Witchfire
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| Developer(s) | The Astronauts |
| Publisher(s) | The Astronauts |
| Director(s) | Adrian Chmielarz |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4[1] |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | September 20, 2023 (early access) |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Witchfire is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed and published by The Astronauts. The game was released for Windows PC in early access in September 2023.
Gameplay
Witchfire is to be an action-oriented, skill-based first-person shooter game with no cutscenes.[2][3] It will also feature elements commonly found in roguelike games.[4]
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.[5] Witchfire was officially revealed at The Game Awards 2017.[6] The Astronauts announced in January 2022 that Witchfire would be released via early access in late 2022.[4] However, in October 2022, it was announced that the early access date has been postponed to early 2023.[7] The game was released for Windows PC through the Epic Games Store on September 20, 2023.[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 was influenced by FromSoftware's Dark Souls and Bungie's Destiny series.[10][11] Its art direction inspirations include works of American landscape painters such as Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Edwin Church.[12]
References
- ^ "Over 80 Unreal Engine-powered games featured during 2022 summer gaming events". Unreal Engine. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Witchfire – polskie studio rozpala stosy w grze o polowaniu na czarownice". Antyradio.pl (in Polish). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Witchfire PC - wymagania, premiera, opis | MiastoGier.pl". www.miastogier.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ a b Wilson, Mike (January 27, 2022). "Dark Roguelite RPG Shooter 'Witchfire' Aims For Q4 2022 Early Access Release". Bloody Disguisting. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "How Redesigning One Core Feature of Witchfire Changed the Date to Early 2023". The Astronauts. 2022-10-12.
- ^ Kennedy, Victoria (June 8, 2023). "Fantasy FPS Witchfire gets early access launch in September". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "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