Liquid Swords, a new studio established by former Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg, has announced its first game, a yet-to-be-named AAA open world action game.It is reported that this will be a "narrative-driven, open world, tough guy 3A revenge story", developed using the Unreal 5 engine.

Promotional video:

Promotional video introduction: "Hope is gone, violence pays the rent. Just get used to it."

The promo shows a gray ruined city that looks like a parking lot at midnight, highly industrialized and abandoned.There were only a few speeding cars on the lonely streets, and faint lights flickered on the surrounding river.

When fans asked that the new game be more like a realistic game such as "GTA", "Mafia" or "Red Dead Redemption" rather than another fantasy/futuristic game, Christofer Sundberg replied: No, I have great respect for developers of fantasy/sci-fi games, but this is not suitable for us.Our game is more like Mad Max... Payne"

Liquid Swords announced a round of layoffs in February, with Christofer Sundberg calling the company in a "deeply regrettable position" at the time.

However, just eight months later, the studio has now released a brief 10-second promotional video for the new game, showing a more realistic-looking industrial city, suggesting that the project has made good progress.