Annapurna Interactive, the writer behind video games like Stray and Neon White, held a showcase right now to disclose new video games, and updates for beforehand introduced ones, shine the highlight on new builders, and extra. It even unveiled its first-ever first-party sport. We have now all that and extra in our breakdown under.
Right here’s every thing introduced in the course of the 2023 Annapurna Interactive Showcase
Whereas the showcase featured loads of updates about video games we’re already enthusiastic about, it additionally featured 4 new sport reveals.
Sport Reveals
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Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth
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Maybe essentially the most important announcement of the showcase, Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, is a brand new sport set in the identical world as the long-lasting Blade Runner movie franchise, and Annapurna Interactive’s in-house studio is creating it. This marks the primary time the writer has developed its personal sport, and its growth is being led by Chelsea Hash, who beforehand served as the sport director of Photo voltaic Ash and a technical artwork lead on What Stays of Edith Finch.
We didn’t study an excessive amount of concerning the precise sport, nevertheless, past an ambiance-setting noir cinematic trailer, which you’ll watch under:
As you possibly can see, Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth isn’t shying away from the visuals of the movie sequence, and we are able to’t wait to study extra about it. There’s no phrase on when to anticipate the sport, however Annapurna says it’s coming to consoles and PC.
Ghost Bike
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Ghost Bike is a brand new biking sport at the moment in growth at Messhof, the studio behind the Nidhogg sequence. Within the sport, gamers management a “streetwise child from Freehub Metropolis on a mission to revive the final of the Ghost Bikes, the magical couriers who rode between the world of the residing and the world of the useless.” Gamers experience the ghost bike to the afterlife to defeat ghosts in contests of pace and ability, all to win again “Ghost Energy.” After amassing sufficient, you possibly can embark on a journey to the afterworld and save the spirit of Wheel World.
Take a look at the Ghost Bike reveal trailer under:
Lushfoil Pictures Sim
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Lushfoil Pictures Sim is essentially the most stunning sport proven throughout Annapurna’s showcase, that includes “true-to-life recreations” of precise areas worldwide. I acknowledged a number of, like Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Shrine and the bottom camp of Mt. Everest. I wasn’t positive (and I’m nonetheless unsure) if I used to be seeing real-life footage of those areas or footage from the sport – that’s how practical it seems to be.
Matt Newell is creating the sport. In it, you discover environments and seize views utilizing a totally featured in-game digital camera. Annapurna says there are hidden secrets and techniques and goals “that reward affected person and observant gamers which have a very good eye for angles and views.”
Take a look at the Lushfoil Pictures Sim trailer for your self under:
To a T
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To a T is an episodic 3D journey sport from Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi alongside studio Uvula. Within the reveal trailer, the primary character, who goes by Teen, can not pose in every other approach however a lowercase “t.” Teen is a “t” and requires the assistance of these round them, together with their canine, to perform sure issues. But when the trailer is any indication, Teen doesn’t thoughts and is proud of their life. You’ll be able to discover the city as Teen alongside your canine and mother, cope with bullies in school, uncover a novel new capability, and extra. To a T is being developed in collaboration with AbleGamers, too.
Take a look at the To a T reveal trailer for your self under:
Sport Updates
Beneath are some updates about video games we learn about, together with new launch dates, particulars, trailers, and extra.
Stray
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Stray, which hit PlayStation and PC final yr, obtained a brand new trailer in the course of the showcase to disclose that it’s coming to Xbox Sequence X/S and Xbox One on August 10.
Take a look at the trailer under:
Cocoon
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Annapurna launched a brand new trailer from Cocoon, one of many video games we went hands-on with throughout Summer time Sport Fest 2023 this yr. It’s being developed by Jeppe Carlsen, one of many lead designers behind Playdead’s Inside and Limbo. Right this moment’s trailer options new gameplay and one other have a look at how we are able to traverse Cocoon’s mysterious sci-fi world. The spotlight of this replace was that Cocoon is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, Swap, and PC on September 29.
Take a look at the trailer for your self under:
Thirsty Suitors
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We performed Thirsty Suitors at Summer time Sport Fest 2023 earlier this month and had a good time with it. Nonetheless, on the time, we didn’t know when it’d be launched, however we do now because of a brand new trailer. It hits PlayStation, Xbox, Swap, and PC on November 2.
Take a look at the brand new Thirsty Suitors trailer for your self under:
Bounty Star: The Morose Story of Graveyard Clem
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This thrilling third-person hybrid between a mech shooter and a administration simulator was revealed final summer time and right now, we obtained one other have a look at it alongside a launch window. In Bounty Star: The Morose Story of Graveyard Clem, you tackle the function of a bounty hunter in a post-post-apocalyptic American desert following a profound mistake within the army that leaves you traumatized. Half of the sport is a third-person mech shooter; within the different half, you make a house out of a run-down gasoline station.
Right here, you possibly can develop meals and prepare dinner it to acquire new methods to boost your self in fight and elsewhere. Plus, you possibly can acquire scraps and crafting supplies to construct new gadgets that enhance your private life and mech endeavors. Bounty Star hits PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in early 2024.
Take a look at the newest trailer for Bounty Star under:
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes wins our award for “What the heck is occurring on this sport,” as a result of what the heck is occurring on this sport? I don’t know, but it surely’s intriguing and positively pursuits me. We don’t see gameplay or something like that in right now’s trailer. As an alternative, we see some mysterious noir-esque figures on display – generally with scary purple eyes – whereas a narrator talks about mazes, doubtlessly secret spy stuff, infiltrations, and extra.
Within the sport, you could observe patterns inside numbers and pictures and remedy mazes. Developer Simogo describes the sport as a journey right into a nightmarish surreality about fixing the enigma of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.
Take a look at the brand new trailer for your self under:
Flock
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In Flock, you experience atop the backs of varied birds as you discover a big open world to make new winged mates, maintain flying sheep, and extra. It options an attractive minimalistic artwork model and plenty of feathered mates to attraction with songs. Charming them provides them to your flock. Among the birds seem like birds…and a few of them don’t. There are large whale birds that fly and extra, and the visible model considerably jogs my memory of Bugsnax. It doesn’t damage that, like Bugsnax, the sport’s focus is amassing creatures. There’s no phrase on when to anticipate Flock, but it surely’s coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
Take a look at the brand new Flock trailer for your self under:
Mundaun
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Mundaun is a first-person horror sport that was first launched in 2021. Nonetheless, the sport is coming natively to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S…right now. This up to date model can be accessible for individuals who would possibly already personal it on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Swap, and PC. For a style of what’s in retailer, you possibly can learn our assessment of Mundaun right here.
Take a look at Mundaun in motion under:
Storyteller
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We obtained a brand new trailer for Storyteller right now in the course of the showcase alongside information that, on September 26, the sport hits Netflix’s gaming platform (and elsewhere) with a free new replace. This replace provides new characters, situations, challenges, and extra.
Take a look at the brand new Storyteller trailer for your self under:
Developer Highlight
In between sport reveals and updates, Annapurna’s showcase additionally shined the highlight on two new developer partnerships with Maramittu Video games, a Kyoto-based studio led by a husband and spouse, and Glass Revolver, a Rhode Island-based studio making a Monster Hunter-like sport referred to as We Kill Monsters.
And that’s every thing revealed throughout right now’s Annapurna Showcase. Tell us which video games you’re most enthusiastic about within the feedback under!
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