“The creator of PUBG is looking to do the Korean Witcher” – How one small LinkedIn message convinced a Far Cry veteran to hop aboard Project Windless

If you’re not up on your South Korean pop culture, there’s a decent chance you might have been a little surprised to see a musclebound bipedal chicken take centre stage when publisher Krafton unveiled Project Windless earlier this year. But if you’re already familiar with author Lee Youngdo’s wildly popular (in South Korea, at least) high fantasy series The Bird That Drinks Tears, it probably made a lot more sense. That lack of global familiarity with Project Windless’ source material is something Krafton is all too aware of, and something it’s eager to remedy. Which is why – despite Windless seemingly still being some way off – I recently found myself having a chat with project lead and veteran Far Cry series director Patrik Méthé to find out more.

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