Among the many many first-party releases that Xbox has lined up for 2025, one particularly that has caught the attention is South of Midnight. Developer Compulsion Video games’ action-adventure title is promising a singular gothic fantasy setting impressed by the American Deep South, which, mixed with its Southern folklore-inspired story, its distinctive artwork model, and is stop-motion animation model, appears to have the makings of an interesting recreation.
To shed extra gentle on all of that and extra, Compulsion Video games and Microsoft has launched a 30-minute documentary that particulars the event of South of Midnight. Varied members of the event group communicate in regards to the means of conceptualizing the sport and dealing on its setting, story, characters, visible model, gameplay mechanics, and extra.
Along with speaking about its many inspirations and the steps that have been taken by the event group to make sure the expertise feels as genuine to these inspirations as attainable, the documentary additionally reveals a number of latest particulars on the sport itself, together with a wholesome quantity of latest gameplay footage, showcasing fight, traversal, a variety of places, boss fights, and extra. You may view the documentary beneath.
South of Midnight is due out in 2025 for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC.