Sony Unveals New MMO H1Z1

H1Z1 will be set in a post-apocalyptic world, with Joh Smedley tweeting that the game will be available "soon."

John Smedley, Sony Online Entertainment president has revealed that the company has been developing a free-to-play MMO called H1Z1.

Also a teaser site has also gone live, which links to the official subreddit for the game.

"It’s a massively multiplayer game in which players fight for survival in a world where death is the only sure thing," Smedley said. "The H1Z1 virus devastated mankind and left nothing but death and destruction in its wake and a world nearly empty of human life where the remnants of humanity are in a fight against extinction against those infected with the virus."

"It uses our proprietary next-gen Forgelight engine and that means we’ve had a lot of really cool technology to work with to make the game we wanted to make," he added. The game will also use the roadmap system from Planetside 2 to "clearly communicate what features we’re working on."

The game is designed to allow players to become part of the design process, Smedley stated.

"We’ll be opening it up for Player Studio creations too so expect player-created items to make their way into the game," he said. The design team is putting emphasis on "player ownership and building."