Summary
Istanbul-based Shadowfall Studio has announced that it is an officialPlayStationPartner. The indie developer is currently working on its debut project, codenamedProject Daeron, and it seems to have caught the eye of market-leading platform holderPlayStation.
In recent years, PlayStation has been actively ramping up its efforts to find game development partners in nascent markets. The company launched “Hero Projects” in countries like China, India, and most recently, Africa to discover and fund promising game developers. Thanks to the program, games likeLost Soul Asidehave been able to get offthe ground. The PlayStation Partner program is no different, supporting indie developers via loaning them PS5 devkits, allowing them to self-publish on the PlayStation Store, and helping market their games on a larger scale.
The PlayStation Partners program has yielded excellent games, likePowerWash Simulator,Kena: Bridge of Spirits, andReturnal, the latter leading toPlayStation acquiring developer Housemarque. Now, Shadowfall Studio has announced on Twitter that it’s the latest PlayStation Partner, and that it will launch its “next big game” on PS5. Located in Istanbul, the studio is working on a co-op action game codenamedProject Daeron.Shadowfall Studio’s official websiteoffers more insight into the game, stating that it’s based on Turkish mythology and features a “villain protagonist” who will fight shamans and, occasionally, gods.
Project Daeron Melds Co-op Gameplay with a Novel Combat System
The game’sstory is designed around two-player co-op, but single-player functionality will also be available, possibly with a friendly AI character. Gameplay-wise, Shadowfall Studio claims thatProject Daeronwill have a “fast-paced, hybrid combat system” which allows the player to string together magical and melee abilities simultaneously, as well as a rune crafting system to “enhance” the player’s arsenal. The website also mentions a “complex AI system” that seemingly supports both offensive and stealth-driven approaches to gameplay. From the images provided,Project Daeronappears to be a first-person game.
The budding studio has received a substantial amount of attention thanks to its PlayStation partnership announcement, and confirmed a gameplay reveal trailer forProject Daeronin the coming days. Many PlayStation fans are excited to learn more about the action title thanks to its unique Turkish mythology setting, which has rarely been explored in video games. The first-person magic-melee hybrid gameplay also seems interesting, possibly echoing the likes ofAvowed’s magic casting systems. Whatever it may look like, PlayStation bringing Shadowfall Studio aboard as a partner clearly speaks to the potential ofProject Daeron, and fans should definitely keep an eye on the newfound studio.
