![]() In it all, Jakub dispatched a small team to locate and discover other potential survivors, trudging through the thick snow to reach them. ![]() At night, these visuals become even more paramount, with the world falling into the night, and the already deadly cold becoming a cascade of near-instant death. The generator, billowing with heat and light, is a small beacon in a world of paralyzing ice. We could see persons moving and shoveling, deep within the snow. Jakub easily zoomed into the environment, showcasing the smallest of details among the landscape. He then pointed out the research and development, as well as collecting research items. He was able to use the Xbox One controller to navigate the city, activating the generator and showing me the small, fledgling establishment of humans struggling to survive. With ease, Jakub was able to maneuver the city and show the basics of the first scenario. ![]() Jakub Stokalski, Project Lead and Senior Lead Designer at 11 bit, demonstrated to me the user interface of Frostpunk. Frostpunk: Console Edition comes following an incredibly successful launch on PC, which included critical praise, as well as a BAFTA Award nomination for Narrative. Locating survivors, preserving resources, and defending your city form potential threats are just some of the responsibilities that players will be tasked with participating in. The single player campaign plays in several different scenarios, with each one challenging the player in various ways. With resources scarce and humanity teetering between survival and extinction, you are tasked with building generator cities and protecting the citizens from various threats. British authorities create mammoth sources of energy and heat, simply called generators. The real-life eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, along with other environmental factors, have led to the destructive cooling of the Earth, destroying crops and killing millions of people. The year is 1886 and the Earth has changed. I came away absolutely impressed and eager for the game’s inevitable launch on consoles. With Frostpunk coming to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this year, I was joined by members of Evolve PR and 11 bit studios at an office space in downtown NYC to get a first look at the console edition of the game. Originally released in 2018 for the PC, Frostpunk is a city-building and survival game that focuses on the players building a city to survive the fatally freezing conditions of a radically changed planet. Just to help you get warmed up - or perhaps, cooled down - for the sequel.With the launch of Frostpunk: Console Edition, 11 bit studios seeks to change our expectations of a dystopic video game. The original Frostpunk, a simulation-strategy game about managing a city during a global volcanic winter, is also going free-to-play on Steam between 12th to 16th August. As of yet, Frostpunk 2 does not have a release date. So far Frostpunk 2 has only been announced for release on PC (via Steam, GOG or the Epic Games Store), but the original also released on consoles and even mobile - so perhaps more platforms will be announced at a later date. But most importantly, it adds a new layer that is present in many aspects of the game - be it politics, society or technological progress - the conflict between humans and their nature." "Frostpunk 2 builds on the conflicts of its predecessor - survival vs human values, life vs the arctic frost. ![]() "What players should expect is a wide universe of choices, the freedom to shape the society and the city however they see fit - and reap the consequences," he added. Frostpunk 2 co-director Jakub Stokalski said the sequel will go "vastly beyond that of the original Frostpunk," with the growing team of over 70 developers providing "more manpower available to focus on all aspects of the game". The Steam description confirms Frostpunk 2 takes place 30 years after the events of the first game. However, change does not come easily, and not everyone in this new multi-layered society will welcome this new direction." "After the age of coal, conquering Frostland for the oil extraction industry is expected to be the new salvation of what's left of humanity. But the apocalyptic world has moved on," says the press release. ![]() "In Frostpunk's successor, players are once again tasked with playing as the leader of a resource-hungry metropolis where the expansion and search for new sources of power is an unavoidable reality. Watch on YouTube Frostpunk 2 Announcement Trailer ![]()
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