Styx: Shards of E3

Posted on 09 Jun 2016 by
L Coulsen

It’s about that time again. The Electronic Entertainment Expo is right on our doorsteps, throwing out more gaming goodness than you can shake a stick at. And like everyone else, I have my favourites to keep an eye out for. Such as the upcoming Styx: Shards of Darkness which has a new cinematic trailer. Sequel to the rather underappreciated Master of Shadows, this game sees the little green gobshite tasked with stealing an ambassador’s big pointy rod.

Kinky.

But things never go according to plan, and he soon finds out that everyone wants the sceptre. Which appears to be some kind of magical McGuffin. Then a Queen turns up dead and Styx is blamed for it. So, all in all, business as usual really. The trailer doesn’t show us anything of the game itself, but it establishes a suitably dark and convoluted setting to play around in some time later this year. As Shards of Darkness is currently set to release some time in 2016.


Official Press Release

Styx: Shards of Darkness, the sequel to Cyanide Studio’s stealth surprise success story Master of Shadows, comes to consoles and PC in 2016. Styx creeps back in a new adventure packed with bigger production, a load of new features and a new engine: Unreal Engine 4. Today’s E3 Trailer unveils more about the quest that awaits our green-skinned goblin in Styx: Shards of Darkness.

While Styx is in business in Thoben, the City of Thieves, he makes an unexpected deal with a mysterious human officer Helledryn. As Styx, you must steal the ambassador’s scepter, a very coveted object, which other, more nefarious, parties are interested in. Of course, the reward shall be worth the risk, in return the officer promises you great quantity of a resource you are desperately looking for: magical amber, the source of Styx’s power.

Sneak your way to your objective, evading Dwarves, elves, and all manner of races, hunting down the scepter. Creatively utilize all of Styx’s tools: assassination, amber powers, talents and skills, equipment, and crafting!

Each race excels at a different thing. The Dark Elves, for instance, have experts at goblin hunting while the Dwarves have a supernatural sense of smell, enabling them to track you down (even when invisible!). Learn their strengths and weaknesses if you want to survive long enough to snatch the scepter.

There are further exciting features to be revealed just around the corner!

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