This weekend, gamers got to experience E3 for the first time since 2019, and with it many major gaming publishers and developers had a chance to share some of their upcoming projects coming to consoles and PC. Among these new gaming announcements was A Plague Tale: Requiem, from developers Asobo Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive.
Serving as a direct sequel to 2019’s A Plague Tale: Innocence, Requiem returns to 14th century France where protagonists Amicia de Rune and her young brother Hugo must escape the English Army, infectious rats, and the Bubonic Plague.
The game features action and stealth-like gameplay, where both Amicia and Hugo’s skills are limited in battle. Also featuring survival horror elements, A Plague Tale takes the horrors of one of the scariest moments in history and applies it successfully to gameplay. The game manages to gamify the Black Plague incredibly well, with an incredible atmosphere that does a great job of capturing the world’s dark tone. For those reasons, it is one of the better historical video games in recent years.
Mostly known for making various children’s licensed games like Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Toy Story 3, as well as a few notable games like The Crew and Quantum Break, Asobo Studio stepped away from its comfort zone to develop A Plague Tale: Innocence. Despite being a drastic shift from the norm, A Plague Tale has put Asobo Studio on the map as a stand-out developer. Since then, the developer has even created the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and now arguably ranks among some of the best third-party console developers, with A Plague Tale returning for a second outing after a very successful first release.
Though there isn’t a ton of information yet known about the title, we do know that A Plague Tale: Requiem is set to release sometime in 2022 for PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC. The game looks to be getting somewhat of a visual upgrade for current-gen consoles and PC, with the game and its world looking beautifully horrific and dark. In addition to getting released for modern consoles, Microsoft also shared that the game would be a “day one” Game Pass title.
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(This article is credited to Ben Price. For as long as he can remember, Ben has always loved playing, discussing, and writing about video games. Since receiving his B.A. in English, he now writes about them for a living.)