A real page-turner

During yesterday’sNintendo Indie World Showcase, we got to see a trailer for Atomic Wolf’s upcoming comic-book adventureLiberated.Along with a new trailer – which you can check out below – it was also announced that the game would launch in 2020 on Nintendo Switch, with a PC edition following sometime after.

Set in a miserable, oppressive metropolis,Liberatedis a side-scrolling noir adventure that using a graphic-novel style format to present both its cinematics and its gameplay, somewhat similar to Sega Genesis classicComix Zone. The player will step into the shoes of multiple protagonists, each picking their way through a dangerous world dominated by “Social networks, facial recognition, fake news, and citizen credit systems” and fighting for their own personal justice in this stylised, monochrome thriller.

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Liberatedwill launch on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam & GOG in 2020.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

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John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse