With developer Compulsion Video games having taken the stage on the latest Developer_Direct to announce the discharge date for South of Midnight, the studio has additionally made the sport obtainable for digital pre-order.
Whereas gamers can pre-order the usual version of the sport and get entry to it when it comes out on April 8, there’s additionally a Premium Version that comes with a bunch of goodies, in addition to 5 days of early entry to the sport earlier than its launch date. Grabbing South of Midnight‘s Premium Version will enable gamers to start out taking part in on April 3.
Together with the sport itself, the South of Midnight Premium Version additionally comes with a digital artwork guide, a digital comedian guide, a digital copy of the sport’s unique soundtrack, a music video, and a documentary in regards to the title. The Premium Version of South of Midnight is priced at $49.99, whereas the usual version is priced at $39.99.
The soundtrack of the sport, composed by Olivier Deriviere, will embrace music by Southern artists. The music itself will vary from soulful blues to honky-tonk music. The soundtrack has been composed to evoke the cultural historical past of the sport’s main setting.
The comedian guide, titled The Boo-Hag, options writing and artwork by Rob Guillory. The total-colour comedian will revolve round protagonist Hazel’s encounter with a legendary creature from the Deep South mythos.
The documentary, titled Weaving Hazel’s Journey, Director’s Reduce, revolves across the growth of the sport. The documentary additionally goes into element about how the sport’s world was created, and the sorts of inspirations that the title’s artists, designers and writers had been in a position to attract from.
Compulsion Video games lately launched a gameplay trailer for South of Midnight, which alongside letting us see Hazel’s fight and exploration capabilities, additionally gave us a take a look at among the title’s earlier story. The sport will characteristic a bunch of various zones, every of which can be stuffed with distinctive enemies, every with their very own strengths and weaknesses.
The studio had revealed again in November that South of Midnight can be fairly an journey, and can take gamers anyplace between 20 and 25 hours to complete it. The studio hasn’t revealed, nonetheless, if this playtime estimate is for gamers that will simply be specializing in the story, or if it additionally consists of side-quests and different content material.
South of Midnight was first unveiled again in June 2023. The sport revolves round 19-year-old protagonist Hazel, who finds herself changing into chosen by the magical world round her to change into a Weaver. The story will contain Hazel taking up totally different enemies, all based mostly off of folklore and myths of the Deep South space the place the sport is about.
For extra particulars about South of Midnight, try a trailer that was launched again in June 2024 that gave us a strong take a look at the title’s numerous fight and exploration mechanics, all of which can have Hazel use her Weaver talents to the fullest.
South of Midnight is coming to PC and Xbox Collection X/S on April 8.
