Witchfire's release date has been announced at Summer Games Fest, as you can play the long-awaited Victorian-era shooter on early access on September 20, 2023. The game launches on PC through Epic Games and has been confirmed for PlayStation and Xbox.
While little new was showcased here, you can definitely note the Painkiller and Bulletstorm influence. That means densely packed arenas alongside monstrous enemy design and movement speed faster than a Japanese bullet train (pun intended). If you're a fan of some of the best FPS games around then you're going to want to keep Witchfire on your radar in the few short months to come.
Witchfire was first revealed all the way back in 2017 back at The Game Awards in its pre-Summer Games Fest iteration. It has all come full circle, as this upcoming game showcases a new dark take on the arena shooter genre. It's been a long time since we saw a proper high-speed successor of these types of games, with the only notable recent examples carrying the torch being Serious Sam 4 back in 2020.
