Our story takes place 26 years later, after a terrible event known as the Maddening has caused everyday people to attack innocents, seemingly beyond their own will. “To summarize things simply, the world of Circus Electrique was identical to our own until 1873, when a great innovation revolutionized electricity, sending the timeline in a more steampunk direction. And amidst that darkness, a lightbulb went off: “We enjoy this kind of a game. “The idea for a project first referred to as “Circus Scandal” came about when team members fresh off other Zen Studios RPGs like the first-person dungeon-crawler Operencia: The Stolen Sun, tactical roguelite Dread Nautical, and 4X genre mishmash CastleStorm II all expressed our desire to bring another RPG to life.Īt Zen, it’s important that we make the kinds of games we ourselves want to play…and it just so happened that in recent years, a certain relatively new subgenre of RPGs had particularly enthralled many of us, best exemplified by Darkest Dungeon. “Sometime in late 2019, a small team of creative minds within Zen Studios pitched an idea to the rest of us: “Let’s make an RPG set in a steampunk version of London where all your playable heroes are circus performers.” Pretty much everyone who read the pitch-myself included-reacted in a manner that I hope you share upon hearing such a premise: “What a crazy idea… I love it!” Just a few weeks away from the September 6 release of Circus Electrique, allow me to reflect on how it all came to be-and other ways the game differentiates itself from other RPGs, as well…” Steampunk-circus RPG game Check in at the announcement trailer below for more details on what you can expect from the RPG game created by the team behind Darkest Dungeon. Chris Baker Creative Director, Zen Studios has taken to the official PlayStation blog this week to reveal more details about the new Circus Electrique steampunk-circus RPG game which will be officially launching in a few months time on September 6, 2022.
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