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Evil succumbs to a distressingly light hail of bullets in new Witchfire footagePlus confirmation the game’s coming to early access soon

Plus confirmation the game’s coming to early access soon

A demonic skeleton of some kind leaps towards the player character and their cool magic gun in Witchfire

As theSummer Game Festmachine churns ever onward, we got an extended look atWitchfire. I’m afraid I am now of the opinion that “dark fantasy first-person shooter” is one of the most underwhelming word combinations in the English language. But hey, it’s a video, the game could be bananas good when it comes out, and I’m duty bound to tell you all about it in case you get really excited for it - and if you do, then good news, ‘cos the video confirms it’s coming to early access on the Epic Games Store soon (aiming for Q4 2022).

Witchfire Summer Game Fest 2022 TrailerWatch on YouTube

Witchfire Summer Game Fest 2022 Trailer

Cover image for YouTube video

But some of you will be quick to point out that Chihauhaus are famously very aggro. I can’t be totally down on it either, because Witchfire definitely looks very pretty, and I like the quick dash to the side you can do very much. I just hope they use that early access to give it some fahkinwelly, mate.

First announced at the Game Awards in 2017, Witchfire is the latest project from The Astronauts, a studio who you may know primarily for makingThe Vanishing Of Ethan Carter.

Not E3 2022 is in full-swing - see everything in ourE3 2022 hub, as well as our complete round-up ofeverything announced at Summer Game Fest 2022. Many more big game showcases and streams are still to come this summer, so make sure you stay up to date with oursummer games stream schedule.