In 2018 former Rockstar Games producer Leslie Benzies announced that he was opening a new studio named Build a Rocket Boy Games. The studio's first project would be named Everywhere, but little was revealed about the project at the time. Given Benzies' experience as a key part of modern Grand Theft Auto's success, expectations are high for Everywhere. Now details about the project are finding their way online, and it's clear that Benzies and Build a Rocket Boy Games have lofty expectations for Everywhere as well.The leaked details come from Galaxy Interactive, an investment company that's helped fund Build a Rocket Boy Games. In a presentation publicly available on Galaxy Interactive's website, the company shared some details about Build a Rocket Boy Games' project Everywhere. The "creative concept" of Everywhere is particularly interesting, with Galaxy Interactive referring to the game as a "real-life" Ready Player One.Ready Player One is, of course, referring to the science fiction novel and its film adaptation. In Ready Player One, characters participate in a virtual reality world filled with games, social interaction, and more, with the virtual world supplanting the real one for many people. Everywhere may not be a virtual reality game, but there's a clear indication that it will be a massive world filled with a diverse range of content to appeal to a wide audience.
That idea is somewhat confirmed in the remaining details revealed about Everywhere by Galaxy Interactive. Everywhere is confirmed to be an open-world AAA multiplayer game experience. Further, it'll be built to be a virtual sandbox featuring user-generated content. It explains that "players can create their own worlds," supported by social and streaming systems built underneath. The description hints at gameplay similar to games including Minecraft, Roblox, Grand Theft Auto Online, or even Second Life.
Unlike Second Life, however, the description also refers to a "multi-chapter epic narrative" included in the open-world game. That does seem to hint that Everywhere will be more akin to Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Online than Second Life or Roblox, which would fit Benzies' background.
One thing that's clear is that Build a Rocket Boy Games has its work cut out for itself. This is a new studio that's apparently working on a massive game, something even veteran studios struggle with. Keep in mind that even Rockstar has been heavily criticized for crunch culture and unhealthy work environments, despite its experience creating massive AAA open-world games. It may be years yet before Everywhere makes a public showing, but, both externally and internally, expectations will be high.
Everywhere is in development.