New Dawn feels like Bloober Team's answer to Dead Space

Key points

• Cronos: The New Dawn is Bloober Team's third-person sci-fi survival horror game due out in 2025, resembling Dead Space in many ways.
• The title could fill the void left by the Dead Space franchise, as future DS projects are currently on hold indefinitely.
• Cronos: The New Dawn could end up being a spiritual successor to Dead Space thanks to its similar gameplay elements, horror design, and vision.

Developer Bloober Team has been at the forefront of many gaming conversations recently for a variety of reasons. After releasing the highly anticipated Remake of Silent Hill 2 After receiving good reception earlier this month, the studio has garnered praise and attention from fans and critics for its modern reimagining of one of the most famous and popular survival horror games of all time. Based on this result, it seems like the studio isn't slowing down, as it just revealed a new upcoming horror title and original IP, Chronos: the new dawnto the Xbox Partner Preview.

While Bloober Team's previous entries, such as the Layers of fear series e Observershowed a clear interest in exploring dark psychological horror, were primarily first-person narrative experiences, usually emphasizing atmosphere and narrative over gameplay. However, in the wake of the Remake of Silent Hill 2 and now with Chronos: The New Dawn, It looks like Bloober is continuing to venture beyond his previous projects. Chronos: the new dawn it will be a full-fledged third-person survival horror experience and, looking at the material shown so far, it seems to resemble another beloved chapter in the genre, Dead spacein various ways.

Chronos: the new dawn
is currently scheduled for release in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X.

Cronos: The New Dawn has serious dead space vibes

Cronos: New Dawn could fill the void left by Dead Space

As Silent Hill 2, Dead Space is considered one of the best and most popular horror titles. Last year, EA Motive released their rework of Visceral Games' 2008 original, expanding the story and gameplay in satisfying ways and bringing a fresh touch to an already excellent title. Reception at Remake of Dead Space was positive, and there was initially hope that the other two titles in the franchise would receive the same treatment, as well as a possible fourth entry.

These hopes, however, were dashed after it was claimed that publisher EA did not believe it was financially successful enough to continue. It seems instead that EA Motive'It's Iron Man game and his work Battlefield may have had priority, with the future Dead space projects apparently frozen for the foreseeable future. Given this situation and Dead spaceits enduring popularity, Chronos: the new dawn it could therefore be perfectly poised to provide a similar experience to those fans who want one.

How Cronos: The New Dawn has the potential to be a spiritual successor to Dead Space

According to the official description of Chronos: the new dawnpremise and gameplay:

After the Shift, a catastrophic event that changed humanity forever, you are a Traveler acting as an agent of the enigmatic Collective. Tasked with scouring the wastelands of the future for time rifts that will transport you back to 1980s Poland, your mission is to locate key people from the past who perished in the ensuing apocalypse. Using your all-powerful Reaper, you extract their Essences and accompany them into the future.

In particular, the trailer for Chronos: the new dawn presents a series of reminiscent elements Dead spacethe vision of. A towering figure in an armored spacesuit is seen exploring a series of eerie locations in a claustrophobic atmosphere. This character appears to use some weapons, one of which bears a close resemblance to Isaac Clark's plasma cutter, as they face “nightmarish creatures, born from the remnants of humanity”. This description could also apply to Dead spacethe iconic Necromorphs and drawings of the creatures on display Chrono they give off vibes quite similar to those classic and terrifying enemies.

Along with these glimpses of what looks to be an intense and crunchy fight Chronos: the new dawnother details, such as what appear to be zero-gravity sections, reflect more Dead spacememorable aspects. Based on everything known and shown about it so far, Chronos: the new dawn it looks very similar to Dead space in some key areas. Bloober Team's upcoming foray into third-person sci-fi survival horror could therefore aim to give a twist to the story. Dead space formula e Chrono could end up giving fans of the series a new looking game Dead space in a meaningful and satisfying way.