Publisher Wired Productions and developer Tomas Sala have announced that Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles will be released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, along with its previously announced version for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, Utomik). A release date has not yet been announced.
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is the spiritual successor to the award-winning aerial combat game and Xbox Series X launch title, The Falconeer. Set in the same universe and 40 years later, Bulwark shifts from aerial combat to city building, framed in a fantastical open world that acts as a canvas for players to unleash their limitless creativity.
The new trailer gives players a look at the vast scale of Bulwark beyond its cozy city-building. Creating a fortress is one thing, but for players to grow their empire and influence throughout The Great Ursee, they’ll need to immerse themselves in the game’s distinctive minimalist brand of strategy, which feels as intuitive on a gamepad as it does on mouse and keyboard. Players will establish trade routes, manage resources, forge alliances, and embark on military conquests.
The trailer also shows examples of the impressive settlements players can create and new gameplay features not seen during the evolutionary demo that wowed PC gamers earlier this year, including new progression methods and strategic elements that allow players to Players ally or wage war with the inhabitants of Ursee.
“Developing for consoles means that you have to create a game that controls like an instrument, without looking at what you are doing, intuitively from your fingers directly into the game world, which is honestly what I love to do, putting you, the player, in a world with so few layers between you and what you are experiencing,” creator Tomas Sala said in a press release. “I hope people can see that Bulwark wants to take you on a creative journey made for controls and big screens, as well as those who play on PC who have been amazing during the life of the evolutionary demo. This is epic in a new way to me, epic because the player is shaping it, rather than receiving it.”
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