Beyond a Steel Sky launches for consoles on November 30, publisher Microids and developer Revolution Software have announced.
When Beyond a Steel Sky launches for consoles, it’ll be available across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 – the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions are newly revealed today.
There’s a “Beyond a Steel Book” limited edition planned, which comes with a physical copy of the game, a SteelBook with comic book artwork from Dave Gibbons, a digital soundtrack, and a sheet of stickers.
Here’s a new trailer:
You can find a rundown of the game (via GamersGate) below:
From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond A Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.
You are Robert Foster. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. You have vowed to bring him home. The trail has led you to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown.
Union City is a utopia, its people loving life under the control of an altruistic AI: ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas and bars. What’s not to love? But this City has a dark underbelly…
‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions.
Key features:
- The World – An adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by wilful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices.
- The Story – Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance.
- The puzzles – Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.
- The Look – A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.
Beyond a Steel Sky is available on Windows PC, and Linux (both via GamersGate, and Steam), as part of the Apple Arcade subscription service.
