<s>
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
is	O
a	O
cancelled	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Arkane	O
Studios	O
,	O
which	O
attempted	O
to	O
fuse	O
single-player	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
by	O
threading	O
its	O
single-player	O
campaign	O
through	O
live	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
was	O
later	O
officially	O
cancelled	O
for	O
Arkane	O
Studios	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
LMNO	B-Application
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
and	O
Steven	O
Spielberg	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
was	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
which	O
supported	O
a	O
narrative-driven	O
single-player	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
opponents	O
replaced	O
by	O
human-controlled	O
agents	O
via	O
a	O
multi-player	O
system	O
,	O
an	O
approach	O
called	O
"	O
crossplayer	O
"	O
by	O
Arkane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
was	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
fuse	O
a	O
narrative-driven	O
single	O
player	O
game	O
with	O
multiplayer	O
elements	O
,	O
with	O
human-controlled	O
players	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
place	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
single-player	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colantonio	O
brought	O
in	O
Viktor	O
Antonov	O
,	O
an	O
artist	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
for	O
Valve	O
and	O
had	O
helped	O
Arkane	O
with	O
the	O
Source	B-Application
engine	I-Application
during	O
their	O
development	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Messiah	I-Application
of	I-Application
Might	I-Application
and	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
(	O
2006	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
would	O
have	O
started	O
when	O
an	O
incident	O
involving	O
misuse	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
travel	O
portal	O
in	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
Paris	O
would	O
have	O
created	O
a	O
cacophony	O
of	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colantonio	O
pitched	O
the	O
idea	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
20	O
publishers	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
none	O
of	O
them	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
idea	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
instead	O
talking	O
about	O
focusing	O
only	O
on	O
parts	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
such	O
as	O
using	O
the	O
narrative	O
in	O
another	O
gameplay	O
setting	O
,	O
or	O
having	O
only	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
single-player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colantonio	O
stated	O
that	O
these	O
publishers	O
were	O
also	O
concerned	O
about	O
Arkane	O
seeking	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
personal	O
computer	O
release	O
over	O
consoles	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
port	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
limitation	O
of	O
the	O
Source	B-Application
engine	I-Application
having	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
that	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publishers	O
also	O
expressed	O
concern	O
about	O
the	O
matchmaking	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
Arkane	O
brought	O
in	O
Max	O
Hoberman	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
the	O
Halo	B-Application
2	I-Application
matchmaking	O
system	O
,	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
alleviate	O
publisher	O
fears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
Arkane	O
found	O
one	O
unnamed	O
publisher	O
that	O
was	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
entire	O
concept	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
spent	O
about	O
six	O
months	O
negotiating	O
with	O
this	O
publisher	O
,	O
but	O
Colantonio	O
said	O
as	O
time	O
progressed	O
,	O
the	O
negotiations	O
worsened	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
smaller	O
proposed	O
budget	O
and	O
requiring	O
them	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colantonio	O
decided	O
after	O
six	O
months	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
vision	O
they	O
wanted	O
with	O
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
,	O
and	O
ceased	O
negotiations	O
with	O
the	O
publisher	O
,	O
effectively	O
shelving	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arkane	O
switched	O
over	O
to	O
continue	O
contract	O
work	O
with	O
Valve	O
,	O
and	O
started	O
work	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
on	O
a	O
Steven	O
Spielberg-backed	O
game	O
,	O
LMNO	B-Application
,	O
itself	O
which	O
was	O
ultimately	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
never	O
came	O
to	O
fruition	O
,	O
Colantonio	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
important	O
foundation	O
of	O
Arkane	O
Studio	O
as	O
it	O
helped	O
with	O
team-building	O
,	O
establishing	O
a	O
vision	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
IP	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
processes	O
needed	O
to	O
carry	O
that	O
out	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
used	O
in	O
building	O
the	O
Dishonored	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2018	O
QuakeCon	O
,	O
Arkane	O
's	O
lead	O
designer	O
Ricardo	O
Bare	O
stated	O
that	O
their	O
future	O
projects	O
were	O
looking	O
at	O
multiplayer	O
functionality	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
envisioning	O
in	O
The	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
as	O
to	O
provide	O
seamless	O
multiplayer	O
functionality	O
alongside	O
single-player	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arkane	O
would	O
later	O
implement	O
this	O
functionality	O
with	O
their	O
2021	O
game	O
Deathloop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
