I september rapporterade vi om en intervju där PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds-skaparen Brendan Greene sade till Gamesindustry.biz att Sea of Thieves-utvecklarna Rare erbjudit sig att dela med sig av sin teknik för vatten. När vi nyligen fick chansen att prata med Greene, passade vi på att be honom förtydliga vad som egentligen sagts och frågade om detta kommer bli verklighet:
"No, we're not. I need to clarify this right now. I might not have been as precise as I should have been in the interview. A lot of people have misunderstood what I said. Yes, Rare offered us to use their water tech, but we quickly realised that it wouldn't be possible to use in PUBG without having to do significant changes to the game's core code. Changes that would have taken a very long time to do, or maybe even be impossible. By all means, it's been incredibly fun to share knowledge and experiences with other developers, but there are just a few technologies we can't use in our game. Sea of Thieves' water tech is one of these."
Kort sagt, vi ska alltså inte räkna med att Rares vattenteknik dyker upp i spelet. Har du själv spelat PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, och tycker du att vatteneffekterna behöver piffas till?