Bloober Staff’s twisted sci-fi nightmare, Cronos: The New Dawn, is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 with a launch date of September 5, 2025.
The studio revealed its launch date plans throughout at present’s July 2025 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, narrowing its launch window right down to a selected September date. It comes with the information that Cronos is coming to Switch 2 along with PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X | S.
Bloober’s replace arrived alongside a brand new trailer exhibiting how Cronos: The New Dawn runs on Switch 2 and the various terrors The Traveler will encounter throughout their journey by means of previous and future. Whereas it included a have a look at enemies, time-travel mechanics, and an improve system, the actual spotlight is that the footage provides a contemporary have a look at gameplay following the staff’s work on final yr’s Silent Hill 2 remake.
“Sooner or later, harmful creatures born from the remnants of humanity prowl the wasteland,” an outline revealed throughout the Nintendo Direct mentioned. “You will must craft ammo and provides with restricted assets to fend off brutal enemies, however do not let your guard down after defeating them. If a monster absorbs a fallen enemy, it is going to evolve into an much more nightmarish type.”
We just lately bought to go hands-on with Cronos: The New Dawn and got here away excited to see extra from the brand new Lifeless House-inspired world Bloober has crafted. In our preview, we mentioned, “it looks like Bloober Staff has cherry-picked from the perfect of the style and common a survival horror beast of its personal.”
For every little thing else introduced throughout at present’s July 2025 Nintendo Direct Accomplice Showcase, you possibly can click on proper right here. You too can try our interview with Bloober from final October to study extra about how Cronos: The New Dawn matches into its catalog of horror experiences.
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