South of Midnight release date announced at Xbox Developer Direct

In a gaming manufacture dominated by sequels and endless online shooters, South of Midnight looks similar a existent original.

A magical bildungsroman astir a teenage miss navigating an enchanted Southern municipality submerged by the aftermath of a devastating hurricane, the upcoming crippled present has a factual merchandise day arsenic revealed during the latest Xbox Developer Direct show.

You’ll beryllium capable to play South of Midnight connected April 8 arsenic a console exclusive connected Xbox Series X/S, on with Game Pass and PC (via the Microsoft Store and Steam).

The crippled is disposable to pre-order present for £39.99, with the enactment to either bargain oregon upgrade to the premium variation (£49.99) for 5 days’ aboriginal access.

Why the debased terms for a caller title? The full crippled lone takes 10-12 hours to complete, making it a abbreviated and (hopefully) saccharine experience.

Judging by the game’s latest trailer, South of Midnight is similar The Jungle Book to Senua’s Heart of Darkness. At 1 point, South of Midnight's heroine, Hazel, encounters a elephantine catfish who plops down from a histrion conscionable similar Kaa, the mesmerising snake from Kipling’s classical tale.

Don’t worry, helium won’t devour you. In fact, the catfish, which we archetypal encountered successful the game’s gameplay trailer past summer, turns retired to beryllium Hazel’s companion-come-surfboard for navigating the flooded streets of her fictional hometown of Prospero.

During her journey, Hazel faces disconnected against creatures pulled consecutive from Southern folklore. Haints, the game’s main force class, instrumentality galore corrupted forms, portion mythical beasts similar Two-Toed Tom (a elephantine alligator) and Huggin’ Molly (a monolithic spider with the caput of a woman) dependable similar the large bosses.

At its heart, South of Midnight is simply a communicative astir household and belonging, according to developer Compulsion Games. Hazel’s quest to rescue her parent and reconstruct her hometown is arsenic overmuch astir untangling her family’s shared past arsenic it is astir confronting the creatures threatening Prospero.

Despite its affectional storyline, it mightiness inactive entreaty to those who bask their fantasies quirky and whimsical portion we hold for the caller Fable.