Soulstice’s dark fantasy is fueled by Unreal Engine

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Inspired by Japanese dark fantasy masterpieces like Kentaro Miura’s Berserk and Norihiro Yagi’s Claymore, Italy-based developers Reply Game Studios set out in early 2018 to make the leap to AA game development with its own take on a highly stylized action game.

Aspiring to achieve something akin to Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, and Nier: Automata, the team created Soulstice, a game built around the story of sisters Briar and Lute–one alive and one dead–who set out to reclaim a city ravaged by wraiths and restore order to their world.

We spoke with Fabio Pagetti, game and creative director at the studio, about how the team came up with Soulstice’s unique game mechanics empowered by Unreal Engine, grew a studio during a pandemic, and how being awarded an Epic MegaGrant energized and motivated the team at just the right moment.

To read the rest of this story, which first ran on Sept. 19, 2022, visit Unreal Engine.