Veteran online game developer Peter Molyneux has introduced a launch date for what’s described as his ultimate god sport: Masters of Albion.
Molyneux and his studio 22cans confirmed Masters of Albion for April 22, 2026 solely on PC through Steam, alongside a new video, under. 22cans stated the trailer exhibits off Masters of Albion’s “distinctive mix of cosy creativity by day and brutal survival by night time.”
Molyneux, who famously developed the likes of Fable, Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Black & White earlier than founding 22cans in 2012 and releasing controversial god sport Godus, labored with the likes of Mark Healey, Russell Shaw, Iain Wright, and Kareem Ettouney on Masters of Albion.
“Mixing technique, simulation, city administration, and real-time defence, the sport offers gamers extraordinary freedom to play the sport the approach they need to play it,” 22cans stated.
“Taking inspiration from some of Peter’s basic titles, Masters of Albion is a return to kind, mixing gameplay mechanics from a number of genres, technique with simulation, city administration with defence, to reinvigorate the god sport, and give gamers the energy and freedom to create. Or destroy…”
Right here’s a remark from Peter Molyneux:
“Masters of Albion is the end result of my life’s work, a sport that owes a lot to titles like Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, and Fable. It’s a completely distinctive sport that we hope will delight gamers, a sport that brings God Video games into the trendy gaming panorama and places the style firmly again on the map.”
Masters of Albion sport options:
Construct, Create, and Customise
As a god, you’ve absolute freedom over your cities and villages:
• Design and construct each construction
• Rent, home and handle your workforce
• Customise buildings with paint, patterns and elaborations
• Mix constructing varieties into distinctive multi-purpose constructions
• No timers or ready, construct immediately and iterate freely
From small workshops to sprawling cities, Albion grows precisely the way you resolve.
Wield the Energy of the God Hand
Command the world with historic powers:
• Manipulate buildings and objects freely
• Possess and management the dwelling
• Encourage, reward, insult, or punish your individuals
• Throw big boulders, spiked balls, exploding barrels or simply plain old school individuals
• Rain lightning, fireplace and destruction down upon your enemies
• Form Albion with absolute authority
Get pleasure from the freedom that being a god brings, however with nice freedom comes nice duty.
Roam Freely Throughout Albion
Expertise the world from a number of views:
• View Albion from the heavens or possess dwelling beings to discover on foot
• Management heroes, canine, employees and even chickens
• Full quests to unlock treasures and secrets and techniques
• Delve into harmful underground cave networks
• Craft weapons and armour to your heroes
• Design the garments that your employees put on (nevertheless weird)
• Discover, experiment and uncover the forgotten historical past of Albion
Defend the Evening
When night time falls, Albion is not secure. Malevolent creatures emerge from the darkness, attacking cities and killing indiscriminately. Survival is determined by preparation and decisive motion:
• Design, construct and arm highly effective defensive turrets
• Rent heroes to guard the individuals
• Escort the susceptible by way of the terrors of the night time
• Assemble partitions, choke factors, and lethal defences
• Channel enemies into fastidiously deliberate kill zones
• Use god powers to strike concern into the undead
• Possess heroes and battle enemies straight in real-time fight
Every night time checks your planning, creativity, and resolve.
Key Themes
• Energy and duty
• Business versus historic magic
• Freedom of selection and consequence
• Cosy creativity contrasted with chaos and hazard
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