Summary
Announced at The Game Awards,Den of Wolvesis the latest game coming from 10 Chambers, a studio known forGTFOand made up of formerPaydaydevelopers including Ulf Andersson. 10 Chambers, a relatively newer indie studio based in Sweden, actually has a long history with heist games. Many people at the studio, including GTFO director Ulf Andersson have a long history with thePaydayfranchise, a very popular heist shooter that has gone to recieve numerous sequels. Unfortunately, the latest title in the franchise,Payday 3, quickly becameone of the biggest disappointing games of 2023due to a less than favorable launch with server issues and other problems.
After leaving thePaydayfranchise and founding 10 Chambers, the team went in a different direction by announcing an atmospheric horror shooter known asGTFO. A team of four scavengers are tasked with exploring an underground complex at the behest of a mysterious entity known as The Warden, carrying out tasks and attempting to survive the horrors waiting.GTFOhas a long history with The Game Awards, being first revealed in 2017 and then announcing the game’s full launch in 2021, so it makes sense that 10 Chambers would again partner with the end of year showcase to reveal its latest project.
Ulf Andersson once again joinedGeoff Keighley at The Game Awards 2023to reveal that 10 Chambers is planning to go back to its roots for the next title known asDen of Wolves. Through a new trailer,Den of Wolvesis a techno-thriller cooperative heist game set in the near future where rival mega-corporations compete with one another through industrial espionage and other unauthorized errands. According to 10 Chambers,Den of Wolvesplayers will need to work together to execute futuristic and mind-bending heists that blur the lines of reality.
In terms of gameplay, players will be attempting these heists in Midway City, switching often between stealth and full-on first person shooting. Players will have access to high-tech weapons and gadgets, working for various corporations to sabotage rival businesses and extract high-value data directly from the minds of corporate leaders.Indie gamesstudio 10 Chambers and its co-founder Simon Viklund confirmed that Den of Wolves isn’t an open world game, but the team has made sure to make Midway City feel like a believable futuristic city by building out its history and narrative elements where corproations have largely taken over.
Having worked on heist games in the past which channeled classic bank robbery themes, we wanted to takeDen of Wolvesin an exciting new direction that allows us to elevate what a heist can be. You can only rob so many banks.Den of Wolves’sci-fi themes and gameplay elements gave us the freedom to offer more variety in heists — incorporating corporate espionage, sabotage, and assassinations.
As it stands,Den of Wolvesdoesn’t have a confirmed release date or window, but interested players can wishlist the game on Steam, keeping up to date on current developments until it is eventually ready for release. Considering thatGTFO initially released in Early Accessfor a few years before launching in full, it’s highly likely thatDen of Wolveswill likely be following a similar pathway.
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Den of Wolves is a cooperative heist FPS where you and your friends operate as criminals-for-hire in Midway City, an unregulated innovation zone. You take advantage of the growing need for “unauthorized errands” created by rival business entities in this corporate haven.Plan and execute heists through industrial espionage, sabotage, theft and assassinations. Gather your crew, decide the best approach, acquire the weapons, gadgets and intel, penetrate the security systems and execute the heist.Missions are dynamic and unpredictable as your crew are thrown from stealth to full-on action and back in mind-bending scenarios.Den of Wolves is about taking down scores together with your crew – and hopefully gaining some new friends along the way.
