Deadhaus Sonata, From Eternal Darkness Creator Denis Dyack, Returns With New Trailer, Eyes Early 2026 Early Access Release

Deadhaus Sonata, the indie-developed action-RPG from Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and Too Human creator Denis Dyack that IGN archetypal revealed successful 2018, has "reawakened" with a caller trailer and a targeted Early Access merchandise model of aboriginal 2026 for PC, with console versions to follow. Watch the trailer supra and cheque retired caller screenshots successful the assemblage below.

Now powered by Unreal Engine 5, Deadhaus Sonata promises aggregate subordinate classes successful the last version, with the archetypal being the Vampire. It besides touts a surviving world, with "enemies, events, and opportunities [changing] arsenic the satellite progresses, making the realm consciousness live and reactive." It's besides co-op enabled. "Explore a onshore shattered by divine warfare and corruption," the squad astatine Apocalypse Studios says. "Malorum is filled with haunted fortresses, forgotten kingdoms, and ruins shaped by past history. Every find reveals caller layers of lore wherever thing is ever arsenic it archetypal appears."

Progression features a tarot card-based accomplishment strategy that fto you customize your build, whether you similar a vessel oregon a caster. The squad besides says, "Loot successful Deadhaus Sonata is earned done feats that way your actions, history, and performance, not random drops. Every point is shaped by what you do. Gear, artifacts, legendary items, and tarot cards each necktie into Malorum’s supernatural and governmental history. Playing is crafting, and your past becomes a assets that influences your future."

Dyack has had rather a vocation successful gaming, and not without his controversies. He discussed his vocation successful a 2019 quality connected our IGN Unfiltered interrogation show. And if you're funny successful Deadhaus Sonata, you tin wishlist it connected Steam.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's enforcement exertion of previews and big of some IGN's play Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, arsenic good arsenic our aged interrogation show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, truthful it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him connected Twitter astatine @DMC_Ryan.