During the State of Play event today, the “One More Thing” closing the show was the revelation of a new Housemarque game. The new title, Saros, was only presented in a cinematographic trailer which revealed little about the gameplay, but has teased the details of the story and the frame and that the gameplay will rely on the title Previous of the studio, return. Saros is expected to be launched in 2026.
The cinematographic trailer shows that the protagonist, Arjun will have, played by Rahul Kohli, a Soltari executor trapped on a world called Carcosa under the gaze of an eclipse. He is preparing to fight a multi-armed monster that seems to launch a Hell style attack in the last seconds of the revelation. Housemarque will reveal more details on the gameplay later this year.
Housemarque is released from the success of his previous, returnal title, which he specifically appointed during the revelation. The third -person Songelike shooter, which was launched in 2021, sold more than a million units in two years and won numerous prizes, including the best action match at the Game Awards 2021. According to Housemarque , he created a new IP for Saros because he wanted Returnal to “stands alone”.
Regarding the difficulty of Returnal Saros, creative director Gregory Louden said in A blog article“A distinction of key gameplay between Saros and Retoural is permanent resources and progression, which makes each death precious. After each death, you will face a changed world, but in Saros, you will be able to choose and definitively upgrade your load of a set of weapons and upgrades of the combination to “come back stronger” for Overcoming the challenges you face on Carcosa. »»
