This War of Mine Devs announce new game “Frostpunk”
11 bit studios, developers behind the terribly depressing This War of Mine, have revelaed their next outing – a steampunk survival game set on a frozen world. Not much definitive information about the title has been released yet but we can gather some snippets from the press release and trailer.
11 bit will be continuing their traditional themes of morality in Frostpunk promising that “although Frostpunk utilizes strategy & management elements, its core revolves around empathy & decision-making rather than optimization and resource management.” Sounds right up This War of Mine’s alley then! Well, a very cold and frozen alley at least.
Frostpunk promises to be a “deeply serious game for the mature gamer” and asks “how survival may, in the end, leave us different beings. Whether worse, better, stronger, weaker or, last but not least, more or less humane – that is debatable.” It certainly sounds interesting and if anyone can pull of a serious philosophical tone it would be 11 bit studios. Apart from the trailer however we have nothing else to look at. It promises a distinct visual style but what that is we will have to wait and see.
Frostpunk should arrive sometime next year and while This War of Mine did come to consoles eventually, Frostpunk looks to be a sole PC release for just now.
