VOIDTRAIN
A strange and exciting co-op survival
game about maintaining and upgrading a
dimension hopping train, where you’ll
have to grapple hook your way around
floating worlds and avoid the attentions of
huge, flying beasties. Already available in
Early Access form on the Epic store.
RELEASE 2022
EARTHLOCK 2
This sequel switches things up from the
old school JRPG style of the first to an
open world action-RPG approach. Like the
original, it stars a cast of adorable
characters – including this lovely furry pig
boy – this time on a quest to rescue their
missing loved ones.
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FE ATURE
STALKER 2: HEART OF CHERNOBYL
F
ew series have as devoted a
following as cult classic
STA L K E R and its three titles
Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and
Call of Pripyat. Naturally, that makes
expectations high for this sequel –RELEASE Q1 2022 | DEV Ska Studios | PUB In-house | LINK ska-studios.comT
his sequel to 2016’s Salt
and Sanctuary continues
its quest to capture as
much of Dark Souls’
essence as possible in a sidescrolling
format. As a Marked Inquisitor, you’re
charged with roaming the land slaying
malevolent magic users and using
their meat and bones to craft new
weapons and armor. Delightful.
There’s no end of Souls imitators
these days, but the first game really
stood out from the crowd for its world
design and attention to detail. Here’s
hoping this follow-up is an even more
impressive effort.SALT AND
SACRIFICE
especially coming 13 long years later
after much behind-the-scenes drama.
For our recent cover feature, the
developer introduced us to a changed
Zone – affected by that span of time in
ways that make it all the stranger, morebeautiful, and more desolate than we’ve
ever seen it before. New factions and
creatures roam the radioactive wastes,
and it’s a true open world this time, too,
not divided into discrete sections as in
the original games.
It’ll play host, we’re promised, to a
sprawling non-linear story in which your
choices, including which factions you
side with, will have a huge impact,
making it “impossible” to see everything
in a single playthrough. That’s on top of
the hunt for the powerful and dangerous
artifacts that make the Zone so
wonderfully weird – claiming those
treasures will take preparation, smarts,
and perhaps some luck as you navigate
the supernatural effects they generate
around them.
All that, and you’ll have to make sure
you keep on top of your character’s
basic needs. Run out of food and your
aim will suffer; stay awake too long and
your vision will blur and you may even
start to hallucinate. You can’t exactly
stop in at a B&B in the zone, so keeping
yourself healthy (and radiation free) will
be a constant challenge.RELEASE April 28, 2022 | DEV GSC Game World | PUB In-house | LINK stalker2.com