Game development studio The Astronauts has released a fresh gameplay trailer for dark fantasy first-person shooter gameWitchfire, which also confirms that it will support Nvidia DLSS 3 technology. For those unfamiliar with the studio,The Astroanuts first madeThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter, a horror adventure game that first released in 2014. Nearly a decade later, and the studio’s second outing still has yet to launch.
The Astronauts first announcedWitchfirein 2017, but the game went dark shortly after its reveal. Five years afterWitchfirewas first announced, it finally reappeared, with plans to launch the game in 2022. However, The Astronauts' plans forWitchfirebecame even more ambitious, and so the decision was made to delay the game to 2023 to expand its exploration elements. While a release date still isn’t in sight, those looking forward to playingWitchfirefor themselves have a new gameplay trailer to check out.
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The latestWitchfiregameplay trailer is extremely impressive, showing that the game is able to maintain a high frame rate even with its intensive graphics. According to the developers, this is made possible by theDLSS 3 tech. In the trailer, fans can seeWitchfire’s intense first-person shooter gameplay at work, with the player character utilizing magic spells and guns to take out various monstrosities. Two of the more visually-impressive spells on display in the trailer include one that allows the player to freeze an enemy in mid-air, and a blinding blast of light that seems to stun any enemies unlucky enough to be nearby.
Anyone intrigued byWitchfire’s latest gameplay trailer should note that the game is expected to launch in 2023, at least in early access, and that it is a rogue-lite FPS.Witchfireis not a true open world game, but it has what the developers describe as “open-level design,” meaning environments should still be plenty big and give players a lot of room for exploration. Players take on the role of a witch hunter, and as seen in the trailer, the game should offer plenty of enemy variety.
It may be a rogue-lite game, but theWitchfiregameplay trailershave earned it comparisons to premiere traditional FPS games likeBioShock,Dishonored, andDoom. Time will tell ifWitchfireis able to live up to the extremely high bar set by those juggernauts of the FPS genre, but barring any further delays, fans should find out at some point later this year.
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