With breathtaking gameplay that places great emphasis on players’ speed and skill, the game world presents a fascinating contrast between the grim dystopian setting and the vivid flamboyance of its characters. Moulded by a desolate past, their tormented souls manifest themselves as weapons. These remain the heroes’ trusty allies in the enthralling struggle against the savage demons infiltrating their world.

Using keyboard and mouse, or controller if they choose, players take on the role of a young chosen one, who has to fight against menacing forces in a post-apocalyptic world. Each character has access to a particularly special emotion, such as revenge or madness, which then define their class and their weapon. Using these feelings, the young heroes unleash special abilities that distinguish themselves as SoulWorkers, and use them skilfully in battle for class-specific attack and defence maneuvers.

Over 100 PvE dungeons and episodic bosses await the young heroes. After battling through the AI, guilds and players can then face one another in the extensive PvP zone. A unique emotion system with moods such as vengeance, madness, euphoria or sadness define the characters' abilitites. Concentrating on these feelings activates abilities that are rich in effects for defence or attack using class-specific weapons.

Previously only available to Asian gamers, you won’t have to wait long to get your hands on the localized version as free-to-play anime action MMO SoulWorker is finally coming to North America and Europe!

Publisher Gameforge will host an Open Beta for SoulWorker in North America and Europe that starts today at 12pm EST / 9am PST. During the Open Beta Test, four characters will be available that players can use to experience SoulWorker’s story-rich PvE single-player mode or action-packed 4-player PvE co-op mode.

As a thank you to all those who participate in the beta and provide feedback on the game, players will receive special rewards — including a unique primary in-game character title, a fashionable outfit, rare editions of cards, bonus key cards and more — that can be used in the official SoulWorker release. 

SoulWorker releases this March on Steam and the Gameforge portal.

Fans of Japanese Animes and action MMORPG lovers alike can look forward to a cinematic gameplay experience in SoulWorker, which makes full use of the HAVOK Vision Engine+. An extraordinary cinema visualisation is created with an exciting background story, detailed cel-shading animations, cutscenes and NPC dialogues set to music, making Anime fans feel at home from the very first moment.

What to expect in SoulWorker

• Action-packed 4 player coop RPG gameplay: Up to 4 players can dynamically team up and defeat hordes of enemies though a unique action gameplay requiring skill, strategy and courage. Players get to create their own customized combos to make a devastating strike force to face off against giant bosses.
• Playable Anime: The high quality cel-shaded visuals shine bright even on low-spec machines. Dynamic storytelling with complete voice-overs, cut-scenes and picture in picture render SoulWorker a unique playable Anime that players can perfectly fit to their preferences due to its deep customization system and interactive universe.
• Enthralling Anime story based on mankind’s battle for survival: Hordes of enemies threaten the barely standing world of SoulWorker: There's not only beasts from other dimensions, but also a private military conglomerate and other power-thirsty foes trying to wipe out all of humanity.
• Strong PvE content with instanced dungeons: Over 100 PvE dungeons with episodic final bosses are split across different difficulty levels. The initial instances tell the story behind SoulWorker, whilst adventures in regions with a higher level or daily challenges offer opportunities for big rewards.
• Four classes at launch: At launch there'll be four classes to choose from, each providing a true Anime feel. Players can decide whether to use 'Soulum Sword', 'Mist Scythe', 'Gun Jazz' or 'Howling Guitar'. An optimized third-person camera makes the action-laden battles shine and serves to highlight the beauty of the real-time effects.