Neva will break your coronary heart on October 15

We known as Neva a “grand achievement in emotional recreation design” in our June preview, and the newest trailer makes that clearer than ever. And now, because of the newest Nintendo Direct stream, we all know it’s going to arrive on October fifteenth on the Swap, alongside the PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X and S. Developed by Nomada Studio, the creators of the acclaimed Gris, Neva appears prefer it’ll ship loads of motion alongside potential heartbreak.

“Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a younger girl certain to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with darkish forces,” the trailer’s description reads. “Collectively they embark on a deadly journey via a once-beautiful world because it slowly decays round them.”

“I’m satisfied that each preview of Neva (together with this one) will point out how rapidly and simply the sport will make gamers cry, and I wish to take a second to acknowledge the magnitude of this achievement,” Engadget’s Jessica Conditt wrote in her hands-on preview. “The bond that Nomada Studio have constructed between Neva and Alba is extremely highly effective, and the sort of emotional connection doesn’t simply occur if you put an animal and a human in the identical scene.”