Erin Hunter’s iconic younger grownup e-book sequence, Warriors, is lastly getting its first main online game, and it’s a turn-based RPG.
When you grew up with Firestar and the 4 Clans, you’ve been ready since 2003 for there to be some whisper of a large-scale, official adaptation following his journey from kittypet to Clan Chief. Whereas comedian books chronicling the Clans’ brutal and dramatic histories have been round because the mid-2000s, information of a movie, sequence, or full-scale online game has been disappointing at finest, leaving followers to create their very own animations in labors of affection that stand as a testomony to how well-loved the franchise has been for the final twenty years (we’ll always remember you, SSSWarriorCats).
That each one modified in 2026 — 23 years after the primary e-book was revealed — when, lastly, it was revealed that the Warriors sequence is getting each an animated present on Disney+ and its personal formally licensed online game launched on consoles and Steam.
A trailer shared to the official Warrior Cats Instagram account on August 5 gave followers a primary have a look at the sport, titled Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest. It’s a turn-based RPG coming to PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X and S, Nintendo Swap, and Nintendo Swap 2 this fall.
Gamers will create their very own cat, select a clan, and embark on an unique journey by way of the plains, forests, rivers, and swamps that generations of readers have come to know and love over time. The trailer showcased a glimpse at what fight will appear like, with gamers and members of their chosen Clan going through off in opposition to snakes, badgers, and even canine. Traversal additionally seems as immersive as one would anticipate for such a sport, permitting gamers to climb up bushes and race by way of the wilderness to catch prey and discover their environment.
They’ll even get to satisfy iconic characters from the books, with the trailer particularly exhibiting off the gorgeous however scarred Brightheart and what appears to be Cloudtail, Firestar’s nephew. Up to now, it’s unclear if gamers will be capable to select particular roles, leaving the choice of being a Drugs Cat up within the air for now.
Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest is developed by TRAILMARK Video games, an IP-focused developer based mostly out of Minnesota finest identified for titles like Cruis’n Blast, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants, and The Strolling Lifeless: Streets of Survival. It’s bought a strong observe report, and we are able to’t wait to see how Clans of the Forest shapes up by launch in only a few extra months.
Whereas Clans of the Forest is technically the primary full-scale Warriors sport revealed on main consoles and Steam, it isn’t the primary formally licensed one; Warrior Cats: Final Version, an RPG that equally lets gamers create their very own cat throughout the world of the books, was launched on Roblox in 2021. Developed by Aldrich-Callen Studios and Coolabi Group (who now owns the rights to the Warrior Cats IP), it was initially launched in 2019 with restricted options, and an enlargement titled Warrior Cats: Lake Territory is at the moment in improvement. (A mobile game can also be within the works, slated for launch in 2027, although not a lot is understood in regards to the title at current.)
That is the most recent huge information for Warriors followers after Disney confirmed that an animated series adapting the beloved novels is in energetic manufacturing. Revealed in June, CG studio Unique Pressure (God of Conflict 2018, Black Fantasy: Wukong) is animating the present on behalf of Tencent Video and Coolabi, with A.C. Bradley (Ms Marvel, What If?) listed as showrunner. Rodrigo Blaas (Discovering Nemo, The Incredibles, Wall-E) is ready to direct in collaboration with unbiased animation studio El Guiri Studios (Star Wars Visions: Sith).
Concept art for the present was revealed in July, exhibiting Firestar bathed in a sunspot searching on different cats of the Clans inside a shadowy forest. The sequence is slated for launch in 2028, giving longtime followers the hope they’ve been ready for all these years.
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