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Last Autumn the creative lead on Bulletstorm, Adrian Chmielarz, left Gears of War: Judgment developer People Can Fly to start a new studio with his colleagues Andrzej Poznanski and Michal Kosieradzki. The newly formed outfit, dubbed The Astronauts, has revealed its first title, a "weird fiction horror" affair called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.Inspired by macabre early 20th century pulp, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter casts you as a detective with the supernatural ability to visualise the scenes of crimes (sound familiar, Zack?). Tasked with saving a young kidnapped boy, you'll discover the horrifically mutilated body of one of the kidnappers leading to a larger mystery involving a "trail of corpses" and an "ancient evil," not to mention the missing boy.
"What we care about the most is that the players feel like they're really there. Immersion is our number one priority," said designer Adrian Chmielarz. "It's a game about exploration and discovery. We're not abandoning the gameplay - on the contrary: we're trying to strip it down to the bone and make sure it's always meaningful and truly makes the experience better."
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