The new shooter from the creators of Painkiller ‘is much closer to Souls’ than Doom, and it finally has a release date-
I’ve been looking forward to Witchfire for a long time—since way back in 2017, in fact, when it was first announced. As I said when the most recent gameplay trailer was revealed in March at the Future Games Show, it’s all about the pedigree: Witchfire is a supernatural FPS from The Astronauts, the studio founded by former members of People Can Fly, best known as the developers of Painkiller and Bulletstorm—two shooters I like a lot. (Especially Painkiller.)
There’s been no Painkiller since Painkiller—multiple sequels have followed but they’ve been increasingly weak and in some cases downright embarrassing—and so when Witchfire presented itself as a sort of loose spiritual successor, I was immediately snapped to attention. The more I’ve seen since then (and …
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