Witness its awe-inspiring new trailer as debuted on the Kinda Funny Showcase and pre-order today on the PlayStation Store.
Press release:
Tokyo, Japan – December 8th, 2018 – Tokyo-based independent studio Friend & Foe is proud to announce that after more than four years in development it will finally be releasing its hallucinatory adventure Vane on January 15th, 2019 on PlayStation 4. As of today it’s available for pre-order on the PlayStation
Store. Pre-orders include a dynamic Vane theme, while PlayStation Plus subscribers receive a 20% discount off the €21.99 / £17.99 suggested retail price.
Set in a ruined desert, Vane is an exploratory journey, where players will transform between bird and child form to unravel the land’s mysteries and create a path forward through this expansive landscape filled with ominous caves, mysterious machinery and harrowing storms.
As they roam this mythical wasteland, the world reacts to their passage, evolving and building into something altogether different.
Vane is the culmination of more than four years of development by the Tokyo-based expat studio Friend & Foe Games, a team with AAA experience spanning titles like The Last Guardian, Killzone, Battlefield 3, and Bionic Commando.
Developed with the conviction that players should find their own path through the world, Vane is an enigmatic and unnerving game that aims to leave an impact.
The result is a minimalistic, stark environment that encourages exploration just to the edge of getting lost, all set to an all-original brooding synth soundtrack.
“With Vane, we wanted to make a game that emphasizes mood and atmosphere over more conventional mechanics,” said Art Director Rasmus Deguchi.
“While loosely inspired by titles like Journey and Ico, we wanted to make something different. A little more unsettling. A little more surprising. A little more primal. It’s been a long and wild journey making Vane and we can’t wait for the world to experience what we’ve cooked up!”
About Friend & Foe
The fires of Friend & Foe were forged in 2014 by five expat artists and programmers residing in Tokyo. Consisting of three swedes-in-exile, one part Southern European madman and a hearty helping of West Coast USA. Friend & Foe’s combined experience includes working on such titles as The Last Guardian, Battlefield 3,
Bionic Commando, and Killzone. Having grown restless working on AAA titles, Friend & Foe decided to go for broke, setting up shop to work on its own game, Vane, an exploratory adventure set to launch on PlayStation 4 in January 2019.
Learn more at http://www.friendandfoegames.com/
To pre-order Vane on the PlayStation Store visit:
(EU) https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP1590-CUSA13379_00-000VANEPRESALEEU
(NA) https://store.playstation.com/?resolve=UP1604-CUSA14597_00-000FFABVANEEFIGS
Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
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