'Magical guns, rings, relics, fetishes and spells. Bringing the dark fantasy of Witchfire to life has taken almost seven years. As a player, you're tasked with finding the witch of the Black Sea, eradicating her army, and then seeking an artifact to win the war. The Church wages war against them by using forbidden pagan magic to turn sinners into immortal witch hunters, that are now called preyers.

In the lore set up by Chmielarz's short story The Preyer, only women can be witches. They dropped the sci-fi for dark fantasy.

Originally, The Astronauts thought of doing a sci-fi survival game-but after a few months, they decided that 'undead warriors excited us more than aliens,' said Chmielarz. And The Astronauts also advertise Witchfire as having multiple ways to win.Ĭhmielarz said that Witchfire was inspired by 'a year and a half of soul-searching.' After its previous release, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, the 12-person studio wanted to make something different. It's technically a roguelite, or similar to a dungeon crawler, with harsh death conditions for the player. It's a dark fantasy with spells-and it's also a first-person shooter with guns, as you can see from the trailers. At the same time, it offers plenty of action as well. 'We promise to show more near the Early Access release day, so everyone can make an informed decision.' The Astronauts released a trailer during Summer Game Fest back in June that demonstrated how Witchfire will have an element of exploration and discovery, of planning and thinking. 'We want the players to have that beautiful experience of discovering things on their own, to be surprised,' Chmielarz said. Not too much is known about Witchfire, as a result.

If you haven't heard much about Witchfire, it's because The Astronauts is a small studio and unwilling to share spoilers-and every reveal they make feels like it could be a spoiler. Just before launch, we interviewed Chmielarz and The Astronauts Game Designer Karol Krok and asked them what to expect from Witchfire, how it came to be, and what the development process was like. The rescue, unlikely as it was, came thanks to human greed and stupidity.' This line-taken from a short story called The Preyer written by The Astronauts' Creative Director Adrian Chmielarz-sets up the world of Witchfire, releases today (September 20) in Early Access on the Epic Games Store. Were the last drop to have gone, so would I be too, awakening in Hell.

'The witchfire in my blood had cooled, with most of it having already evaporated.

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