Quantic Dream will publish eco narrative Under the Waves
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Quantic Dream has partnered with developer Parallel Studio to publish Under the Waves, a narrative game that explores the depth of the sea and human grief.
The companies unveiled the title at the Gamescom Opening Night Live event headed by Geoff Keighley in Cologne, Germany, ahead of the big in-person Gamescom expo.
A poetic narrative-driven adventure, the title is being developed in partnership with the Surfrider Foundation Europe to support the organization’s ecological message and ocean conservancy actions.
The game is a single-player narrative-driven adventure game releasing on PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in 2023.
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In the game, the player will dive into the depths of the North Sea to explore a moving and poetic underwater adventure about the engulfing power of grief. Set in a techno-futuristic 1970s, players will follow Stan, a professional diver working for an oil company, facing the isolation of the deep sea as he starts to experience a strange series of events, far beneath the waves.
“This is the most personal and intense work we have ever done as a studio,” said Ronan Coiffec, CEO and game director of Parallel Studio, in a statement. “We are an indie team of a dozen members, and everything we want to convey is poured into this game, very passionately. From art to writing, from sound design to tech, we all got a chance to leave our mark on Under The Waves. We
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