A brand new Western first-person shooter has been announced. The new title will release on the PS5 and comes from a legendary director in the video game space.
Guns of Eschaton is a new, mystical Western from a legendary developer
Publisher 4Divinity and developer Esschatology Entertainment have announced Guns of Eschaton, a Western shooter with Soulslike elements in a mystical setting. The game is the final title worked on by the late Viktor Antonov, the art director of titles like Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, who passed away last year.
Guns of Eschaton will release on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in the future. No official release date for the game has been announced. The game puts players into the world of an apocalyptic Western, where players must “study your enemies, count your bullets, forge your own style with gunpowder and prayers. Solo or in cooperative play — go West, gunslinger, go West and die with the country!”
Check out a trailer for Guns of Eschaton below:
“Guns of Eschaton is a first-person Soulslike shooter set in an apocalyptic Western by legendary art director Viktor Antonov (Half-Life 2, Dishonored, Prey, Fallout 4, Wolfenstein: The New Order). It is a land of dust, blood, false saints, broken history, and occult horror—a wasteland where the road to salvation is narrow and paved with spent shells and bodies that remember your name,” reads the game’s official description.
Guns of Eschaton will feature many weapons, boasting more than 20 guns themed around the world of 19th-century firearms. Players will also be able to build their own playstyles by customizing a variety of things, including bullets, armor, consumables, and more. More features on the game include:
- Weapons – Wield an arsenal of more than 20 weapons built around the feel, limitations, and brutality of 19th-century firearms. Like a horse, every weapon has a character of its own—and if you fail to master it, some weapons may kill you faster than your enemies.
- Builds – Forge your own playstyle from active and passive abilities, custom bullets, talismans, armor, consumables, and the powers of three sacramental paths. Learn tricks from legendary gunslingers and iconic figures of the Wild West era. Fight on your own terms!
- Bullets – Choose the right bullet for the right monster. Treat your revolver cylinder as a row of consumables—or as the timeline of your battle plan.
- You Are Not Alone – Take on the journey alongside allies. Full solo and co-op progression gameplay lets you experience the entire story your way or step into player-versus-player and become a threat to others, making their road to salvation far more difficult.
- Factions – The factions you face are rooted in real mythologies – all twisted by the apocalypse.
- An Occult Apocalyptic West – The Wild West has fallen into a mystical and spiritual apocalypse known as “The Burning.” Across ruined settlements and forgotten frontiers, reality bends beneath ancient forces, competing faiths, and impossible myths.
- Codex – Use a hand-drawn Cherokee Codex to study enemy behavior, weak points, anatomy, rituals, and hidden rules. Lore is not just decoration; lore is your weapon.
