Reawakened is a ground-up remake built in Unreal Engine 5

Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced The Talos Precept: Reawakened, a “radically overhauled” remake of the puzzle/story recreation The Talos Principle. The replace might be rebuilt with Unreal Engine 5, with the developer promising “vastly improved visuals, quality-of-life enhancements [and] an all-new chapter that delves deeper into the sport’s award-winning narrative,” in keeping with Devolver.

The Talos Precept initially launched in 2015 as a mixture puzzle and story recreation with a decidedly philosophical bent. In a Joystiq review on the time, Engadget’s Jessica Conditt described as a “sensible” recreation that “friends deeply at folks as an thought, together with the gamers, and it exams their humanity and intelligence in a collection of lovely riddles and spatial-awareness exams.”

The remake retains that imaginative and prescient, whereas “respiration new life into each nook of the sport,” the developer wrote. Unreal Engine 5 provides enhanced lighting, textures and environmental design, making it extra detailed and atmospheric. The remake additionally provides quality-of-life options like a touch system and the power to rewind throughout gameplay. It additionally positive factors the Highway to Gehenna growth, plus a brand new chapter referred to as Within the Starting that explores the origins of the Simulation. The opposite major new characteristic is a brand new puzzle editor that lets gamers and the modding neighborhood “construct their very own distinctive worlds and challenges.”

The Talos Precept: Reawakened is ready to reach someday in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S. It is to not be confused with The Talos Principle 2, an all-new replace to the unique that launched final 12 months.