Nearly 10 years since its launch, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will be receiving a new DLC expansion. Yes, you heard that right. Fatesworn, the newest (and possibly largest) piece of additional content for the sleeper 2012 action RPG will be released on December 14, 2021.
I’m pleased to wish Carlos Rocha Silva, Dreams Uncorporated, SYCK, and the entire team at Modus Games on the release of Cris Tales, an homage to JRPGs of the past that seeks to finds its own place in the canon with a striking art style and ambitious time mechanics.
Although it’s not a big news day, this Kotaku article snagged by attention. (Thanks, Google!) Working with Dreams Uncorporated on Cris Tales was a fascinating experience, and the passion with which Carlos and his team approached their worldbuilding was uniquely impressive. I’m glad they’re leveraging that unique aspect of the game in its PR and marketing.
Colombian landmarks and their Cris-Tales counterparts.
The Kotaku piece concerns a concept that Carlos Rocha Silva, CEO of Dreams Uncorporated, calls Endemic Fantasy, which involves modeling fantasy locations closely on real-world landmarks. In this case, the developers sought to bring a handful of notable areas from their native Colombia to life via Cris Tales’ vibrant art style and fantastical setting. It’s always interesting to get a glimpse of how creatives express their own identities and experiences through their work.
Here’s a presentation from EGX 2020 that goes into more detail about the studio’s Endemic Fantasy approach to worldbuilding.
It’s been 3,136 days since EA Partners and 38 Studios released Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, developed by Big Huge Games. In that time, there has been a full console generation, two The Last of Us installments (and, like, 20 Assassin’s Creed games), and a pandemic that has scattered developers and players across the globe. I didn’t think I’d ever see Kingdoms of Amalur in the news again.
Dreams Uncorporated responds to its demo's amazing reception with updates and plans for the future.
We’re very excited about the recent announcement of the JRPG-inspired RPG Cris-Tales, developed by Dreams Uncorporated and to be published by Modus Games.
