Developer Last Keep, a studio comprised of ex-Ensemble Studios expertise who labored on famend technique video games like Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, and Halo Wars, have introduced Project Citadel, the codename for what the group describes as “an RTS for a brand new technology of avid gamers.” It’s in growth for PC and shall be launched on Steam Early Access in 2025.
Project Citadel is a single-player real-time technique roguelike aiming for an endlessly replayable marketing campaign comprised of simply digestible five-minute gameplay chunks. Last Keep says Citadel has “long-term metaprogression” with procedural technology in gameplay that helps be certain that you by no means expertise the identical precise factor twice. Check out the primary screenshots within the gallery beneath and the teaser trailer above.
“We began Last Keep, with our wealth of expertise making technique video games, to modernize the RTS,” mentioned studio CEO Dave Pottinger. “We grew up making RTS video games. We love the style, however it wants recent concepts. We’re going to make deep, significant RTS gameplay accessible to everybody. With Project Citadel, all you want is to choose up a controller or mouse and soar into the motion.”
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