Mike Laidlaw is at the helm of the new game. The former creative director of the Dragon Age series was in Quebec, Canada four years ago to found a new studio Yellow Brick Games, which boasted its first title. His name is Eternal Strands and it is a third-person action adventure game set in an interesting fantasy world.
Laidlaw is also the creative director of this news that beckons a mix of action, magic and climbing, including climbing over huge enemies just like in Shadow of the Colossus or Dragon's Dogma. Your job is to spot their weak points and strike before you fall. You'll play as Brynn, a young and intrepid warrior determined to reclaim her people's cultural home by will reveal the secrets of the Enclave – of a once mighty nation now lying idle.
“Use your powerful magical abilities and arsenal of weapons to take on enemies ranging from humanoid constructs to giant beasts,” we will read in the caption that confirms it arcade combat system. A battle awaits us with epic, 25 meter tall creatures called Arks. In battles against a large list of creatures, we will have to take advantage of the environment and extreme weather events.
Magical abilities can be used to create ice bridges across chasms, burn barriers and overcome huge distances in this world. The physical system should be very sophisticated and rewarding players for creativity in exploration and combat.
“It's a completely different game than the ones I've worked on in the past,” added Laidlaw. We should expect Eternal Strands in 2025 in versions for PC (Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 by a team of 68 people, including other veterans such as Thomas Giroux (CEO), Jeff Skalski (COO, Executive Producer) and Frédéric St-Laurent B. (Game Director) who previously worked at Ubisoft on Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed Syndicate.