Ubisoft is seemingly worked on an unannounced project known as Iridium, according to a casting call from earlier in the year for the project, which is directed by Kim Hurdon.
For those unaware, Hurdon works as a voice casting director who has been involved with various Ubisoft titles over the years. Here’s the synopsis, which is pretty lengthy and describes what seems like a science-fiction setting with a post-apocalyptic flavour.
In the aftermath of a terrible war, scavengers pick through the ruins of Highpoint City for invaluable resources. Once considered the pinnacle of human civilization, Highpoint is now controlled by the forces that defeated it, something between a prison and a science experiment gone wrong. Intense radiation prevents organic humans from operating inside the war zone, so human minds are copied into mechanical Shells, allowing them to explore this hostile landscape. Illegal factions struggle against each other for survival in the wastelands, while the local Authority maintains order as best it can.
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Now, decades after the fall of Highpoint, something is beginning to stir within the ashes… something alien. As Whittaker, a man with a shady past and a reputation for taking jobs no one else will, experience what it means to trade your humanity for a mechanical Shell as you embark on the journey of a lifetime. Whittaker will need stealth, cunning, and a variety of vehicles and weapon systems to reach the epicenter of this mysterious place. Only then will Highpoint reveal its deepest secrets.
Ubisoft hasn’t announced anything about a title by the name of Iridium yet, and it doesn’t sound like it fits with any known existing IP at the company. The publisher’s Leamington and Stockholm outfits are currently both working on new IPs, so this could be related to whatever they are working on.
[Source – MP1st]