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Dark Adventure Game ‘Ayasa: Shadow of Silence’ Launches September 25 on PC [Trailer]
Aya Games has announced that its surreal narrative platformer adventure, Ayasa: Shadow of Silence, has a release date of September 25 for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, with releases on consoles planned for a later date. The previously-released demo is still available on both platforms.
A dialogue-free dark tale told through pantomime, imagery, and Komitas-inspired music, Ayasa: Shadow of Silence “draws on the philosophical worlds of French animator and screenwriter René Laloux , the metamorphic allegories of Robert Sahakyants, the poetic fairy-tale touch of Hayao Miyazaki, and the dark surreal visual language of Tim Burton.”
Players follow Ayasa, a girl traversing fractured lands where Love, Faith, and Hope clash with Greed, Betrayal, and Indifference. Each surreal realm embodies a moral force—both light and shadow—challenging players to decide whether Ayasa’s path will lead to redemption and balance, or a fall into tyranny.
Ayasa: Shadow of Silence blends atmospheric traversal, puzzle-solving, and survival sequences. To survive, players will need to harness Ayasa’s abilities—time manipulation, invisibility, and energy control—while navigating perilous environments and uncovering the story without a single spoken word.
“This is not just a story about war, it is a poetic journey through conscience, where the greatest battle lies within,” said Edgar Janoyan, CEO of Aya Games. “We wanted to create an experience without words, where music, imagery, and play itself tell the story.”
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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.