World news – Square Enix Presents: Forspoken, New Life Is Strange and More Announced

News from Square Enix Presents included a new Life is Strange game and more on Forspoken, formerly Project Athia.

By
Gabe Gurwin
on March 18, 2021 at 11:39 a.m. PDT

Square Enix Presents took place on March 18 and gave us detailed insights into several previously announced games as well as some surprise games. Life is strange: True Colors to action-packed Forspoken had something for everyone.

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Outside of the games themselves, we also heard of ongoing multimedia projects for franchises like Tomb Raider, as well as mobile spin-offs for Just Cause and Hitman. Here are the biggest games and announcements we saw during the show.

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Life is Strange: True Colors is the next full entry in the series, launching September 10th as a full package rather than through episodic releases. It includes a character from Before the Storm that you can romanticize, and it will come in multiple editions. In addition to the new game, there are also revised versions of Life is Strange and Before the Storm.

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Outriders received a long new trailer during the presentation that showed the game’s four classes and a deep and customizable skill tree. You will keep the demo progress when you purchase the full game – or receive it on Xbox Game Pass.

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Balan Wonderworld, a game from some of the creative minds behind the Sonic and Nights series, got a new trailer during the show. You can see it above.

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Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy released today for $ 20, though the price won’t stay that low forever. Along with this news, we received a video celebrating the 25th anniversary of the franchise and a quick update on some other media projects with Lara Croft.

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The PS5 and Xbox Series X | S versions of Marvel’s Avengers are available now. Alongside the launch, Crystal Dynamics shared a roadmap for the game that includes a new Black Widow event, new story content, and the launch of Black Panther. There is no set date when he will come to the game, but it will be this year. Oh, and we have to see Hawkeye in action with his famous bow!

Just Cause Mobile was announced late last year and received a new trailer during the presentation. The trailer featured some famous ones from the main series, including the ziplines from the third and fourth games, as well as Rico Rodriguez himself.

Hitman: Sniper Assassins is currently under a working title and is the latest mobile game from the Square Enix Montreal team behind Hitman : Sniper. In that case, you’re not playing as Agent 47. We’ll learn more about the release for iOS and Android later this year.

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The stunning fantasy action game formerly called Project Athia now has an official title: Forspoken. The protagonist Frey, played by Ella Balinska, has access to some impressive traversing skills. The game is currently being developed at Luminous Productions’ in-house studio for a 2022 release on PS5 and PC.