Remember Witchfire? We've been wondering when on Earth this intriguing project will finally see the light of day, as it's always looked pretty promising. Well, in the seconds-long snippets of gameplay that have been shown, anyway. As it turns out, the guns-n'-magic FPS is still a long way out.
In a lengthy developer update from studio The Astronauts (The Vanishing of Ethan Carter), the team addresses multiple questions from fans, but not before announcing how it plans to release the game. Witchfire is currently planned for an early access launch on PC in quarter four of 2022. So, for us waiting patiently on PlayStation, it'll be a much longer wait before we can get our hands on it. Further to that, though, the final release and supported platforms are TBD, meaning it might not actually come to PS5 or PS4 at all.
It's worth remembering that this project was formally announced at The Game Awards in 2017. It's been a long development period, but with The Astronauts joining forces with People Can Fly — the studio behind Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and more recently, Outriders — we still have faith this is in good hands. See you again in 2023 then, Witchfire.
[source theastronauts.com, via twitter.com]
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They need to hurry before they're bought by microsoft.
I never played Bulletstorm or Painkiller back on ps3 but will probably give them a go on steam when they hit sale. Is Vanishing of Ethan Carter good, then? Don't usually play games without much action, though I did make it through Murdered Soul Suspect.
Damn I remember this game getting shown at a Gamescom or some other event years ago, surprised that it's still in development.
I looked this game up a while ago because it was on my to play list and couldn't find anything aside from the comics lol.
I was so disappointed to learn that this is a roguelite. Kills my interest completely.
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