Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Makes Tradeshow Debut At Gamescom 2024
International multiplatform games publisher Nordcurrent Labs and developer River End Games announced that the narrative-focused single-player stealth adventure game Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream will be at gamescom 2024 in Cologne, Germany, for its tradeshow debut following its announcement at the Future Game Show Summer Showcase in June 2024.
About the game
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is a character-driven single-player game set in the titular Eriksholm — a fictitious city in a world greatly influenced by a Nordic-inspired, early 1900s aesthetic.
It tells the tale of three protagonists united by fire in their hearts to defy their oppressors. The reveal trailer introduces protagonist Hanna, an adolescent orphan on a quest to find her brother Herman. What follows is a sequence of events that transforms Hanna into a reluctant hero, inspiring her and her friends to rise from the gutters of Eriksholm to become symbols of change.
From a top-down 3D perspective, players will embody Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream’s three playable protagonists and navigate through the densely detailed streets and dreary underground of the city of Eriksholm, utilizing each character’s unique skills, tools, and weapons to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles.
Players can freely move the in-game camera to survey the environment, plan their next step, and execute it with perfect timing. Even an overheard dialogue, such as context-sensitive guard chatter, could prove meaningful in finding the best strategic move to progress undetected, as challenges may have multiple solutions.
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream cleverly marries the art of storytelling, stealth, and strategy-based gameplay mechanics to treat players to a riveting adventure with high-production-value visuals, motion-captured performances, and engaging real-time gameplay.
It is the premier title from developer River End Games, which was acquired by Nordcurrent in 2023. The studio was founded by Anders Hejdenberg (Battlefield 2: Modern Combat), the creative director of Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream.
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