At tonight’s The Game Awards, SIFU developer, Sloclap, unveiled their next project. Surprisingly, it’s a 5v5 online multiplayer football experience. One called Rematch.
Rematch will release onto PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC next year.
“Football is a beautiful game, a precise choreography of bodies in movement. At its core, this game is all about being in the right place, at the right time, and in the right dynamic. And then of course, executing perfectly.
With Rematch, we’re trying to capture this essence of football and condense it in short, fast-paced 5v5 matches. We felt it was time for a new perspective on this beautiful game: closer to the pitch, closer to the players. The third person camera gives a unique immersion in the ebb and flow of the match: the ball moving away and coming closer, the waves of offense and defense … this is what it feels like to actually play football.
Like real football, we want Rematch to be a highly cooperative game. Fundamentally, Rematch is about the joy of playing football with friends, of being together in a team. It’s about putting your team first, and how it can be more satisfying to serve the perfect assist than to actually score oneself. We look forward to meeting players on the pitch very soon.”