Arkane Lyon, Bethesda, and Xbox just announced a new game based on Marvel's Blade, the Living Vampire who can walk under the sun without turning into a pile of screaming ash. We don't have a release date yet (as it's only "now in development"), but we do know that it's a third-person action-adventure game set in Paris.

The last game Arkane Lyon developed was Deathloop, which was released back in 2021. Though the last Arkane game in general was Redfall, another title focused on vampires... notice a theme? At any rate, this will be the first title Lyon has developed following Xbox's acquisition of Bethesda within that same year.

Given that Blade is in very early development, the trailer doesn't show us much. We get to see him at a barber's getting his beard trimmed while a counter nears zero layered on top of the Eiffel Tower, making it explicitly clear where this game is set.



Blade has had a lot of villains over the years - there's the obvious one, Dracula, his daughter, Lilith Drake, and a vampiric priest called Draconis.

There's also Loxias Crown, a synthetic vampire, a Wolverine clone called Varkis (who is, of course, a vamp), the now infamous Morbius, and Deacon Frost, who you no doubt know from the iconic Wesley Snipes movies. There are a lot of possible baddies out there for Arkane to pull from.

Marvel is going all in on Blade. He was a major part of Midnight Suns, Firaxis Games' superhero-driven tactical RPG, and he's even getting a brand-new MCU film with Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali as the titular Daywalker. Now, we'll be able to step into his big boots and trenchcoat to dole out some vamp justice.

He don't bite.

‘Marvel’s Blade,’ a single-player, third-person game set in the heart of Paris is coming soon from @bethesda and @ArkaneStudios in collaboration with Marvel Games: https://t.co/LLf5jvYnQG pic.twitter.com/xgIqjlUqoA

— Marvel Games (@MarvelGames) December 8, 2023

Posted: Dec 11, 2023 12:23 pm
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Source: https://www.thegamer.com/arkane-lyon-blade-the-game-awards/