{"id":9947,"date":"2023-06-08T18:47:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/?p=9947"},"modified":"2023-06-08T18:47:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:47:53","slug":"the-hunt-begins-september-20th-early-access-release-date-revealed-in-summer-game-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/?p=9947","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt Begins September 20th &#8211; Early Access Release Date Revealed in Summer Game Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8222;From the creators of Painkiller and Bulletstorm, Witchfire is a first-person shooter set in a grimdark fantasy world in which a deadly war rages between powerful witches and the Church. In this alternate reality, witches are very real and very dangerous\u2014 but so is the witch hunter, also known as a preyer. Armed by Vatican sorcerers, players wield an ungodly array of guns and forbidden magic as they combat dark terrors on behalf of their shadowy benefactors.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Epic Games News, Adrian Chmielarz, Creative Director and Co-Founder of The Astronauts said: \u201cThe thing that excites me the most in video games is the idea of experiencing different worlds. To be a space pirate, a detective with supernatural powers, or a Church\u2019s witch hunter. It doesn\u2019t matter to me if the game is focused on the story or on the mechanics\u2014 I need its world to feel like a real place. So even though Witchfire is obviously a shooter first, we invest a lot in its world and lore. I believe this enhances the experience even for the people who claim they don\u2019t care about the stories in games at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Witchfire NEW 10 Minutes Exclusive Gameplay (Unreal Engine 4K 60FPS)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbgFSfXRfNo?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nChmielarz confirmed that, although there is extensive lore and backstory to Witchfire, the team\u2019s main focus for the Early Access launch is to present a polished and atmospheric gameplay experience, with further story features getting added as the game approaches full release. Players interested in Witchfire lore can read Chmielarz\u2019s short story set in the world of Witchfire: The Preyer.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the latest gameplay trailer Chmielarz said: \u201cThe last few trailers were very combat focused and I think gave the wrong impression that Witchfire is a non-stop action fest. It is not. Sure, some fights will be incredibly intense, but there are also periods of quiet exploration, planning, thinking. It is much closer to Souls in that regard rather than, say, Doom. So that\u2019s why the beginning of this new trailer is a little slower. We might slow down even more when there\u2019s finally time for the launch trailer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Witchfire will be the second release for The Astronauts, following the BAFTA award-winning title, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Although The Astronauts has a small team of just ten developers, the game boasts graphics that can compete in the AAA space. Built in the Unreal Engine, Witchfire uses advanced photogrammetry to achieve a gorgeous and immersive dark fantasy world for players to explore. <\/p>\n<p>Witchfire releases to Early Access on September 20, 2023 on the Epic Games Store.&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8222;From the creators of Painkiller and Bulletstorm, Witchfire is a first-person shooter set in a grimdark fantasy world in which a deadly war rages between powerful witches and the Church. In this alternate reality, witches are very real and very&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,15,26,28,57,58,80],"class_list":["post-9947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-action","tag-news","tag-pc","tag-upcoming","tag-video","tag-videospiel","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9949,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947\/revisions\/9949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heimspiele.info\/PC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}