Firearms and vehicles are scarce, conflicts and hostilities have no end, and the terrible freezing cold annihilates friends and foes in its path. In early 1942, huge meteors crashed into Earth, the resulting climate change kickstarting a new ice age. Fast-forward to 1971 and extreme temperatures and violent storms are now part of daily life.

Those who have survived the dramatic changes wrought by the strikes have done so thanks to Fulgor, a unique substance carried to the planet by the same meteors that so dramatically changed its environment.

In Europe, a new society was born from the remains of the German army and its intelligence services. Calling itself Wintersöhne (Sons of the Winter), it has pursued research into refining Fulgor for human consumption and developing it for military purposes.

Out of the ashes of the devastation to the north is born an ultra-religious cult, one that worships Fulgor as a divine gift. Forsaking technology, the Kaphirite cult believe the alien artifacts are the ultimate judge as to who deserves to live. Initiation into its ranks requires Fulgor to be absorbed into the system intravenously… a process that few survive. Those who do are believed to be divinely chosen.

Eight characters have to join forces for a common cause: find an important scientist kidnapped by a massive stratocracy. Along their way they will have to avoid raider attacks, investigate military headquarters, and infiltrate into the territory of a dangerous anti-technological religious sect.

The campaign sets in a frozen world, in which eight people – each one with its own problems and interests – join in a sort of temporary alliance, to find one particular person: Dr Margaret Blythe. On the trail of her whereabouts, they will travel and fight shoulder to shoulder, and they inevitably get to know the others. Depending on some strategic and personal decisions, you will guide this characters right to one of three possible endings.

Balance your group’s individual skills to strategize a response in turn-based fights and survive another day on the tundra. Do so and you’ll gradually unlock new skills and upgrade equipment, letting you customise each character’s, and ultimately the group’s, build to develop new ways to counter any danger you may face.

As much as your choices are key to your success in every conflict, so too are the personal decisions made during your journey essential to deciding how it ends. With the game’s story offering multiple endings, the fate of the world lies in your hands.

Key Features:

• Tactical Combat. Fight against three different factions, each one with its unique units, strategy and advantages. Soldiers, snipers, slippery bandits, knights immune to cold… Study your enemies, plan out every move and adapt to all confrontations!
• Exploration. Travel through various locations, from military enclaves to medieval dungeons. There you can search for fulgor, new equipment for your characters, and pieces of information of the world you are in and the factions you face.
• Skill Trees. As you find equipment compatible with each character, you can unlock and upgrade new skills, and combine them to make the perfect builds for your strategy.
• Resource Management. Use all the fulgor you can find to defreeze your HP, decrease the cooldowns, and reanimate your fallen units.

Xabi San Martín, keyboardist and composer of the Spanish band “La Oreja de Van Gogh” (Grammy winners, and with more than 8 million albums sold), has been in charge of composing the full soundtrack of the turn-based strategy video game 1971 Project Helios.

1971 Project Helios is in development for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC (Steam or GOG.com), scheduled for release in June 9, 2020.