Star Wars Eclipse Developer Quantic Dream Announces Free-To-Play Multiplayer Game Spellcasters Chronicles in Drastic Departure From Single-Player Story-Based Roots

Quantic Dream, the developer of narrative-based single-player games specified arsenic Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human, has announced its archetypal ever multiplayer project.

Spellcasters Chronicles volition beryllium a drastic departure for the studio, arsenic a free-to-play competitory team-based 3v3 enactment strategy crippled acceptable to motorboat successful closed beta via Steam earlier the extremity of this year.

Today, Quantic Dream brag David Cage confirmed the workplace would inactive enactment connected single-player projects, including its long-gestating Star Wars Eclipse. But the institution volition present run arsenic a multi-project studio, Cage said, with Spellcasters Chronicles its archetypal effort astatine a multiplayer title. An authoritative uncover trailer lies conscionable below:

"Stepping into a caller genre with a caller creator attack has been some a situation and a root of growth, allowing america to germinate arsenic a team," Cage explained successful a connection today. "We present look guardant to shaping the crippled further with players' feedback and to perfecting this travel together."

While Spellcasters Chronicles mightiness beryllium dissimilar thing Quantic Dream has made before, Cage suggested the task really reflected some the "creative tone and method ambitions guiding Quantic Dream for astir 3 decades."

Describing the crippled arsenic a blend of enactment and strategy genres depicted with an animated phantasy aesthetic, Cage said Spellcasters Chronicles would let the famously story-led Quantic Dream a accidental astatine "exploring community-driven narrative." A much in-depth look astatine gameplay follows:

Spellcasters Chronicles matches volition spot 2 teams of 3 players vie successful "fast paced 25-minutes" matches, the developer said, arsenic "teams indispensable seizure altars to summation territory and destruct their opponents' Lifestones to assertion their victory."

You'll play arsenic Spellcasters, described arsenic "archetype-driven mages with chiseled identities" that combat with spells and summoned creatures.

"After years of development, we can't hold to yet stock the satellite of Spellcasters Chronicles with players," said crippled manager Gregorie Diaconu. "We are starting our closed beta signifier with our core-loop focused connected arena battles and volition present assemblage communicative and different elements of our macro-loop successful the pursuing months."

Earlier today, Cage offered the briefest of updates connected Quantic Dream's highly-anticipated Star Wars Eclipse, confirming the crippled remained successful development. "Of course, improvement of Star Wars Eclipse continues," Cage confirmed, "and we are anxious to stock much with you successful the future."

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