HEXWORKS, a CI Games studio, has unveiled a full twenty minutes of VO-accompanied gameplay in an all-new Extended Gameplay Presentation for its highly anticipated, dark-fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. Releasing Friday 13th October, the upcoming game acts as a full reboot for the franchise, and is available to pre-order now on PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Taking place in a vast, semi-open world, the new video showcases just a few of the many diverse and harrowing environments players will journey through in their epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. With each major area interconnected with at least two others, the order in which players venture through these lands is largely up to them. However, they’ll not only need to survive one world in this extensive RPG experience, but two, thanks to the game’s unique dual realm mechanic.

Alongside the living realm, Axiom, exists its undead counterpart, Umbral, with each realm featuring its own unique pathways, enemies, characters, and, of course, treasures. Equipped with the Umbral Lamp, players can cross over to this parallel world at any time, however, doing so will use one of their two lives. As for when a player dies in the living realm, they will automatically resurrect in the exact same spot albeit in the undead realm, for one final chance to survive… though the odds will be against them.

The Extended Gameplay Presentation also provides new details on the title’s uninterrupted co-op feature. To invite a second player to join their adventure, players need only visit an in-game rest point (vestige), where they can choose to either fight alongside a friend or randomly selected player. The co-op companion will then remain at their side for as long as either desire. Another new gameplay element Lords of the Fallen is introducing to the genre is the ability for players to craft their own vestiges, though can only be done in very select places, and requires an extremely rare resource to do so.

As well as numerous other gameplay details, much is also revealed about the fully revised combat system players will use in Lords of the Fallen, seamlessly interweaving melee, magic and ranged abilities. Alongside standard attacks, players can map up to four additional magic or ranged skills to their controller for immediate access. This not only allows for far greater combat variety, with the ability to string together an almost endless number of combos, but rapidly speeds up combat, reducing the need to swap out abilities.

“The team at Hexworks is thrilled to finally share an extended gameplay presentation and reveal numerous new details of our dark fantasy action-RPG,” said Saul Gascon, Head of Studio. “We have passionately carved our own path in this increasingly popular genre, and we are particularly excited to see how players will approach the game’s unique dual-world mechanic when it releases this October.”

Powered by Unreal Engine 5, Lords of the Fallen can be pre-ordered now, and is available in three editions – Standard, Deluxe and Collector’s (details below).

Standard Edition includes:

• Lords of the Fallen game

Deluxe Edition (physical and digital) includes:

• Lords of the Fallen game
• Dark Crusader Starting Class – brandish the Dark Crusaders’ iconic ensemble, including Isaac’s devastating Longsword, throwing knives, full armour set, and amulet*
• 100 Page Digital Artbook – featuring exclusive illustrations of beautifully horrific artwork spanning the world of Lords of the Fallen
• Digital Soundtrack – lose yourself to the haunting harmonies of Mournstead with the full OST, composed by the celebrated Cris Velasco and Knut Avenstroup Haugen
• 3D Model Viewer – view every in-game character model in high-resolution detail

Collector’s Edition (physical only) includes:

• Lords of the Fallen game
• 19cm Dark Crusader Figurine – admire this renowned warrior in all his glory with this finely detailed 19cm figurine
• Metal Display Case – display your Dark Crusader figurine in this striking metal display case, complete with LED mood lighting and remote control
• Collector’s SteelBook – featuring an exclusive design
• Dark Crusader Starting Class* – brandish the Dark Crusaders’ iconic ensemble, including Isaac’s devastating Longsword, throwing knives, full armour set, and amulet
• 100 Page Physical Artbook – featuring exclusive illustrations of beautifully horrific artwork spanning the world of Lords of the Fallen
• Digital Soundtrack – lose yourself to the haunting harmonies of Mournstead with the full OST, composed by the celebrated Cris Velasco and Knut Avenstroup Haugen
• 3D Model Viewer – view every in-game character model in high-resolution detail
• Double Sided Poster & Art Cards

Pre-orders for all editions include the following:

• Exclusive Bronze, Silver and Gold Armour tincts
• 3x XP items
• 5x HP items
• 5x MP items

*Immediate access granted to items that otherwise can be found late game in all versions of title