Developer Teyon and publisher Nacon have unveiled a new game during the recent Xbox Partner Showcase. Dubbed Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish, the title will be an adaptation of the Hunter: The Reckoning aspects of the World of Darkness tabletop RPG universe. The title was announced with a trailer, and will be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in Summer 2027.
While we don’t quite get much in the way of gameplay, the trailer does a good job of establishing the tone that one would expect out of a game set in the same universe as Vampire: The Masquerade. Rather than playing as vampires, however, players will instead take on the role of hunters that are hunting down the creatures of the night and trying to make sure that they can’t take advantage of regular humans.
The trailer showcases how a vampire, working as police officer Shaw, was able to find a victim already tied up, and could use his powers as a policeman to ensure that no one would know about them. We then cut to the hunter’s perspective, showing off all the research they had already done on Shaw, including whether or not they might be a vampire of either the Ventrue or the Lasombra clans.
While not outright confirmed, the trailer indicated that Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish might also include some co-op gameplay, since the end of the trailer features several hunters grouping up before they take on officer Shaw. Each hunter was also seemingly equipped with different weapons and equipment, including shotguns,a hacking device, and a stake to paralyze the vampire.
The final bits of the trailer show us some of the in-game environments, confirmation that it will be a first-person shooter, a quick look at a stealth takedown, and a hideous creature.
