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City of the Shroud Releasing August 9th
CLEVELAND – June 25, in the year of our Lord 2018
– Chapter one of City of the Shroud, the real-time tactical RPG
and social experiment from Abyssal Arts, will launch on PC and
Mac via Steam on Aug. 9. A definitive edition containing all
four chapters will come to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2019.
A former Capcom production manager and Amazon bestselling author
Moira Katson have teamed up to weave an ambitious tale of
political turmoil in collaboration with their community. PC
gamers who play chapter one before development on chapter two
commences will impact City of the Shroud’s story, influencing
decisions about who lives, dies and rises to power, as well as
the ultimate fate of a city under siege.
Iskendrun’s collapse seems inevitable as the nobility continues
to neglect the poorest citizens while pursuing an unsustainable
conquest of neighboring countries, bringing the city to the
brink of bloody civil war. Faceless evil looms, increasing
tension among the people and widening the division between the
city’s five political factions.
The fight for power won’t be easy, but it will be fun. City of
the Shroud combines tactical RPG elements with classic fighting
game inputs that result in intense, devastating combos that play
out in real-time. Down, left, up, right – the game’s Combo Wheel
draws inspiration from the traditional d-pad to promote
think-on-your-feet strategy in new ways.
Players must choose their foes carefully, though. Future
chapters of Iskendrun’s story will see political shifts based on
allegiances sworn by members of the community, as well as their
decisions within those factions. While it’s possible to revisit
decisions and story branches by replaying the game, every
decision has permanent consequence, as only the first
playthrough of each player will contribute to the narrative
direction of subsequent chapters. Become a part of history: join
City of the Shroud’s writers and community as they craft this
tumultuous tale together.
“How do people react when everything is complicated, when it’s
all a moral grey area?” said Keaton White, founder of Abyssal
Arts. “We want to see what choices the community makes and
create a cycle where we take the base material they give us and
weave it into a coherent narrative. The story has only begun –
the players will finish it.”
City of the Shroud will be available in English for $19.99 USD /
€19.99 on Steam. Purchase includes the whole game, with each of
the four chapters coming out every few months via free updates
to allow time for the team and players to craft the story.
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system at this time.
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