Ex-BioWare devs reveal Nightingale, a magical new survival-crafting game

NightingaleThis is Inflexion Games’ debut game, created by Aaryn Flynn (ex-General Manager BioWare), and it is their first title. This game was revealed at The Game Awards, Thursday. Nightingale was revealed as a shared-world survival and crafting game set in a magical “Victorian gaslamp fantasy” world. This means that terrifying creatures like giants or eldritch beasts can be fought with arcane technology and weapons appropriate to the era. Players can do all of this while sporting the most extravagant of outfits.

Mass Effect, Dragon Age and other veterans are creating the new game. The PC version of this game is available in an early access mode in 2022. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. “From the beginning, we knew we wanted to build an intricate fantasy setting as rich and full of history and life as anything we’ve worked on in the past,” Inflexion CEO Aaryn Flynn said in a statement. “The realms of Nightingale are vast and have many secrets to uncover, and we cannot wait for players to start discovering them.”

Nightingale will cast players as a Realmwalker, survivors of a “magical cataclysm.” Players will explore a variety of dangerous realms, accessible by portals, as they search for the last bastion of humanity, the titular city of Nightingale. Realmwalkers can work together with others to build massive settlements and to create tools and weapons that will fight monsters. They’ll also contend with the Fae, described as “humanity’s magical rivals.”

This is the debut trailer Nightingale offers a cinematic glimpse at Inflexion’s new world, but players will experience the game’s combat and crafting in first-person, according to a news release. Inflexion promises repeatable gameplay, shared worlds where players can battle solo or as a team, and a “universe of worlds to explore.”