is not just a Breath of the Wild copycat.
"Much has changed since then," Ubisoft makes clear. "Features, tone, art, and character designs," are all key aspects of Gods and Monsters that Ubisoft has changed since the E3 2019 demo was built. The new game could potentially be unrecognizable compared to the recently leaked gameplay. It could also still look similar, but Ubisoft is being very protective of its work.
However, as evidence that much has changed between the E3 2019 announcement of Gods and Monsters, as well as the demo, Ubisoft says the game's name has changed. Gods and Monsters is now useful to the game that was originally announced, but it apparently is no longer accurate. Ubisoft did not clarify what the game's name now is.
To find out more about the new game that was Gods and Monsters, gamers won't have to wait too long. Ubisoft states that it will have more information about the new game to share at the end of the summer. Summer ends in September, so it may be a while yet before the game that used to be Gods and Monsters reappears, as few gaming events that far out have been announced as of yet.
With the confirmation that Gods and Monsters won't reappear until later summer, it seems unlikely that it will be releasing in 2020. Otherwise, it seems very likely it would be shown in either Sony or Microsoft's summer digital events. If it's announced lat summer it may be better targeted for launch in 2021, though, a true next-generation game.
The game previously known as Gods and Monsters is currently in development.
Source: Eurogamer