Summary
- Eternal Strands' demo releases on January 21, 2025, a week before the full game launch.
- Yellow Brick Games aims to make a mark with unique art direction inspired by Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
Gamers waiting to play Eternal Strands will get a chance to experience a taste before its scheduled release date, as the demo version will launch on January 21, 2025. The highly anticipated game will be the debut action-adventure title for an equally anticipated indie studio. Founded in 2020, Yellow Brick Games was created by Mike Laidlaw, former Dragon Age creative director, and other industry veterans from Bioware and Ubisoft. Eternal Strands’ January 28 release date will be a watershed moment for the talent-stacked studio as it makes its long-awaited entrance into the action-adventure genre.
Yellow Brick Games is aiming to leverage its personnel and creative, player-centric approach to game design to make its mark on the industry. In the past, the studio has cited the game design of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom as a source of inspiration for Eternal Strands. This implies unique art direction and gameplay mechanics that look set to make it an interesting addition to the action-adventure genre.
As announced by Yellow Brick Games via Twitter, the demo release for Eternal Strands will be available on January 21, 2025. Gamers will get a sneak peek into the visuals, mechanics, and lore a full week before Eternal Strands is slated to be released on January 28. The post didn’t elaborate on the specifics of what players can expect in the game demo. However, any glimpse into a title with this much hype is a welcome development.
Eternal Strands Demo Release Date
The game's storyline centers around a young weaver named Brynne who strives to reclaim her cultural homeland, the Enclave, utilizing her magical powers. In terms of combat in Eternal Strands, Brynne will have an arsenal of magical weapons and abilities at her disposal as she seeks to uncover the secrets of the Enclave. Among them are Flame, Frost, and Kinetic magic that will set her enemies ablaze, freeze them in their tracks, or launch projectiles. These abilities are imbued by a magical artifact known as the Mantle and can also be used defensively, such as shielding Brynne in an ice wall.
Yellow Brick Games has been vocal since its foundation about its innovative approach to game design and its focus on building system-driven games that deliver a unique experience. Eternal Strands represents a true test of this philosophy and whether its team of industry titans can translate their ambitious goals into an inventive, top-tier game. Regardless of whether the game lives up to the hype surrounding it, the announcement of a demo release will only add fuel to the fire in the meantime.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 74 /100 Critics Rec: 61%
- Released
- January 28, 2025
- ESRB
- T For Teen // Violence, Sexual Themes, Drug Reference
- Developer(s)
- Yellow Brick Games
- Publisher(s)
- Yellow Brick Games
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- PC Release Date
- January 28, 2025
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- January 28, 2025
WHERE TO PLAY
Play as Brynn, a young but fearless Weaver, determined to recover her people’s cultural home in the debut fantasy action-adventure title from Yellow Brick Games, a new independent studio founded by industry veterans.
Armed with powerful magical abilities and an arsenal of magical weapons, face enemies that range from humanoid constructs to towering beasts. Use the environment and temperature to your advantage in battles against a diverse roster of fantastical creatures, like turning a dragon’s fiery breath against ice-covered minions. Climb every surface and use arcane skills to create new paths. Explore the world in pursuit of the Enclave’s lost mysteries and challenge giant titans on your journey.
The World is Your Weapon: At the heart of Eternal Strands beats a revolutionary new system for gameplay interactions: heat spreads, cold chills, and real-time destruction allows for unprecedented reactivity in combat. Hurl burning tree trunks at enemies with telekinetic powers, snap nearby trees to block opposing fire, or channel raw telekinetic force to rip boulders from the ground.
- PS5 Release Date
- January 28, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
