Giant Squid Reveals Sword Of The Sea

Today’s PlayStation Showcase brought the reveal of Sword of the Sea, a new game from Giant Squid, the development team behind Abzu and The Pathless.

The most striking visuals of the new game come from a vast desert that brings to mind thatgamecompany’s Journey. That’s not coincidence, since Giant Squid’s founder is Matt Nava, who was previously art director at thatgamecompany. While this game will undoubtedly be compared to the classic, it also has some differences. The desert looks more like the sea and your character moves through it like a surfer. In certain scenes, it appears that the desert actually turns into water.

We can see the emphasis on movement and flow for the main character in the video. They ride through the sand, performing tricks from half-pipes. We know from the descriptions of the game that the player controls a character called the Wraith who is attempting to bring life back into a world that has been ruined, and fighting against leviathans.

Sword of the Sea will be coming to PS5, though no release date has been announced yet.