Today, cyberpunk is no longer a movement, but a genre or an aesthetic to pastiche, and its depiction of the feudal lord-like power of our great tech monopolies gives the audience the impression they are run by innovative, evil geniuses not unimaginative rentiers. Its critique of capitalism came only after capital was already being transformed into the omnipotent printing press of neoliberal hegemony, and its depiction of this process not only excluded the genocidal crushing of labour power in the colonies and the legal oppression of unions in the colonisers’ homelands (with the notable exception of Blade Runner, which did not shy away from mythologising real actions being taken by imperialist countries at the time it was being produced), but also inadvertently glorified the rising political power of corporations by depicting this process as being far more interesting, far more obscure than petty bribery and the symbiotic relationship of the military-industrial complex and the market’s adoption of its technical innovation. There's no release date for Nivalis just yet, but hopefully Ion Lands will have more to share soon.Cyberpunk, the literary movement, was as out of date as it was prescient. One entirely reasonable complaint levied at Cloudpunk was that it didn't utilise nearly enough of its sprawling, gorgeously constructed setting, so Nivalis sounds like the perfect excuse to fully immerse yourself in the bustling metropolis. This is Nirvalis as you've never seen it before." Meet strangers, friends, customers and lovers alike. Need a break? Why not go fishing, or maybe explore the city - on foot or in a HOVA.
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Grow your business, furnish your apartment, manage restaurants and nightclubs, learn how to make the perfect dish or cocktail. "Choose how to spend your time each day and discover the wonders and dangers of this cyberpunk voxel city," explains Ion Lands, "realistic weather simulation and night-day cycles included. Watch on YouTube Cloudpunk - City of Ghosts Announcement Trailer.Īnd as for Ion Lands' other announcement, that comes in the form of Nivalis, an unexpected but entirely appealing life-sim spin-off set within Cloudpunk's gorgeous open-world city.
It's out now on Steam for £12.99/$14.99 USD, and there's a 10% launch day discount. Ion Lands says City of Ghosts is longer than the original story, as well as "darker, tenser, more complex", and promises new areas to explore, new characters and mysteries, HOVA customisation, street racing, and different endings depending on player choices. Main protagonist Rania and canine companion Camus return for another sky-high, HOVA-based jaunt around the neon-drenched metropolis of Nivalis, but this time there's a new hero - deadbeat gambler Hayse - with players switching between two interlinking stories as the adventure unfolds.
It's a busy day for developer Ion Lands not only is its gorgeous Blade-Runner-esque delivery thriller Cloudpunk's "sequel-sized" paid DLC, City of Ghosts, now available on PC, the studio has announced a new cyberpunk-themed life-sim spin-off too.Ĭity of Ghosts, which seems as good a place as any to start, offers a brand-new, fully voiced story campaign that serves as a direct sequel to the original game.
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