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New Gameplay Trailer, Demo Released for WWI Survival Horror Game ‘Conscript’ [Watch]
It’s been a long while since we last heard about Catchweight Studio’s WWI horror title Conscript. So, you know what that means. The devs have posted an update to their Kickstarter that includes an update to the demo for Conscript on Steam, as well as a new gameplay trailer.
The demo in question was the one Catchweight Studio was showing off at Gamescom. This new demo includes a bunch of additions and fixes, including intro cinematics, updated character designs, new animations and behaviours for NPCs, new visuals and effects, and “many smaller bug fixes and improvements”.
According to the devs, if you’ve already played the 2021 version, this updated demo is more of a refinement of the previous version, so there’s nothing new to explore.
As a refresher, Conscript is set in 1916 during The Great War, and tells the tale of a lone French soldier named André, who is looking for his brother Pierre – missing-in-action during The Battle of Verdun. In the midst of the trenches of the Great War. You must navigate the mazelike trenches, scavenge for supplies and solve complex puzzles – all the while fighting for your survival.
Conscript touts highly-replayable Survival Horror gameplay with various difficulty settings, multiple endings, unlockable costumes and bonus weapons.
No release date has been announced as of yet.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.