Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warhammer 40k: Rogue Dealer developer Owlcat Video games has formally entered the publishing area, and it is already signed offers with two up-and-coming RPG builders.
Per a press launch, Owlcat’s first two tasks as a writer shall be Emotion Spark Studio’s Rue Valley and One other Angle Video games’ Shadow of the Highway, each of that are pretty traditional-looking RPGs coming on the style from completely different angles.
Rue Valley appears to be like prefer it takes some fairly heavy cues from Disco Elysium; it is a narrative-heavy RPG during which a person coping with psychological challenges turns into trapped in a mysterious time loop. What are the probabilities it is all in his head?
Rue Valley will help you form your character’s persona as you play, and you may unlock “intentions and mindsets” as you progress by the sport. That Disco Elysium affect actually is shining by, eh?
Should you’re in search of a extra conventional combat-centric RPG, then Shadow of the Highway might be the place you may need to apply. The Japan-set RPG melds tactical battling with a steampunk-infused interpretation of feudal Japan that additionally occurs to be overrun with magical yokai.
You will face off in opposition to “implacable samurai”, “weird yokai”, and “relentless steampunk mercenaries” in Shadow of the Highway, and you may additionally be capable of resolve whether or not you need to play as a noble ronin or a traitorous warrior.
Owlcat says that each of those video games are presently “within the early levels of growth”, however that we’ll study extra about each of them later this month at Gamescom. Thrilling stuff!
In addition to coming into publishing, Owlcat has additionally introduced that it is gained management of publishing label META Publishing, which was partly chargeable for publishing Wrath of the Righteous on each PC and consoles. We’ll get to seek out out extra about what META (to not be confused with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta) later this month too.
Keep tuned for extra on this and all different issues Owlcat. Within the meantime, if you wish to familiarize your self with the studio’s again catalogue, you’ll be able to learn our Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous assessment, and you may try our interview with Owlcat about Rogue Dealer.