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Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D have announced that their upcoming dark pixel RPG DROVA – Forsaken Kin, set in a mystical Celtic world, will launch sometime this year. The game will be available for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, as revealed in the latest trailer.
Drova – Forsaken Kin is a pixel-art action RPG inspired by dark genre classics and the mystical allure of Celtic mythology. Players will explore a hand-crafted open world where their decisions and actions shape the environment. In Drova, two factions fight for control: one seeks to enslave the spirits of nature, while the other tries to save them to keep the world alive.
“One of the core ideas behind DROVA has always been that players must survive in a world that hates them,” says Christian Sandkämper, co-founder of Just2D. “We truly want to offer a journey that lets them feel progress over time, returning to face an enemy that once killed them in a single blow and finally defeating it.”
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