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The Station Releases
VANCOUVER, CANADA – Feb. 20, in the year of our Lord
2018 – The Station, a first-person sci-fi mystery
adventure, launches today for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows
PC, Mac, and Linux. Development was spearheaded by Dave
Fracchia, the former Studio Head at Activision subsidiary
Radical Entertainment, Les Nelkin the designer, and composer
Duncan Watt.
When a sentient alien race is discovered across the galaxy, a
team of researchers board a cloaked research vessel to
investigate. Weighing whether to make contact with their
subjects, who are embroiled in a constant state of civil war,
the crew observes the extraterrestrial civilization from orbit.
Then disaster strikes. The ship’s stealth systems falter and all
communications go silent.
Was the station attacked? Are the dangerous denizens of the
planet below responsible? Players embark on a solo
reconnaissance mission to board the powerless vessel, discover
what happened to the ship, and the location of the missing
scientists.
Through intuitive problem solving, the ship’s core systems can
be restored. Clues hinting to the crew’s whereabouts are
uncovered using the game’s distinctive in-game augmented reality
interface, which converts conversations, clues, and more into
digital representations.
The Station’s “progressive sci-fi” theme represents an
optimistic future where space travel and the natural curiosity
inherent to the stars is celebrated. An ambient soundtrack
underlines the optimism with darker undercurrent. Space has the
potential to bring worlds together, but it’s also the cold,
isolating distance between them. Players will discover the
dangers and delights such voyages can bring.
“How would we react if we finally discovered intelligent beings
in space, and they were warmongers?” said Dave Fracchia,
executive producer, The Station. “We can’t wait for players to
explore this conundrum in The Station, and to truly ponder what
it would mean to find out that we are not alone.”
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system at this time.
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