Masquerada: Songs and Shadows Announced

Independent game studio Witching Hour has announced it’s working on a new real time with pause RPG meant to be released on PC, Mac and consoles in early 2016, titled Masquerada: Songs and Shadows. The title takes place in a Venetian-like fantasy city rendered in a pretty interesting art style, and promises a story that focuses on urban intrigues rather than a more classic sweeping fantasy adventure.

Here’s the trailer:

Not a lot of the details is available on the mechanics yet, so I’m just going to quote the blurb from the official website:

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows is a 2.5D isometric RPG, built in the vein of Baldur’s Gate and Dragon Age where you can pause combat to plan tactics for your party.

Set in the Venetian-inspired fantasy city of Ombre where rare masks are the key to casting magic, Masquerada is dressed in the colours and style of French comic books and vivid games like Bastion.

Players follow the Inspettore, Cicero Gavar as he returns from exile to solve a kidnapping that will shake up the foundations of the city.

Masquerada is intended for release on PC, Mac and consoles (TBC) in early 2016. Visit us at PAX East 2015, booth 8236 to try the demo and get some swag!

A demo of the game is present at PAX East, so we’ll be on the lookout for more detailed impressions on the title in the very near future.