Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader developer Owlcat Games has officially entered the publishing space, and it’s already signed deals with two up-and-coming RPG developers.
Per a press release, Owlcat’s first two projects as a publisher will be Emotion Spark Studio’s Rue Valley and Another Angle Games’ Shadow of the Road, both of which are fairly traditional-looking RPGs coming at the genre from different angles.
Rue Valley looks like it takes some pretty heavy cues from Disco Elysium; it’s a narrative-heavy RPG in which a man dealing with psychological challenges becomes trapped in a mysterious time loop. What are the chances it’s all in his head?
Rue Valley will allow you to shape your character’s personality as you play, and you’ll unlock “intentions and mindsets” as you progress through the game. That Disco Elysium influence really is shining through, eh?
If you’re looking for a more traditional combat-centric RPG, then Shadow of the Road is probably where you’ll want to apply. The Japan-set RPG melds tactical battling with a steampunk-infused interpretation of feudal Japan that also happens to be overrun with magical yokai.
You’ll face off against “implacable samurai”, “bizarre yokai”, and “relentless steampunk mercenaries” in Shadow of the Road, and you’ll also be able to decide whether you want to play as a noble ronin or a traitorous warrior.
Owlcat says that both of these games are currently “in the early stages of development”, but that we’ll learn more about both of them later this month at Gamescom. Exciting stuff!
As well as entering publishing, Owlcat has also announced that it’s gained control of publishing label META Publishing, which was partly responsible for publishing Wrath of the Righteous on both PC and consoles. We’ll get to find out more about what META (not to be confused with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta) later this month too.
Stay tuned for more on this and all other things Owlcat. In the meantime, if you want to familiarize yourself with the studio’s back catalogue, you can read our Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous review, and you can check out our interview with Owlcat about Rogue Trader.
