In 1789, in an alternate Paris, with iconic locations and monuments adapted by Spiders' developers, the French Revolution has stalled. The people's revolt has been heavily suppressed by an army of automatons, deployed on the King's orders.
1789 is the year of the Storming of the Bastille and the start of the monarchy's downfall. Steelrising depicts an alternative version of history: what if King Louis XVI, who loved clockmaking, had built an army of robots capable of quelling the insurrection? Powerful and cruel, this army spares no one and violently punishes rebels. Paris is burning and bleeding. Men, women and children are being systematically massacred.
In this terrifying chaos, you play as Aegis, an outstanding automaton and bodyguard of Marie-Antoinette. Appointed by the Queen, Aegis will have to navigate through a Paris crawling with machines. Each fight with these mechanical enemies is a challenge where the player's skills are subjected to a tremendous ordeal. Such is the price to pay for those who want to change the course of history.
Aegis, the main character, will fight against this reign of terror to try and change the course of history.
The beta of Steelrising opens August 25, 2022 at 10:00 am CEST for all players who preordered the game.
The beta proposes two of these levels: Saint Cloud and Les Invalides. The players will be able to try various builds, test several weapons and find their favorite playstyle for the game launch in these two levels, replayable at will.
Players will discover an 18th century Paris recreated by the Spiders team with notably the Hôtel des Invalides or the Château de Saint Cloud. To discover the rest of Paris, we will have to wait for the release on September 8, but some of the Parisian monuments represented in the game are revealed in the new trailer "Recreating Paris".
Inspired by numerous historical sources, the Spiders studio has reproduced some of the emblematic monuments of the Parisian capital such as the Louvre, Notre-Dame de Paris or Les Invalides, but also several monuments that have now disappeared such as the Grand Chatelet, the Pont au Change or the famous Bastille.
Steelrising is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) on September 8, 2022.
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