LONDON, March 10 2016 – Square Enix Collective is to publish The Turing Test, a forthcoming first-person puzzle game created by British studio Bulkhead Interactive on Steam.
The game will release in August 2016 and puts players in the shoes of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA), as she attempts to uncover the truth behind the research base on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
Solve puzzles using your Energy Manipulation Tool (EMT) to transfer power out of one object and into another; power up and take control of artificially intelligent machines, manipulate giant structures and solve complex tasks – all woven into a multi-layered story based on the human struggle for control.
The game, being developed using Unreal 4, is the next project to release from Bulkhead Interactive. The studio previously released Pneuma: Breath of Life, and recently concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign for their next project Battalion 1944 (which is planned to release in 2017).
“I am very excited to be working with the Bulkhead Interactive team,” said Square Enix Collective creator and project lead Phil Elliott. “It’s our aim to support new development talent in a range of ways, and it’s already clear that this team is destined to have a big impact on the industry in the future.”
“We are big fans of the platform that Square Enix has created in Collective,” said Howard Philpott, Creative Producer at Bulkhead Interactive. “We are excited to be a part of Square Enix’s plans for the future of the industry. For us at Bulkhead they have opened many doors that would not have been accessible to us without their connections or years of experience in publishing games. They have given us the opportunity to make The Turing Test a more solid, polished, and ultimately an all-round better game.”
Square Enix Collective is a platform that aims to help independent developers find an audience for their projects, by enabling them to tap into our community and media resources. Projects which gamers support through the initial Feedback phase may be offered continued support through crowdfunding too; but developers are free to choose whether to accept, and retain IP and creative control over their projects.
Here is The Turing Test Steam and Xbox One announcement trailer:
The Turing Test will be one of the games featured in the Square Enix Collective range at EGX Rezzed, taking place in London from April 7-9. As part of the partnership, the game will benefit from marketing services provided by world-leading agency Petrol Advertising and forecasting and evaluation support from EEDAR.
An Xbox One version of the game will also be released in August, published directly by Microsoft.
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