Witchfire (video game)
Witchfire | |
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Developer(s) | The Astronauts |
Publisher(s) | The Astronauts |
Director(s) | Adrian Chmielarz |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4[2] |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, TBA[3] |
Release | TBA[1] |
Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Witchfire is an upcoming first-person shooter video game being developed by Polish independent studio The Astronauts for Microsoft Windows. The game is set to release on early access on Q4 2022.[3]
Gameplay[]
Witchfire is to be an action-oriented, skill-based first-person shooter game with no cut scenes.[4][5]
Development and release[]
During the initial development, beginning towards the end of 2015, the game was being designed as a post-apocalyptic, science fiction survival simulator code-named "Astro Project 2", before turning into a dark fantasy first-person shooter.[6] Witchfire was officially revealed on December 8, 2017, when the first teaser trailer was released at The Game Awards.[7] It is to be released "when it's done".[8]
As of 2019, the development team has nine full members with three contributors.[9] The game is unrelated to the director Adrian Chmielarz's earlier Doom-style Painkiller (2004) and is in some ways actually inspired by From Software's Souls series[10] and Bungie's Destiny.[11] Its art direction inspirations include works of American landscape painters such as Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Edwin Church.[12]
See also[]
- Hellraid, another Polish dark fantasy first-person shooter in on-hold development as of 2019
References[]
- ^ "Data premiery Witchfire: egzekucja wiedźm od Adriana Chmielarza". PurePC.pl (in Polish). 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Our new game, Witchfire". The Astronauts. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ a b "A Date, a Feature, an Indie Drama and the Biggest Q&A Yet!". 2022-01-19.
- ^ "Witchfire – polskie studio rozpala stosy w grze o polowaniu na czarownice". Antyradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Witchfire PC - wymagania, premiera, opis | MiastoGier.pl". www.miastogier.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Witchfire - nowa produkcja Adriana Chmielarza miała być symulatorem przetrwania | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Witchfire gets a sick ass reveal trailer". Destructoid. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Sobczak, Bartek (13 April 2019). "Snippets Of Action-Packed WITCHFIRE Gameplay Footage Have Been Released By The Astronauts". gamefragger.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ "Redesigning Weapons". The Astronauts. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ "Is Witchfire the Next Painkiller?". The Astronauts. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "The Astronauts - We are the spacefaring types". The Astronauts. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Art Direction Note + Wallpapers". The Astronauts. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
External links[]
- Official website of The Astronauts, including a weekly-updated Witchfire development blog
- Alternate history video games
- Fantasy video games
- First-person shooters
- Single-player video games
- Unreal Engine games
- Upcoming video games
- Video games developed in Poland
- Video games set in the 15th century
- Video games about witchcraft
- Windows-only games
- Windows games