Of course, this isn’t a surprise since Brendan Greene already confessed that Prologue isn’t so much of a game as it is a proof-of-concept. Greene says that it will eventually lead to Project Artemis, a massively open-world touted to be the size of the earth. Prologue’s map size of 64×64 kilometers pales in comparison to that. Furthermore, Greene has also detailed that the game’s pricing will follow the route of “pay what you want.”

“I think it’ll be quite boring,” he confessed. “Light fires, board up windows, keep yourself warm against the constant storm where cold weather will knock you out. But again, it’s more to show a consistent world with logical points on it where you can do things, and this is systemic gameplay.”

Prologue is looking to be a different experience, at least from what’s known about it. The massive open-world and the inherent feeling of repetition is in some ways reminiscent of Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding, which is still a divisive game for fans of its creator.

PUBG Studios parent company Krafton holds some minority stake within Greene’s company, which is currently exploring systems for massive open-world games. Of course, this hints at something related to Greene’s previous works such as PUBG – but no confirmed details are known as of yet. There’s also a new IP in the works at Greene’s studio titled Prologue, which is also mostly shrouded in mystery.

Earlier last month, PUBG‘s official name was changed from PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds to PUBG: Battlegrounds. A free-to-play trial was also conducted a while before, where player response was rumored to be gauged in an effort to turn the game into free-to-play for the future.