It’s a small world in spite of everything…

Writer Microids, in affiliation with Parisian indie studio Tower 5, has launched the primary screenshots for the intriguing-looking insect journey Empire of the Ants, which is presently in improvement for PC and console platforms, with a tentative 2024 launch window.

Primarily based on Bernard Werber’s 1991 sci-fi novel Les Fourmis, (“The Ants”), Empire of the Ants will see layers don the type of a soldier ant, charged with main its misplaced colony to safer, finer pastures. Using the facility of Unreal 5, Tower 5 is making an attempt to assemble a photo-realistic macro world — one that may hopefully embody the risks and struggles that face our hard-working pals on a day-to-day foundation.

Because the self-appointed colony head, the participant should information the ants over and throughout a wide range of totally different environments, battling numerous predators and threats, in addition to surviving the highly effective, all-consuming seasons. Hold your “individuals” alive, fend off aggressors, and discover a new dwelling wherein to thrive.

These first screenshots depict the protagonist as they confront ladybirds, scour for sustenance, and face down rival colonies. Even at this early stage, it seems fairly fascinating, and brings to thoughts the distinctive, small-world joys of 2009 Wii launch Lethal Creatures.

And even with no windswept Joan Collins screaming and swinging round a ship oar, or a small, midwestern city populated by pheromone-controlled rednecks on patrol, Tower 5’s creepy-crawly title has positively made its means onto my radar.

Empire of the Ants is presently in improvement for PC and consoles. It’s scheduled to launch in 2024.