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More people might get to enjoy battling supernatural Nazi forces with Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics coming to consoles in November. The game is an adaptation of an original and popular tabletop RPG created by Modiphius Entertainment. And it was developed and released on Steam for the PC by Auroch Digital in October 2018.

It’s a mixture of turn-based strategy and RPG elements as you command an elite group of allied soldiers in an alternate history of World War 2. As often happens in these things, the Nazis occult interests have led to them summoning Lovecraftian monsters (American author H.P Lovecraft famously created the Cthulhu mythos around a fictional cosmic entity, widely referenced in film, TV and a range of tabletop and video games).

So expect plenty of monsters to challenge your team. Only Charlie Company can foil the Nazi plans. And your squad is made up of a suitably representative group of nationalities, each with special skills.

Captain Eric “Badger” Harris is a British Intelligence operative who specializes in experimental weaponry and guerrilla warfare; Ariane Dubois is a French Resistance member who’s bonded with a demonic spirit creature that she can command on the battlefield; Corporal Akhee “The Eye” Singh wields a sentient amulet that can transform him into a whirling cloud of blades; and Sergeant Brandon Carter is a loud-mouthed American soldier with a medallion that imbues his signature Thompson submachine gun, with mythos-fuelled bullets that can tear through the Nazi’s horrifying creations.

“We always wanted to make a game that combined our love of strategy and Lovecraft,” said Nina Collins, Producer at Auroch Digital. “Modiphius presented the perfect opportunity with the original tabletop game, and we were delighted to have the opportunity to adapt it into a video game. We’re thrilled for console players to finally see what all the fuss is about.”

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics will be available for the PlayStation 4 in North America of November 20th, and Europe on November 21st. It’ll also be released on Xbox One on November 23rd. And it’ll cost £19.99 / €24.99. The Nintendo Switch version will follow at a later date. It’s published by Ripstone Games.

The Spectrum Retreat is a new first person puzzle game created by BAFTA Young Game Designer winner Dan Smith. It takes place at a peaceful but unsettling hotel in the near future. And as you’d imagine there are some mysteries to uncover, particularly about your stay as a valued guest. In the early stages, you’ll need to use basic colour swapping mechanics, which will become more complicated as you progress.

So who better to take you through 11 minutes of gameplay in the Penrose Hotel than Dan Smith himself. You’ll get to see some of the pristine art deco locations, and how the narrative will progress alongside the colour-coded and phsyics challenges of getting through the game.

Dan Smith is the winner of a BAFTA YGD Game Making Award, and a Computer Science studen at the University of Leeds. The Spectrum Retreat is the first title from Dan Smith Studios and it’s being published by Ripstone Games who work with indie developers.

If that’s got you intrigued, you’ll be pleased to know the Penrose Hotel will be opening for visitors soon. The Spectrum Retreat is arriving on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC in summer, 2018.

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics Coming To Consoles In November

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