Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish Is A First-Person Action Game Set In The ‘World Of Darkness’ Universe Arriving Summer 2027

Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish is a first-person action game set in the World of Darkness universe, which also includes franchises like Vampire: The Masquerade. Microsoft opened today’s Xbox Partner Preview with this announcement, revealing Deathwish will hit Xbox Series X/S, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud in the Summer of 2027. 

This first trailer follows a team of hunters out to take down a dangerous vampire masquerading (wink wink) as a police officer while also teasing some of the other locations you’ll explore in the game. If you’ve been gaming for a minute, you might recognize Hunter: The Reckoning, as it was a hack-and-slash/third-person shooter that launched on the original Xbox in 2002 and the Nintendo GameCube the following year. 

Check out the Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish reveal trailer for yourself below: 

You can read more about the game at the Xbox Wire blog post here. 

Deathwish follows last year’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, the most recent game in the World of Darkness universe, and though they occupy the same world, it remains unclear if they’re connected at all. You can read Game Informer’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 review here, and then check out our Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 hub for more behind-the-scenes information about the World of Darkness from our cover story last year. 

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