Hello Xbox followers, I’m Brjann Sigurgeirsson, the director of the SteamWorld Universe and Franchise. I’m joyful to share some thrilling information with you immediately, particularly with all of the SteamWorld followers on the market. We’ve got simply introduced the subsequent instalment of the sequence and we’re leaping genres once more! It’s referred to as SteamWorld Construct and will probably be out there on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One in 2023!
Earlier than I dig deeper into the newest entry within the sequence, I want to take this chance to mirror on its diversified predecessors and the way they’ve influenced what we’re doing this 12 months with SteamWorld Construct. I’ve been with the sequence because the very starting, all the best way again in 2010 when SteamWorld Tower Defensewas launched. With our debut SteamWorld title we put gamers in command of a military of steam-powered robots in a – properly, you guessed it – tower defence-style gameplay.
With SteamWorld Dig, which got here to Xbox One in 2015, the engine actually began chugging. In that sport, we mixed components of Spelunky, Boulder Sprint, Dig Dug and Metroidvanias. This created a satisfying loop of exploration, mining, fight and upgrading that you just all actually bought behind and helped make our small sequence into an indie celebrity. Then we returned to that story with SteamWorld Dig 2 in 2017, our try at a full blown metroidvania which you Xbox followers cherished!
One of many causes I wished to briefly stroll you thru the genre-switching historical past of SteamWorld is to re-emphasize what SteamWorld is and how one can anticipate a continuation of this in SteamWorld Construct later this 12 months. SteamWorld is a universe that we’ve purposely cultivated to offer us the artistic freedom to soak up any route we wish. With every style we tackle, we attempt to distil the gameplay all the way down to its core essence, after which add our personal distinctive twist to make it really feel recent once more.
This leads us onto the sport I do know you’ve all been eagerly ready to listen to about: SteamWorld Construct! We’re once more taking SteamWorld in a complete new route, fusing our beloved steam-fuelled robots with town builder style. In our upcoming sport, you’ll not solely construct and handle a metropolis above floor, however dig beneath as you mine for supplies to handle and optimise your useful resource chains to make sure town thrives. I’ve misplaced sufficient hours on this sport already to let you know that the gameplay loop of this multi-level method is extremely rewarding!
To a level, it’s a loop that builds on what we’ve carried out with the Dig video games. You discover, mine, acquire, after which return to the floor to construct, improve and enhance. Within the case of SteamWorld Construct, there are a number of mine ranges to uncover and discover. Whereas every depth yields extra valuable sources, there are additionally extra risks so that you can take care of. Your guards are going to take care of big bugs, creepy crawlies, and different dwelling threats.
With all of the completely different SteamWorld titles launched up to now, we confirmed how we have been in a position to give new gamers an accessible entry level to a posh style with out stripping away strategic richness for veterans of the sequence. That’s a key a part of the SteamWorld formulation and one thing we’re doing once more with SteamWorld Construct. Constructed for console from the outset, we’re inviting newcomers and genre-devotees alike to observe a narrative that leads the steambots down into harmful depths and discover historical know-how which will assist them take off into area and escape earth earlier than it fully collapses.
Having labored on the SteamWorld sequence from the very starting, I’m actually excited for this subsequent step within the franchise and hope you’ll all be a part of us on a journey that may see the SteamWorlduniverse increase in new and thrilling instructions. I’m wanting ahead to telling you extra about SteamWorld Construct, in addition to the opposite SteamWorld titles we now have in improvement, by way of the usual model of SteamWorld Telegraph, which can grow to be an everyday neighborhood present later this 12 months.
Thanks for studying this Xbox Wire publish. I’m joyful to welcome again our followers, outdated and new, and we’ll so long this 12 months for the discharge on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One. You possibly can observe the sport on YouTube, Twitter, and Fb.
