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BattleTech and Shadowrun devs announce their next turn-based strategy The Lamplighters League…And The Tower At The End Of The World, coming this year
…And The Tower At The End Of The World, coming this year
Harebrained Schemes - the folks behindBattleTechandShadowrun- have announced their newest strategy game, but this one’s quite the mouthful.The Lamplighters LeagueAnd The Tower At The End Of The World is set in an alternate version of the 1930s where “the best of the best are all dead… so you’ll need the best of the worst.” The game launches on PC, next-gen Xboxes, and Game Pass later this year.
The Lamplighters League - Gameplay First LookWatch on YouTube
The Lamplighters League - Gameplay First Look
The Lamplighters League’s biggest draw, for me, is its alternate history 1930s setting. The world is on the brink of domination due to the tyrannical cult called theBanishedCourt - which I’m guessing is the magical stand-in for the Nazis. All of the best heroes are dead and gone, leaving only a ragtag group of reluctant rogues. You’ll be able to recruit new outlaws, outcasts, and outsiders in a globetrotting series of missions. Really, their adventure is one of self-preservation; world peace is just an added side-effect.
Game director Christopher Rogers says that “because The Lamplighters League is set in a new world, it allows us the creative freedom to simultaneously create narrative that supports gameplay, and gameplay that supports narrative.” That’s likely in reference to the dirty tricks you can use in combat with your art deco suicide squad.
The Lamplighters League And The Tower At The End Of The World will be available later this year onSteam,The Epic Games Store, andThe Microsoft Store. It’ll also launch on Game Pass on the same day.
The Lamplighters League’s announcement came as part of Paradox’s Announcement Show where we also got our first look atCities: Skylines 2and a bunch of other PC goodies.
