During The Game Awards, Private Division and Piccolo Studio, creators of Arise: A Simple Story, announced a new title: After Us. The game features Piccolo Studio’s signature style of delivering impactful storytelling and combines it with compelling exploration and adventure. In After Us, players take on the role of Gaia, the Spirit of Life, as she must jump, glide, dash, wallride, and swim to evade deadly obstacles and enemies. As the embodiment of life, she has the power to help restore and reconstitute the planet. By emitting bursts of light, Gaia sparks new plant growth revealing new paths for traversal.
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“After Us is a game about legacy and hope,” said Alexis Corominas, Game Director at Piccolo Studio. “We set out to craft a powerful game experience that blends poignant narrative with creative game design and unique mechanics. We look forward to seeing everyone’s reactions to the game when it releases next Spring.”
And that power in the game is going to be shaped by the fantastic. The studio says that After Us will prominently display a fantastic world wrought by the destructive actions of an unbridled society experienced by the player across ten different biomes. In this expansive world, players learn the final fates of various majestic creatures, such as the last whale harpooned, the final eagle caged, or the last deer hunted down, before resurrecting their spirits to return life to the world. Each new environment presents new challenges for Gaia and tells the stories of these animal’s final moments before their climactic moment of rebirth.
“A core pillar of Private Division is empowering studios to achieve their creative vision, and it’s exciting to see Piccolo Studio build upon their previous success with Arise, in this new and ambitious game,” said Michael Worosz, Chief Strategy Officer, Take-Two Interactive, and Head of Private Division. “After Us beautifully blends an artistic, abstract world, thrilling gameplay, and a powerful, universal narrative into an unforgettable experience that we are proud to publish from Private Division.”
After Us set to launch Spring 2023 for PC on Steam, and on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S for $29.99.
After Us – Official Announcement Trailer
From Piccolo Studio and Private Division, After Us will launch in Spring 2023 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope Play as Gaia, the Spirit of Life, and navigate stunning platforming environments in an abstract world to salvage the souls of extinct animals.
