Pixpil and Chucklefish today announced their anticipated 2D adventure title Eastward will launch on PC and Nintendo Switch on 16 September. Featuring beautiful visuals, a stirring soundtrack and emotional narrative, Eastward promises delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people!
Check out the charming world of Eastward in the Release Date Announcement trailer here:
About Eastward
Set in the near-future, society is starting to collapse, and the human population is at an all-time low. A deadly toxic presence has spread across the land, destroying and devouring everything in its path. Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an exciting adventure to the land above! Discover beautiful yet bizarre settlements and make new friends as you travel across the world by rail.
Eastward features:
- Single player, dual character adventure RPG with puzzle-solving and dungeon elements
- Join John and Sam in their emotional journey across a world falling to ruin
- Meet a quirky cast of characters, encounter strange monsters and distant cities
- Beautifully rich pixel art, created using a combination of modern 3D lighting and
- retro-pixel style artwork
- Soundtrack composed by Joel Corelitz (The Unfinished Swan, Gorogoa, Death Stranding, Halo Infinite), with sound design from Irish studio, Hyperduck Soundworks
Eastward will be available on PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch on 16 September for £21.99 / $24.99 / €24.99.
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About Pixpil
Shanghai-based games studio Pixpil first opened their doors in 2013, starting out with just 3 people. Since then, Pixpil have developed their own video game engine which they’ve used to create Eastward, a pixel art RPG influenced by 90’s Japanese animation, and video games such as Mother and The Legend of Zelda.
About Chucklefish
We’re an independent game developer and publisher based in London, UK, with a love of charming pixel art and a drive to support and create amazing games. Since 2011 Chucklefish has developed its own games (Starbound and Wargroove) and supported indie developers to realize their own visions. We’re the publisher of titles such as Risk of Rain, Stardew Valley, Timespinner, Pathway, Eastward, INMOST and Starmancer. With our third in-house game – Witchbrook – in the works as well as many exciting projects from our publishing partners, we’ve never been more proud to remain independent.