Warpfrog, the studio behind Blade & Sorcery (2024), introduced they’re engaged on their subsequent VR title. Whereas the studio say it gained’t be a sequel, will probably be “tremendous modder-friendly” and share “a number of DNA” with the hit physics-based fight recreation.
“It’s method too early to do any type of reveal, so we’re going to preserve this beneath our hats for now and preserve cooking,” the studio says in a current Steam replace. “Then sooner or later we are able to do an enormous reveal announcement or trailer, in order that can be thrilling. Oh and solely as a result of many will in all probability assume, I’ll nip it within the bud and let you know it isn’t Blade & Sorcery 2!”
The studio says nevertheless its subsequent title will “share a number of DNA with Blade & Sorcery,” and is slated to really feel “like a Warpfrog recreation” too.
“Much like B&S, our subsequent recreation can be VR, physics-based simulation, as anti-gamey as potential, and tremendous modder-friendly,” the studio confirmed, echoing an earlier assertion from December 2024 when work on the sport was first revealed.
Warpfrog says they’re utilizing their “new and massively improved” Thunder Street 2 recreation framework for creating the title, which the staff says will assist keep away from the form of errors that resulted with the “spaghetti code” of Thunder Street 1. Because of this, this may even permit for extra expansions sooner or later, Warpfrog says.
This follows information that the studio isn’t executed with Blade & Sorcery simply but, regardless of releasing its ‘last’ replace in its ‘Crystal Hunt’ 1.0 launch final June.
Warpfrog says the sport is slated to obtain a collection of 4 free updates, referred to as the ‘Byeth Updates’, which is able to carry official weapons and armor from the sport’s different nations—Rakta, Sentara, Khar-Tib, and Madlu.
The primary replace is about to launch later this 12 months, whereas the next three will arrive all through 2026, which is able to embrace each the PC VR model of the sport and the ‘Nomad’ model for Quest.
