Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn Inspired by Dead Space, Alan Wake Mechanics | Push Square

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Still riding high from the positive reception to its recent Silent Hill 2 remake, developer Bloober Team is shifting its focus to the future. Unsurprisingly, Cronos: The New Dawn is a survival horror title, pulling from genre greats like Dead Space and Alan Wake, expected to launch on PS5 sometime in 2025.

Unveiled just last month, Cronos' game director Wojciech Piejk spoke to MP1st about the game, confirming it will «lean» towards Resident Evil and Dead Space in design. Specifically, Piejk highlighted Dead Space's limb-cutting and Alan Wake's flashlight-based combat as inspirations, teasing a unique battle mechanic in this vein to further «spice» things up but kept quiet on the specifics. Piejk said the game would also have a strong emphasis on story and atmospheric exploration, which are necessary parts of any good survival horror experience.

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What do you think of Cronos: The New Dawn? Are you optimistic about Bloober's next outing? Conserve your ammunition in the comments section below.

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it wouldn't be Bloober if they weren't copying (taking inspiration) from better works. They're not the most imaginative or creative bunch.

I think blooper have made great strides as a developer loved the Medium and Silent hill 2 was a very good remake.

i think they are now hitting there stride and I will play Cronos new dawn as so far looks right up my street

and lets be honest most games now days are re-using ideas and mechanics of games past

Really looking forward to seeing what Bloober has cooked up with this game.

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