Meet the Wraith: Evolve’s savage assassin

The first time I ever saw Predator, it had a huge effect on me. The premise was simple, over-the-top, and brilliant. An elite squad of commandos find themselves stalked through dense jungles and picked off one at a time while they hunt an unknown apex predator, pitting numbers and teamwork against patience, stealth and skill. It’s an experience I’ve been wanting in video game form since that first viewing, and with Evolve’s announcement, I saw it reconstructed with stunning clarity.

Though Evolve’s already revealed monsters offer glimpses, they aren’t designed to really drive home that promise of a stealthy hunter lying in wait. But today, Turtlerock Studios has unveiled the last of its three beasts coming to Evolve (at least at release). And with the announcement, it emphasizes the fear and paranoia that your quarry might be watching and waiting, that your hunters might just be the hunted. Meet the Wraith, Evolve’s monstrous assassin.