Hello there! I’m Matt Nava, Artistic Director at Large Squid. For the previous couple of years we’ve been exhausting at work on our newest sport, Sword of the Sea. Throughout right this moment’s State of Play, we revealed our August 19 2025 launch date. I’m excited to lastly share extra with you about the world and gameplay of this atmospheric browsing journey.
An exhilarating, excessive velocity solution to discover
Like our earlier titles Abzu and The Pathless, this sport focuses on distinctive and interesting motion. At its core, Sword of the Sea is all about browsing. You’ll be carving your means throughout mysterious shifting waves of sand on the historical and highly effective hoversword. We constructed this sport with velocity and maneuverability in thoughts–you’ll be catching air off fallen statues, grinding throughout the chains of archaic machines, and performing tips in halfpipe-like tombs as you be a part of the Wraith on his quest to convey life again to his barren world. And of course there are a lot of intuitive but satisfyingly expressive tips you are able to do to point out off your expertise as you go.
In Sword of the Sea, motion itself is a pleasure. Drawing inspiration from traditional skating and snowboarding video games of the previous and merging that with our signature environmental design and atmospheric narrative type has resulted in a mythic browsing journey not like anything.
Unveil the sea
As the Wraith journeys throughout the desolate Necropolis, you’ll discover skatepark-like ruins full of ramps, wall rides, and secrets and techniques. Uncover the mysteries of this land and it is possible for you to to revive the magical sealife that when inhabited the waves. Rework the sandy dunes into emerald oceans, and forgotten temples will come alive with fish and delightful kelp forests, permitting you to succeed in new heights as you glide upwards by the leaves.
Colleges of fish will circulate with the restored waters, permitting you to swiftly sail alongside shoals or watch in surprise as they coalesce into big swirling baitballs. You may also get a lift from an enormous jellyfish and bounce upwards or discover bigger creatures like orca or dolphins that comply with you on your travels and even assist you to hitch a journey!
A mysterious and visually gorgeous world
Large Squid video games are identified for his or her distinctive and immediately recognizable artwork type that creates memorable, stunning worlds for gamers to lose themselves in. Sword of the Sea isn’t any completely different and we expect it’s shaping as much as be our most beautiful work but. You’ll end up slowing down from these excessive high speeds simply to take all of it in.
Whereas the undulating, shifting sands could also be what you’ve seen most of to date, the Wraith’s story will take him to many areas past the desert. Put together to surf throughout windswept snowfields, glacial mountains, and lots of extra thrilling and sudden biomes on this journey.
With the energy of the PS5 and PS5 Professional, we will ship the most gorgeous vistas and awe-inspiring locales with out sacrificing the efficiency required for the excessive velocity and dextrous gameplay at the coronary heart of Sword of the Sea.
A religious journey
In Sword of the Sea, browsing throughout the panorama can really evoke a state of meditative calm and circulate. As a surfer and snowboarder myself, I’ve felt the rush of motion and seen the magnificence of nature in a means that solely these excessive sports activities can ship. However there’s extra to it than simply that- browsing is a religious expertise, one which I hope to seize with this sport. On a sure degree, the Wraith’s story is about chasing that sense of complete connection to nature that solely browsing may give you. While you lastly get to play Sword of the Sea, absorb the vibrant coloration, the residing world, and the enchanting rating by Austin Wintory–we hope the expertise will provide you with the indescribable, religious mixture of rush and tranquility that makes browsing so particular.
Play on PlayStation Plus at launch
Sword of the Sea shall be out there on Ps Plus proper after we launch on August 19 for PS5 and we will’t wait so that you can get your palms on it and begin your browsing journey. Thanks for studying–we’ll see you out on the waves this summer season!
