Recently, Kris, the producer of "Unlimited Machine", wrote a sincere open letter, reviewing the development process of the game since it was first exposed in TGA in 2023, and officially announced the player co-creation plan of "Unlocking the Limits for All".The letter revealed that while maintaining stable updates, the team is fully preparing for a new stage of "unlimited version" to be launched on the anniversary, and will be launched on PS5 and other platforms in order to achieve new breakthroughs.
Kris admitted that after "Unlimited Machine" received a lot of attention in the early stage, its development process was not smooth sailing.He reflected on the struggles and trade-offs the team had had between "complexity of gameplay" and "purity of combat" and determined to break the status quo. By establishing a more sincere and closer communication bond with players, he launched the "Limited Limits for All" plan to jointly define the "dream mecha game".
To this end, a detailed questionnaire on the theme of "Dream Mecha Game" has been released in the game and through official channels.The project team promises to spend four weeks carefully collecting and analyzing each player's feedback and using it as an important basis for the development direction of future versions.
In order to implement the concept of co-creation, officials have also launched a series of specific measures:
1. The official account of Station B will be directly taken over by the R&D and operation team to ensure direct communication with players.
2. Starting from the S2 season, the producers will regularly release "R&D Trends" to give players a clear understanding of the inside story of game development.
3. In the future, "test pilots" will be invited to participate in the "final preparation test" for new mechas in each season, allowing players to directly participate in the content polishing process through a combination of online and offline methods.
4. The official expects to announce the 2026 annual update plan before the end of the year, and launch a true "unlimited version" on the anniversary, showing its determination to innovate.
While looking forward to the long-term future, the official has also synchronized the update content of the S2 season "Echo of the Void", including new mechas, special machines, season weapons, etc., and announced that it will be launched on time on November 21.In addition, the semi-anniversary large-scale online event and new gameplay modes are also on the agenda. Although the large-scale battlefield mode, which is highly anticipated by players, has entered the internal testing stage, it still needs some time to polish for better quality.
The "Unlocking Machine" project team's transformation from "cautious operation" to "open co-creation" reflects the team's sincerity in being player-centered and actively breaking problems.Whether this road of "unlimiting" can lead the game to reach the ideal state of mecha games remains to be tested by time. However, its attitude of actively listening and embracing co-construction has injected new expectations into the future of games and provided the industry with a practical sample of "player co-creation".
