With Section 9 Interactive’s upcoming sci-fi horror shooter End of Abyss launching just in time for the Halloween season, the devteam has dropped a behind-the-scenes video as a way to get to know the team behind the action adventure title.
Titled “Entering the Facility: Meet the Creators”, the video features members of the devteam, kicking off with studio co-founder and programmer Mattias Ottvall, who explains the genesis of the studio when three members of Tarsier Studios set off on their own.
From there, Ottvall talks about how End of Abyss came about as an early prototype. Originally feeling more like a mobile game due to its faster pace, the gameplay was eventually slowed down and End of Abyss became more atmospheric as the team worked more on the environment, which widened the scope of the game. “It just became obvious quite early that, okay we have something that doesn’t feel so much like other games.”
End of Abyss is an atmospheric action-adventure game set in a dark science-fiction world with an emphasis on exploration, supported by engaging and tense combat. In the depths of a mysterious underground compound, a mission to investigate disturbances of unknown origin spirals into a harrowing descent through a broken and abandoned world. Players take on the role of the young combat technician, Cel, as she uncovers the truth behind the facility’s derelict areas and confronts the monstrous creatures that roam them.
Players will descend into the halls of a sprawling complex, where broken machines whisper to you from the depths, and nothing you encounter is fully human. Outmatched by twisted horrors, players must upgrade their gear and adapt, pushing their limits just to stay alive against the crushing pressure of the facility you’re trapped within. Players can navigate branching paths and uncover hidden areas using their scanner and the tools unlocked along the way. Pathways open as players grow stronger, allowing them to return to forgotten corridors and secrets once sealed away.
End of Abyss will launch October 1 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC via the Epic Games Store.