PlayStation 5 gets Godfall looter-slasher from Gearbox Publishing

Gearbox Publishing and developer Counterplay Games have just made the first official PlayStation 5 game announcement. As part of The Game Awards event in Los Angeles tonight, the companies revealed Godfall. This is a loot-based action game with a focus on melee combat. It is due out next holiday for Sony’s PS5 and the Epic Games Store.

Godfall’s debut trailer shows the looter-slasher (sloosher?) in action. In the video, you can see a pantheon of characters that look like they are from the Alex Proyas movie Gods of Egypt. They wear shiny, ornate helms and brandish weapons like flaming swords. Counterplay is promising that players will guide these characters through a fantasy world to unlock better gear throughout the role-playing experience. The studio is also putting a major emphasis on the melee combat.