Just over a month after the post, in an email seen by IGN, an individual billing himself as a “producer of industrial projects” for multiple companies – including Kalashnikov Concern – introduced himself to Sauceda with a pitch. To say it caused a splash on social media would be an overstatement, but it was enough to pique the interest of an unexpected party. Just like all the others, this post included multiple images of the new gun rendered in different colours, with individual components shown off, as well as in-game stats and an in-engine screenshot. On February 18, 2020, the team revealed its take on a futuristic shotgun, named the EPM28 Mastodon. Since the project’s earliest days, Ward B has shown off Oceanic’s arsenal, filling a devblog with immensely complex renders and in-universe explainer text. In its early stages, the studio saw its best success when showing off weapons. The goal, then, is to build a game that can attract the necessary investment, before going full-time on development – and that has meant Ward B’s done whatever it can to get the word out about Oceanic. We are not particularly, like, funded quite yet.” “We don't have anything under our belt yet, we're completely indie,” explains Sauceda. Oceanic is a science fiction first-person hero shooter, and the debut game for Ward B – a 40-person team working mostly part-time, but with experience developing the likes of Call of Duty, Halo, Overwatch, and Destiny.

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