In Tsarevna, the Slavic myth-inspired slasher introduced Wednesday, preventing battles is actually a dance — ballet, particularly. The upcoming title will mix “folklore and wonderful artwork” with movement seize from Alyona Kovalyova, principal ballerina at Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.
The teaser video reveals the eponymous protagonist stretching into a good looking plié tendu again, arms reaching backwards in a cambré — and simply as her arms attain, an assault befalls the enemy in entrance of her. In full battle, you see Tsarevna effortlessly pirouette, plié, and port de bras her method round baddies with some form of magical knife she wields with the facility of dance.
We don’t know a ton concerning the gameplay itself, however the teaser makes it seem to be gamers can be performing hack-and-slash actions in mixtures that’ll correspond with numerous ballet strikes and, in flip, fight strikes. Kovalyova’s work is at all times beautiful, nevertheless it’s particularly enjoyable to see the dark-fantasy parts of Tsarevna surrounding her sleek actions.
The third-person standpoint leaves loads of room for the participant to understand the dancing itself, and developer Watt Studio guarantees an unique story to go together with it.
“Gamers will confront historical deities, unlock the Tsarevna’s forgotten previous, and uncover the price of wielding energy rooted in grief and wonder,” the information launch says.
Tsarevna can be launched on Home windows PC by way of Steam in 2026.
