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‘Stygian: Outer Gods’ Comes to Early Access on April 14 [Trailer]
After giving fans a taste of what to expect from Stygian: Outer Gods during last month’s Steam Next Fest, developer Misterial Games has announced that the first-person Survival Horror title will launch into Early Access on Steam on April 14.
Upon launch, the Early Access version of Stygian: Outer Gods will cover the beginning of the protagonist’s journey, from your arrival to the cursed town of Kingsport, through opening the mysterious Brasko family mansion, exploring the surrounding woods, traversing the mines, culminating in you visiting the lighthouse and meeting its strange Keeper.
More content will be added to the game throughout the Early Access period, with the game’s story being finalised in the 1.0 update, whereby Stygian: Outer Gods will launch in full on PC, PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series.
Set in the universe of Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, Outer Gods lets players witness and influence the events preceding the Black Day. You will accompany an enigmatic occultist researcher, Victoria, on an expedition to the foggy settlement of Kingsport, once a prosperous harbor town, now decrepit and almost abandoned. Hoping to find your missing father, you are shipwrecked and soon encounter the nightmares that have haunted this place for centuries. Would you be able to find your way out, keep your sanity, and prevent the coming of the ancient Outer Gods, or maybe being insane is the key to salvation?
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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.