The world of Blade Runner is about to get bigger. Publisher Annapurna Interactive showed the first glimpse of it Blade Runner 2033: Labyrintha new video game set in the dystopian world of Ridley Scott’s 1982 film, during the publisher’s online showcase on Thursday.
The first new Blade Runner game in over 25 years, Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth is being developed by Annapurna Interactive’s own in-house studio, led by game director Chelsea Hash, who previously worked on games such as Solar axis, What remains of Edith Finchand Radiohead’s interactive exploration game Kid A Mnesia Exhibition.
Few other details are known about the upcoming game, although there are some key story details that can be gleaned from the title of the game. Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth will take place between the events of the original blade runner and the sequel by Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049and about a year after the events of the 2021 anime Blade runner: black lotus. The description on the game’s Steam page offers another detail in the form of a question: what does a Blade Runner do when there are no more replicants to hunt?
The game’s first trailer features an unknown character, believed to be a former member of the LAPD’s Blade Runner unit, who wields a cylindrical “memory spheredevice similar to the one used by Dr. Ana Stellin Blade runner 2049 to create artificial memories for Replicants. We then catch a glimpse of this character flipping through recreations of various locations all fading away along with digital artifact effects. The small text at the top of the game’s title card mentions a “project pyramid,” which may or may not refer to the iconic headquarters of Tyrell Corporation.
Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth has no announced release date at this time, but will be available on PC and console.