Everything Shown During Today’s 505 Games Showcase

505 Games, the publisher behind games like the yet-to-be-released Payday 3, Control, and the PC version of Death Stranding Director’s Cut, held its first-ever games showcase today. The event revealed three new games and a quick look at Eiyuden Chronicles: Rising. 

The show began with Among The Trolls – a folklore survival and strategy game. Then it moved to Stray Blade – a magical combat action RPG. Finally, we look at Eiyuden Chronicles : Rising, which has been released this week. Then, we end with a brief tease about Miasma Chronicles, which is a Mutant Year Zero game developed by The Bearded Ladies.

Let’s break each of the new games down: 

The Trolls

The trailer of Among The Trolls presents this survival game in a somewhat spooky (or at the very least, mysterious) manner. Your goal is to survive in a forest that’s home to creatures of folklore like, well, trolls. Main character remembers their grandmother telling them that every forest, meadow and lake is home to its own type of folk, so they must make sure those folk are happy. After moving away to the U.S., through specific circumstances, you’re brought back to your grandparent’s house in Finland. Before arriving, though, a giant sea monster crushes your boat and you awaken in a forest, unaware of where you are or why you’re there. 

Given it’s a survival game, the first thing you need to do is find a way to survive and that’s where traditional genre elements like crafting come into play. Of course, with the folklore twist in Among The Trolls, simply surviving won’t be enough – you’ll need to keep the creatures that call the forest home happy and you’ll need to figure out exactly how to do that.

Unity by Forbidden is currently developing Among The Trolls and it will soon be available for Early Access on Steam. 

Stray Blade

Stray Blade was the second game revealed in today’s showcase and in it, you play as an anthropologist from another land who explores the ancient ruins of a mysterious civilization. In doing so, you accidentally break a 1000-year-old spell that blocks a valley to an unknown civilization separate from the plane you currently call yours. There, you encounter a small wolf-man character who becomes your companion. Together, you must uncover and explore Acrea, which has seemingly become your new home since you can’t leave until a bunch of magical shards embedded in your chest are removed. 

Acrea features many different biomes – a desert, a forest, a frozen tundra, and more – and you must survive in each while dodging the pointy end of arrows and more from warring factions. There’s crafting and plenty of magic-based combat. You’ll be able to give it a go when Stray Blade goes into beta on PlayStation/Xbox consoles and PC sometime this year. 

Eiyuden Chronicles: Rising

It’s too late to discuss this game, so we won’t go into detail. But, Game Informer’s Eiyuden Chronicles – Rising review is available right now. 

Miasma Chronicles 

Miasma Chronicles was not shown and discussed. It is currently being developed by Mutant year zero developer The Bearded Ladies. A cinematic CGI trailer for the film was released. The trailer shows the young protagonist trying magic on a small robot friend to enter and control a black portal. Diggs warns protagonist, but he pushes on regardless, using the magic-wielding gloves from his mother to access the portal. As for why, it turns out he believes his mom is on the other side of the portal and that’s why he’s trying to go through it. Miasma Chronicles did not receive a release window. 

And that’s everything shown during today’s 505 Games Showcase.

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