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Project Athia is now Forspoken, and it’s got a rad traversal systemWatch me call it for Forsaken forever

Watch me call it for Forsaken forever

A screenshot of Forspoken, showing the protagonist in the ground facing a way and wielding some sort of elemental magic as she faces down a charging mutant bear-like creature.

Square Enix have spent the past year occassionally teasing a new game codenamedProject Athia. Now we know it’s actual name -Forspoken- and there’s a new trailer below that introduces its protagonist. Which is all well and good, but the real stand-out here is its magical free-running movement.

Forspoken | Official Title Announcement | PS5 & PCWatch on YouTube

Forspoken | Official Title Announcement | PS5 & PC

Cover image for YouTube video

That moment looks like the dashing and wall-running fromWarframe, but it’s basically just superpowered free-running, so whatever. I love a good dash move, and doing that while tiptoeing on cliffs and trees looks great.

Forspoken is aiming for release sometime in 2022. I want so badly to call it “Forsaken” that I keep writing “Forspaken”.