After hitting Early Entry again in June 2021, we lastly have a date for the preliminary launch of Phantom Abyss. The trap-dodging asynchronous multiplayer sport is coming to Xbox Sequence X|S and PC through Steam and the Humble Retailer on January 25. 

Writer Devolver Digital and developer Group WIBY let the newest announcement free on Steam. You may see some lightning-fast snippets of Model 1.0 in motion within the launch date trailer under.

For these simply now seeing what Group WIBY has been engaged on, Phantom Abyss tosses gamers into procedurally generated temples with the easy however difficult job of retrieving sacred relics. As anybody who has ever traversed even probably the most modest of temples will let you know, that’s simply askin’ for booby traps. From perilous chasms to temple guards, you solely get one probability to outlive and make your approach by means of every temple, so you must select your relic path properly. 

The asynchronous multiplayer comes into play as you discover the temples and spot the phantoms of fallen gamers who’ve come and gone in that temple earlier than. You may observe the actions and lethal missteps of as much as 20 phantoms — together with Steam pals and complete strangers — and check out to not repeat the identical errors. 

Fortune and glory

It’s been some time since we checked the sport out for ourselves, and loads can occur in over two years of Early Entry.

Among the many updates to search for as we enterprise into 1.0 are a totally overhauled Journey Mode, a brand new Abyss Mode, and modifications to Whips. The Abyss Mode was beforehand often called Traditional Mode and acts as the center of the sport, letting gamers roll the cube to make their approach by means of all 4 areas of a novel temple to gather the relic ready on the finish.

We will all sit up for failing miserably at it collectively later this month.