Today's Xbox Partner Showcase opened with a brand new game reveal I certainly didn't see coming: it's called Armatus, and it's seemingly being made by the developers of Godfall.
Armatus is a new third-person roguelite shooter set in a fictionalized version of Paris that's looking...pretty messed up. An event called The Vanishing has effectively caused the end of the world, and you're some sort of masked warrior roaming around and fighting demons. That's really all we know for now: the trailer gave us a look at a lot of combat and some pretty cool monster designs.
In an Xbox Wire post, we learned a little more: after the end of the world, four members of something called the Armatus meet and summon the player to fight on their behalf and get them sent to heaven. You're searching for something called The Sunless Gate along The Scoured Path, which is a constantly changing road through a broken Paris, with procedurally-spawned rooms, enemy compositions, and rewards.
“With Armatus, we wanted our gameplay to be a blend of modern firearms and supernatural powers, plus a little melee for good measure,” Counterplay studio head Ming Zhang said in a statement. “By layering in dynamic build choices for each run, we’ve created the frenetic, hyperkinetic combat that really defines our gameplay.”
If you've forgotten everything about Counterplay's last game, Godfall, here's a refresh: Godfall was an action RPG that came out in 2020, initially just for PlayStation and PC but later for Xbox as well. It was described at the time as a "looter-slasher", heavily focused on finding and collecting better and better gear, and that admittedly had an awful lot of cool-looking weapons to collect. Unfortunately it received pretty mixed reviews, including from us, getting an IGN 6/10.
As our reviewer put it then: "Godfall can be an enjoyable and lovely gear-based action game while it lasts, but the repetition of its missions wears thin before the end of its campaign, and even thinner in the endgame afterward." Hopefully Armatus fares better.
Armatus is coming out in 2026 for Xbox Series consoles, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. For more, you can read our interview with Counterplay, where we learned about what it was like for the team to work on its new game as rumors of its shutdown spread.
You can catch up on everything announced at today's Partner Showcase right here.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
