Neva will break your heart on October 15

We known as Neva a “grand achievement in emotional game design” in our June preview, and the newest trailer makes that clearer than ever. And now, because of the newest Nintendo Direct stream, we all know it will arrive on October fifteenth on the Swap, alongside the PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X and S. Developed by Nomada Studio, the creators of the acclaimed Gris, Neva seems to be prefer it’ll ship loads of motion alongside potential heartbreak.

“Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a younger lady sure to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with darkish forces,” the trailer’s description reads. “Collectively they embark on a dangerous journey by way of a once-beautiful world because it slowly decays round them.”

“I’m satisfied that each preview of Neva (together with this one) will point out how shortly and simply the sport will make gamers cry, and I wish to take a second to acknowledge the magnitude of this achievement,” Engadget’s Jessica Conditt wrote in her hands-on preview. “The bond that Nomada Studio have constructed between Neva and Alba is extremely highly effective, and this sort of emotional connection doesn’t simply occur once you put an animal and a human in the identical scene.”