Clockwork Revolution
{{Infobox video game
| developer = InXile Entertainment{{efn|Additional work by Shapeshifter Games.}}
| publisher = Xbox Game Studios
| director = Chad Moore
| producer = Brian Fargo
| engine = Unreal Engine 5{{cite web |last1=Kerry |first1=Ben |title=inXile Studio Head Shares More Details On First-Person RPG 'Clockwork Revolution' |url=https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/06/inxile-studio-head-shares-more-details-on-first-person-rpg-clockwork-revolution |website=Pure Xbox |date=15 June 2023}}
| platforms = {{ubl|Windows|Xbox Series X/S}}
| genre = Action role-playing
| modes = Single-player
| title = Clockwork Revolution
| image = Clockwork_Revolution_logo.png
| released = TBA
}}
Clockwork Revolution is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by InXile Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game is scheduled to be released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S.{{Cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Cole |date=2023-06-11 |title=Clockwork Revolution from InXile Entertainment brings Steampunk vibes to the Xbox Games Showcase |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/clockwork-revolution-from-inxile-entertainment-brings-steampunk-vibes-to-the-xbox-games-showcase |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Windows Central |language=en}}
Gameplay
Clockwork Revolution is an action role-playing game played from a first-person perspective.{{Cite web |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=2023-06-11 |title=inXile's new game isn't BioShock Infinite 2, it's something else |url=https://www.polygon.com/23757179/inxile-clockwork-revolution-release-date-bioshock-infinite |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} It features time-bending combat, roleplaying systems, and character creation.{{Cite news |last=Stanton |first=Rich |date=2023-06-11 |title=inXile's next game is a bold gamble that asks what if Bioshock Infinite, but better? |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/inxiles-next-game-is-a-bold-gamble-that-asks-what-if-bioshock-infinite-but-better/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}
Players will be using the Chronometer, a time-traveling apparatus. This allows players to travel back in time, choose how to influence the past, and then return to the present to experience the effects of your decisions. Furthermore, the gameplay scenes in the teaser feature first-person shooting with a range of muskets and other, more sophisticated but functionally similar weapons.{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jay |date=2023-06-11 |title=Clockwork Revolution is a new steampunk RPG from Microsoft's inXile |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/11/23757176/clockwork-revolution-microsoft-inxile-xbox-games-showcase-trailer |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Verge |language=en}} Chronometer will allow players to travel into the past and make choices that could change the entire world.{{Cite web |title=Clockwork Revolution developer InXile explain the game's extraordinary time-travel mechanics |url=https://www.altchar.com/game-news/clockwork-revolution-developer-inxile-explain-the-games-extraordinary-time-travel-mechanics-avW3x3c2FRVN |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.altchar.com |language=en}} Weapons in Clockwork Revolution are mix of steampunk technology and late 19th-century firearms, including revolvers, lever-action repeaters, and modified Gatling guns.
Plot
Steampunk Victorian era metropolis Avalon serves as the main setting for Clockwork Revolution. In the city, affluent manufacturers replace their missing limbs with elaborate clockwork prosthetics, and mechanical slaves attend to their masters' every need. But the sources of these technological advances are sinister: Lady Ironwood uses time travel to alter events in Avalon's past in order to maintain the social hierarchy that benefits her and her fellow upper-class residents.{{Cite web |last1=Gould-Wilson |first1=Jasmine |date=2023-06-11 |title=Clockwork Revolution: Everything we know so far |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/clockwork-revolution-guide/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=gamesradar |language=en}} The game also explores political themes, suggesting the presence of different factions and ideologies that players can align with.{{Cite web |last=Partis |first=Danielle |date=2023-06-11 |title=Clockwork Revolution: Diving Deeper Into inXile's Time-Bending Reveal Trailer |url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/06/11/clockwork-revolution-trailer-deep-dive/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Xbox Wire |language=en-US}}
Development
Clockwork Revolution is InXile Entertainment's first AAA game under Xbox Game Studios. It is also their biggest game in terms of scope and budget. The game was first announced at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 12, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Joseph |date=2023-06-11 |title=inXile Announces Steampunk FPS Clockwork Revolution |url=https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/inxile-clockwork-revolution-xbox-games-showcase |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=TechRaptor |language=en}} It is an action RPG headed up by Chad Moore as game director and Jason Anderson as principal designer.{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=2023-06-11 |title=Wasteland Developer inXile Unveils Clockwork Revolution |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/wasteland-developer-inxile-unveils-clockwork-revolution |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=IGN |language=en}} The game is set to be released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |title=Clockwork Revolution release date estimate, trailers, and latest news |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/clockwork-revolution/guide |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US}}
On January 30, 2024, InXile Entertainment announced that they are partnering with the newly founded video game studio Shapeshifter Games to develop Clockwork Revolution. Shapeshifter Games will offer co-development support for Clockwork Revolution.{{Cite web |last1=Tolbert |first1=Samuel |date=2024-01-30 |title=Ex-Volition devs form Shapeshifter Games, assisting inXile Entertainment with Xbox RPG Clockwork Revolution |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/ex-volition-devs-form-shapeshifter-games-assisting-inxile-entertainment-with-xbox-rpg-clockwork-revolution |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Windows Central |language=en}}
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External links
- {{official|https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/games/clockwork-revolution}}
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Category:Action role-playing video games
Category:First-person video games
Category:InXile Entertainment games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Steampunk video games
Category:Unreal Engine 5 games
Category:Video games about time travel