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A TURN-BASED TACTICS GAME SET AT THE DAWN OF THE VIKING AGE
ABOUT THE GAME
Norse is a Turn-Based Tactics game for PC and console. Set at the dawn of the Viking Age, we follow a young warrior named Gunnar on a journey of revenge throughout Norway. Our goal, to build up our own settlement, to make allies and grow strong. And, ultimately, to wreak vengeance on the traitor Steinarr Far-Spear, who betrayed Gunnar’s father Jarl Gripr and butchered his people.
Written by award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author Giles Kristian, Norse is set in a fully realised historical world, driven by a compelling narrative thread, and brimming with memorable characters.
KEY FEATURES
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Go into battle with your handpicked band of warriors, all with their own backgrounds, personality traits and life experience
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Govern your settlement at the Tinget assembly by passing judgements, settling disputes, dispensing punishments, and rewards, and initiating major village projects
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Village management is dialogue-based. Interact with key workers such as the Blacksmith, the Shipbuilder, the Hunter and the Seamstress, building personal relationships with each and managing production
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Get closer to the gods and earn their favour with the help of the Volva (seeress). If you can prove that you are a warrior worthy of her talents
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An intriguing story to fire the imagination, which unfolds as the game goes on.
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Enjoy real-time movement and turn-based combat with several never-seen-before features such as Glima (Viking martial arts), introducing a fresh take on this established and popular genre
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Scout the forests, fjords, and mountains, keeping an eye out for enemies… or potential friends
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Trade with other clans, earning their trust and building allies for the battles ahead. Or, attack their settlements and take what you want! The choice is yours
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Loot or craft a vast range of items. Unlock new abilities and technologies that will give you an advantage over your enemies
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Created with Unreal 5, Norse will be produced for Windows, PlayStation, and Xbox. There is no Launch Date set yet.
GILES KRISTIAN
The Skald of Norse
Giles Kristian is an international Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author. His novels have sold over a million copies and have been translated around the world.
He co-wrote the international no.1 bestseller Golden Lion with Wilbur Smith, and his Viking novel, God of Vengeance, was a Times Book of the Year. Lancelot, his re-imagining of the Arthurian myth, was a Times and Sunday Times bestseller and is currently in development for TV.
His latest novel, a thriller called Where Blood Runs Cold, won the Wilbur Smith Adventure-Writing Prize.
