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The Monolith awaits: Secret Mode and Silent Games announce Empyreal

New indie studio’s debut title brings deep, feature-rich action RPG to PC and consoles

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November 21, 2024

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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]

Secret Mode :

Publisher: Secret Mode | Developer: Silent Games
Formats: PC, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S | ETA: 2025 | Players: 1 


Newcastle, UK – November 21, 2024: In a far-flung corner of the galaxy, an expedition arrives on an unexplored planet, discovering a colossal monolith built by a lost civilisation. As the Expedition team begins to investigate, it soon becomes apparent that this enigmatic and imposing structure is no mere ruin.

Empyreal is a complex and challenging action RPG from Silent Games, where players will take up the mantle of an elite mercenary as they seek out hidden revelations that promise to transform our understanding of creation itself.  

Master your weapons, gear and abilities as you venture into the unknown, planning your strategies and combining different attacks and abilities to overpower a variety of formidable enemies.  

Explore a unique and visually stunning world, filled with intricate detail, breathtaking landscapes and otherworldly environments.


 

Features: 

  • Stand against formidable foes with a unique and complex combat system

  • Meet a memorable cast of characters, each with personal questlines and multiple endings 

  • Explore a broken and beautiful ancient world with hidden details and lore to uncover  

  • Customise your character with a vast array of equipment, discover armour sets with powerful bonuses, upgrade and modify your loot, and unlock abilities to personalise your playstyle 


“We are very excited to finally reveal the game our team have been working hard on for the last few years,” says Sally Blake, Founder and CEO at Silent Games. “I believe we have managed to develop something that will resonate with players of hardcore RPGs who like to explore a huge variety of gameplay systems and enjoy a sophisticated narrative with complex themes.”  

“We’re thrilled to be working with the creative and ambitious team at Silent Games,” adds Matthew Beckett, Product Marketing Manager at Secret Mode. “We were hugely impressed by their vision for the game, their infectious love of RPGs and how they’re doing things with the genre that we’ve never seen before.” 

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377700 
 

Empyreal will release in 2025 on PC, PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S.
 

Download assets from our press kit:  
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/l3bqbov9145qa8q9mg71i/AE892pAa-G2vNPRfBre4tUs?rlkey=73utr58vxwnbzupiv5rkw3gm9&st=j183ggu2&dl=0

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For all media enquiries, please contact the Secret Mode PR team at: [email protected] 

For all content creator enquiries, please contact the Secret Mode influencer relations team at: [email protected] 

About Secret Mode  
Secret Mode is the publishing arm of Sumo Group, and winner of the Ukie Best UK Publisher 2024 award. Our goal is to publish internally developed projects from any of Sumo’s 16 game development studios, as well as third party independent game developers across the globe. We believe that games are for everyone, and that creativity has no limits. We believe quality and fun are everything.   
Secret Mode is part of Sumo Group.  
For more information visit: wearesecretmode.com
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About Silent Games  
Silent Games is a video game studio founded in 2018 by a team of veteran developers. Having spent many years as part of successful teams, the goal now is to build a studio with a specific focus on high quality, complex, and feature-rich Action RPG's that players will enjoy for years to come. 
For more information visit:  silentgames-studio.com
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