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- Weaving Hazel’s Journey: A South of Midnight Documentary is available now on the Xbox YouTube channel, that includes brand-new gameplay and a behind-the-scenes take a look at the music, inspiration, and growth of Compulsion Games’ upcoming action-adventure.
- South of Midnight options Ahmed Finest (Efficiency & Voice Director), Adriyan Rae (Actress and Movement Seize for Hazel), and Nona Parker Johnson (Movement Seize and Stunt Actress for Hazel).
- The Artwork & Music of South of Midnight field set, developed by Dutch design studio Cook dinner & Becker, can also be now available for pre-order.
Compulsion Games is sharing a particular behind the scenes take a look at their upcoming action- journey recreation, South of Midnight, with the discharge of its documentary, Weaving Hazel’s Journey: A South of Midnight Documentary. We’re additionally proud to announce The Artwork & Music of South of Midnight, a field set that includes a meticulously designed artwork ebook, soundtrack vinyl, comedian ebook, and extra. The field set is offered for pre-order now.
Weaving Hazel’s Journey: A South of Midnight Documentary
The characteristic, which is offered to watch now on the Xbox YouTube channel, explores the world-building course of behind South of Midnight, in addition to the inspiration Compulsion has drawn from macabre folktales distinctive to areas of the American Deep South.
Along with a sneak peek at new gameplay for South of Midnight, the documentary contains interviews with the builders behind the sport, in addition to the actors who introduced the characters to life. South of Midnight options Efficiency & Voice Director Ahmed Finest (‘Star Wars Episodes I-III’, ‘The Mandalorian’, Fallout 76), Adriyan Rae (‘Chicago Hearth’, ‘Vagrant Queen’, ‘Atlanta’), Actress and Movement Seize for Hazel, and Nona Parker Johnson (‘Concern The Strolling Useless’, ‘Mayor of Kingstown’), the Movement Seize and Stunt Actress for Hazel.
Weaving Hazel’s Journey additionally options commentary from the groups which have formed South of Midnight’s music, gameplay and narrative – together with Artwork Director Whitney Clayton on the sport’s distinctive artwork type, Composer Olivier Derivière, whose wealthy soundtrack has taken inspiration from a number of musical genres of the Deep South, and the assorted inventive groups who’ve collaborated to realize the appear and feel of the sport.
Weaving Hazel’s Journey: A South of Midnight Documentary is offered to look at on YouTube now.
The Artwork & Music of South of Midnight Field Set
Compulsion Games has additionally introduced The Artwork & Music of South of Midnight, developed in collaboration with Dutch design home and writer Cook dinner and Becker. The field set highlights the unmistakable artwork type of the sport and contains a160-page artwork ebook with gold foil and gilded edges and a two-LP vinyl with the complete soundtrack of the sport offered in a fantastic gatefold – all with authentic idea artwork and designs from the manufacturing of South of Midnight.
To additional develop upon hero Hazel’s world, the set features a beautiful South of Midnight comedian ebook by award-winning artist Rob Guillory, an paintings on steel and a Huge Sport Excursions fridge magnet that includes an alligator and an airboat. The field set doesn’t embody a duplicate of the sport. The Artwork & Music of South of Midnight is offered for pre-order from Cook dinner and Becker starting today.
South of Midnight will launch in 2025 for Xbox Sequence X|S, PC, Steam, and cloud – or play it day one with Sport Move.
South of Midnight
Xbox Sport Studios
From the creators of Distinction and We Pleased Few, South of Midnight is a spellbinding third particular person action-adventure recreation set in the American Deep South.
As Hazel, you’ll discover the mythos and encounter creatures of Southern folklore in a macabre and fantastical world. When catastrophe strikes her hometown, Hazel known as to change into a Weaver: a magical mender of damaged bonds and spirits. Imbued with these new skills, Hazel will confront and subdue harmful creatures, untangle the webs of her circle of relatives’s shared previous and -if she’s fortunate – discover her technique to a spot that looks like residence.
A DARK MODERN FOLKTALE
When a hurricane rips by way of Prospero, Hazel is pulled right into a Southern Gothic world the place actuality and fantasy are interwoven, and historic creatures from folklore emerge. On this coming-of-age journey, Hazel journeys forth to rescue her mom and delves right into a haunting internet of folklore and household secrets and techniques, untangling her personal id.
CONFRONT MYTHICAL CREATURES
Wield an historic energy to revive creatures and uncover the traumas that eat them. Solid weaving magic to struggle harmful Haints, discover the various areas of the South, and reweave the tears in the Grand Tapestry.
HAUNTING BEAUTY OF THE GOTHIC SOUTH
Uncover the luxurious, decayed county of Prospero and its locals. Expertise a crafted visible type, touching storytelling, and immersive music impressed by the complicated and wealthy historical past of the South.