The first announced Werewolf game (Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood – developer: Cyanide, publisher: Nacon) isn’t even available yet, and now, here we are, at the announcement of the second title…

This game is going to be developed by Different Tales and published by Walkabout Games, respectively. They only showed a teaser trailer so far. Here’s what Walkabout Games had to say as an overview: „The RPG industry veterans from Different Tales and Walkabout Games have announced Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest. The new video game will continue the style of Different Tales’ previous productions and use the iconic World of Darkness setting.

Heart of the Forest was designed by Jacek Brzezinski and Artur Ganszyniec, the leads behind the first game in The Witcher PC series. Both creators are also known as authors of numerous traditional role-playing games, editors of the most influential Polish RPG magazines, and writers of pen-and-paper RPG supplements. In the video game industry, they became known for their work on The Witcher, Dying Light, and Hitman. Their latest titles are the critically acclaimed Wanderlust: Travel Stories and its standalone expansion Wanderlust: Transsiberian. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest will be published by Walkabout Games, with marketing led by Piotr Gnyp, founder of the oldest Polish World of Darkness fan society (PESM) and longtime editor of the World of Darkness section in the largest Polish RPG magazine.”

Sean Greaney, the brand manager of World of Darkness is excited about this project. In case you don’t know about this IP (which is how Vampire: The Masquerade came to existence as well…), „World of Darkness is one of the most important role-playing brands, which revolutionized the genre in the 1990s. It was the first to shift the focus from mechanics to narrative and storytelling, and to present the world from the perspective of monsters, portrayed as tragic figures. Games set in the World of Darkness universe soon became incredibly popular and made a lasting impact on pop-culture, changing the perception of legendary creatures.”

Different Tales went a little different: „We fell in love with the World of Darkness back in the ’90s. We grew up with these games, and they have been with us ever since. They had a profound effect on our professional lives as well. The thing about the World of Darkness that has always fascinated us is the modernization of myths. Classic horror tales are the embodiment of the fears of their age. A pale count who lived in a huge castle and oppressed the folk would become a vampire. Legends about zombies mirror the unending plight of Haitian slaves. There’s also the man-beast, which, in the World of Darkness interpretation, became the defender of nature.

Today, humanity is enchanted with technology. Myths of the past gave place to fears of the digital age, hackers, and operating system errors. Meanwhile, in 2020, we got a wake-up call from nature itself. Huge forest fires in Australia, pollution of the oceans, climate change, and the pandemic should make us think. The myth of the werewolf needs to come back, now more than ever.”

We don’t know when Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest will launch yet, nor its target platforms. We’ll hear more details (target platforms, gameplay, story elements) in July. The game might possibly be a PC and mobile title, seeing their previous works (Wanderlust: Travel Stories and its standalone expansion, Wanderlust: Transsiberian).

Source: Gematsu

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