Game designer Peter Molyneux has returned to video games, and debuted his next project during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The new project, called Masters of Albion, goes back to Molyneux’s roots in god games, with a few new twists.
The brief gameplay demonstration showed the familiar disembodied hand floating over a small medieval-looking village. Molyneux said that you can manage loads of details in your community, right down to what they eat. You can even make them eat rats, if you’re so inclined.
We have a very special guest joining us tonight, Peter Molyneux! He’s here to reveal his new game, which he’s secretly been working on for the past THREE years. This is Masters of Albion! #OpeningNightLive pic.twitter.com/6otYlm9BAp
— Summer Game Fest (@summergamefest) August 20, 2024
But preparing your village with adequate defense is important because at night you’re attacked by monsters. At that point you can either switch to an over-the-shoulder third-person perspective and fight directly as one of your town’s champions, or rain down divine fury on the attacking creatures–or just switch between the two perspectives mid-gameplay. Molyneux showed his champion getting wiped out, and then went back to the drawing board the next day to train them up in the village.
Masters of Albion is coming from Molyneux’s studio 22cans. It’s available to wishlist on Steam, but no release date has been set.
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