The Polish study Mighty Koimade up of former developers from CD Projekt RED, Ubisoft, Wargaming and From Software, has announced the development of Thorgalan action-RPG set in the world of the Franco-Belgian comic of the same name by Jean Van Hammepublished in Italy by Panini Comics.
The developers of Mighty Koi they pose with Thorgal an extremely ambitious goal: competere con The Witcher 4the next RPG from CD Projekt RED, given that both games should be released in a few years and thanks to the use of Unreal Engine 5 which will allow the title to have top-level graphics.
In Thorgal we will take on the role of Thorgal Aegirssonthe son of a couple of aliens who crash-landed on Earth due to a failure of their spaceship: his mother gave birth to him once the spaceship landed off the coast of Norway, and to save him he was left in a collected escape pod then by a tribe of Vikings who welcomed him as one of their own.
The story will therefore be immersed in Nordic history and mythology, without disdaining fantastic and even science fiction elements, given the origins of the protagonist. In the comic Thorgal becomes a great warrior, very skilled with the bow, who, despite being opposed by many for not being a true Viking, is committed to protecting humans and his original family from numerous threats, including “gods vindictive.”
The announcement is accompanied by an announcement trailer and some concept art (below), while to see more we will probably have to wait a few years, given that the title currently has no release date and that it is not the the only project from the Polish studio.
MX Video – Thorgal