Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) has teamed up with Jerome Wu, who labored on World of Warcraft for an epic new sci-fi area opera franchise titled House Nation. The franchise is being developed as a TV sequence, a online game, and a sequence of animated shorts.

House Nation will launch as a “massively multiplayer on-line role-playing sport (MMORPG), the place gamers assume the roles of ship captains, embarking on an epic journey to unravel the mysteries of the Telikos Cluster and immerse themselves within the unfolding grand area opera.”

The story is ready in a universe inhabited by alien species and pushed by three principal factions with distinct ideologies and targets.

The net sport’s alpha check will launch in August 2023 and is ready for a business launch within the second quarter of 2024. That sport might be adopted by the TV sequence, animated shorts in addition to spinoff video games.

Emmerich and Wu are additionally engaged on the undertaking with Tony Tang, who labored on the net sport Warframe, and Marco Weber, who was a producer on Emmerich’s 1999 sci-fi movie The Thirteenth Ground. The undertaking launched with a $50 million finances.

Emmerich stated in a press release: “Hollywood’s rising curiosity in video video games displays a wider recognition of gaming’s recognition and storytelling potential. The expansive universe we’re constructing in House Nation is an incredible alternative to captivate audiences wherever they eat leisure with revolutionary new types of storytelling.”

Jerome Wu, CEO and co-creator of House Nation added: “The panorama of leisure is evolving quickly, and we see an unimaginable alternative to redefine its boundaries. With our collaborative efforts, we intention to rework the best way content material is consumed, shared, and skilled.”

There’s nonetheless loads we don’t find out about House Nation, but it surely sounds prefer it may very well be a enjoyable and fascinating undertaking. It’ll be fascinating to see if it really finally ends up being absolutely realized.