Developer Bellring Games took the spotlight during Xbox’s showcase during Tokyo Game Show 2025 to provide an update on its dark fantasy extraction RPG Mistfall Hunter. The video, which you can check out below, features game director Haoliang “HAO” Zhang talking about the third beta test for the title and thanking the thousands of players that participated.
Zhang also spoke about the lore of Mistfall Hunter, and how the studio has taken pains to sprinkle tiny details about the world all over the game. He noted that some players during the beta tests were already able to piece together some aspects of the lore, including the secrets behind the Gyldenmist.
Looking to the future, Zhang has confirmed that there will be new content and features that will be made available to all Mistfall Hunter players. Among the new content coming to the game is its second playable map—the Solemn Needles. The map has been described as being a bleached and sacred forest where players will also have their first encounter with the Divine Anchor.
Solemn Needles will have a host of new points of interest for players to explore, including the corpse of a giant, dubbed Hastines’s Fall, which is noted as still radiating the power of the gods that resulted in the death of the giant. The Witchery Woods will also have their own secrets to uncover as players get ready to take on the False God.
Mistfall Hunter has been hosting beta tests throughout the year, with April being host to its second beta. Over time, Bellring Games has been testing out a host of different features and gameplay systems for the PvPvE RPG, with beta 2 featuring new scenes and areas that players could explore, like the Ember Iris. Solo mode was also the focus of testing at the time for players that would prefer to go at it alone rather than having to find team mates.
When the second beta had gone live, the studio had written about the importance of needing players to aim their attacks, rather than have the abilities be auto-targetted. They noted that aiming mechanics brings in more skill-based gameplay, which also has the side-effect of increasing the learning curve the game might present to newer players.
The third beta for Mistfall Hunter is still ongoing, but is slated to come to an end later this week. There has been no confirmation yet about whether there will be a fourth beta test or if the studio will instead focus on making its originally-planned 2025 launch window.
The extraction RPG was first announced all the way back in October 2024, and was described as featuring a dark fantasy setting heavily inspired by Nordic myths. In the game, players can choose from a variety of playable classes, each of them having unique abilities that could give them the edge both against computer-controlled enemies in PvE, as well as player-controlled opponents in PvP.
Mistfall Hunter doesn’t yet have an exact release date. The title was originally announced as being slated for release some time this year, however, and is being developed for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
