Five years after developer Jumpship formally unveiled its side-scrolling sci-fi apocalypse adventure Somerville, a release is in sight, with the studio having somewhat unexpectedly announced a 15th November launch on Xbox One and PC earlier today.
Jumpship is an independent studio founded by film animator Chris Olsen in collaboration with Dino Patti, co-founder and former CEO of Limbo studio Playdead. And while Somerville's formal reveal came in 2017, Olsen - who has worked the likes of Skyfall and The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron - had already been tinkering away on the project for three years before that.
Somerville - described as a "hand-crafted narrative experience set across a vivid rural landscape" that sees players navigating perilous terrain "to unravel the mysteries of Earth's visitors" - has continued to look wonderfully intriguing since its big reveal. However, it's been nearly a year since its most recent public showing.