The Forever Winter - Official Cinematic and Gameplay Trailer

Check out action-packed gameplay set in a devastated world in this new The Forever Winter trailer for the upcoming squad-based, tactical survival horror looter-shooter game with rogue-like elements, where you fight to survive against gigantic war machines.
In The Forever Winter, players enter a maze of relentless PvEvE conflict, with various ever-present enemy factions fighting to achieve their own objectives. Squads of up to four players (or AI-driven squadmates) face off against (or sneak by) hordes of colossal enemies and loot the fallen in a desperate race to secure what’s left of Earth’s dwindling resources. Scavenge what you need, then be ready to run like hell or face an inevitably bloody demise. Building your arsenal over multiple play-throughs gives you a fighting chance against bigger and badder enemies… but you’ll never stop the war. You’ll never “win.” In The Forever Winter, winning is staying alive and returning home with supplies for your crew.
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[@renniksboi6001]

Ahhh, so this is what the normal civilians experience in Armored Core

[@Shattered_Skies]

Especially in the fifth generation games

[@nateums]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ezri7057]

I’d say this is the dark age of technology the men of iron war agenst humanity

[@esistdonnichtdom]

@@ezri7057 I'd have called it a regular day on the rougher parts of Mars post Heresy at this point.

[@TheDragonfriday]

​@ezri7057 while soldiers of different state fighting and robots ai gone Rouge at day destroying the world at night it try to repairs

[@AnimatedCardboard]

Finally, an apocalyptic game environment that genuinely makes me think "Naaah, eating a bullet will be better"

[@Oybpvey]

Yeah wtf is going on lol

[@charlestwoo]

damn ur so right, when they showed people getting killed my only thought was those are the lucky ones.

[@erdfkrt541]

even though this is cinematic and still the quality is so bad, not even in 60 PFS, and the gameplay is even worse, who would want to buy this.

[@Coruptanimation]

Looks spooky enough. Now let's see if tea can be enjoyed while playing.

[@kaiserblood6880]

Cyborg uprising vs Humanity. Bring it on FOR SUPER EARTH

[@BladeLigerV]

Insane AI in huge mechs. Necrotic cyborgs. Bombers sropping what look to be zombies. Oh man this is WILD.

[@AdotLOM]

Dont forget the cyber-creeper ballon carrying a grown cow Nobody is safe

[@LeoLau-ip9bv]

@@AdotLOM lol also ya

[@isaacjones748]

Kinda loving the whole Death Stranding "Carry a shelf" style of inventory

[@jazzyjswift]

Backpack? Nah, Backshelf.

[@thesorrow4664]

Me too

[@alexpetrov8871]

This shelf is extremely impractical, especially in urban ruins. The chance that you will catch on an obstacle and hang on it or fall backward is huge. The chance of quickly getting up from your back to your feet with such a shelf on your shoulders is very small. This shelf may be fine for a porter on an wide empty road, but nothing more.

[@isaacjones748]

@@alexpetrov8871 permanent global war is impractical akshually

[@Jericho19111]

If you want this OST. Lost Souls - The Forever Winter

[@colli_cf8497]

you're a hero.

[@explodedpoet6400]

Thanks friend

[@crazybikegang6632]

It feels so apocalyptic

[@AfroMan187]

This trailer accurately depicts what the inside of your PC is going to look like after running this game for 20 minutes

[@-Draugh-]

Pc go bruuuu 🔥

[@bootlegpete7984]

Bro didn't pass the GTA V can you run it test...

[@krajicsek13]

This how old Pc looked when you tried to play Crysis 3 with everything on max setting

[@DGneoseeker1]

Not with this system.

[@Hrrrrrrrrrreng]

@@krajicsek13can it run crysis?

[@hfric]

The Pitch : Imagine Mechwarrior 2 ... but your the ground soldier that picks up the Mechs bullets casings and lives from Mud Cakes

[@sifrimh]

Shadowrun

[@кяуртіс]

More like "hey guys remember the real world from animatrix, yeah lets do that"

[@hfric]

@@кяуртіс *DiCaprio This MEME*

[@notsoanonymousmemes9455]

Don't forget the Machine Uprising and you are either killed or turned into a zombie cyborg.

[@Mastercheap]

It almost corrected, but you’re not even the ground soldier, you’re just the civilian trying to survive all of this.

[@alexernst9448]

1:56 Everybody gangsta until the zombie bomber comes in.

[@AceFinka]

We’ve always been getting the same flashy shooter games where the world revolves around you, mowing down enemy waves by thousands. But this, this game will put you in a world in the perspective of a powerless scavenger stuck in the middle of an immense and brutal war between superpowers, trying to survive. A world that continues to die without you, where you are trapped in the crossfire between armies fighting with those giant robots only to remind you how small you are in all this. This is going to be a revolution in the gaming industry if this is executed properly, and this sure does look promising with the small that we got to see. It’s really the kind of atmosphere that even if it’s fictional, it’s scarily real in some way.

[@tobytoxd]

Well said!

[@maciejgrabowski9863]

The art direction looks amazing, properly bleak

[@dariozanze4929]

Had to take a tetanus shot after watching the trailer.

[@Atut999]

This captures the aesthetics of an apocalyptic war looks like. Very excited on this.

[@snowcat5755]

Got animatrix war vibe, but way grittier.

[@Flipdagoose]

honestly that might be the better option, because atleast that one atleast brought you your sweet end at one point or another.

[@aridrosenthal]

They said they were inspired by Animatrix, the opening scene to the Terminator, 90s Mecha Anime, a few other sources

[@thesorrow4664]

Yup

[@riloegaming]

This game is gonna be something else. Can't wait

[@theunluckyjumpmaster9098]

Saw your videos on it, so hyped for when it comes out

[@monkeybone1709]

came here cause of your video, small world

[@tyazhmetkach]

The best thing about this trailer is the music. Very atmospheric, strong and dramatic.

[@BRAINFxck10]

💜 Witch House music! It's amazing that this is an original soundtrack, the song's called "Lost Souls" and it reminds me of Flesh-Black Crown. This song "Lost Souls" and "Sheltered in Shadows" are the best songs in this game.

[@Crying94Wolf]

This is definitely a new way for designing post apocalyptic world. Grotesque mix with tech, biotech, some sort of cyberpunk junk. Hellish mecha. Architecture that came from Doom with it epic sizes and outworld feelings. That designs by themselves make me dream about to get into 3d modeling, and im already in

[@silver1340]

This world isn't post-apocalyptic yet. There's still national superpowers duking it out. You're in a middle of a military apocalypse.

[@ProfessionalDumas]

Literally people skined and hanging by their feet. Me:😐 Cow being lifted away mooing Me:😢

[@Psyrus88]

Sounds like a personal problem.

[@JayTheThugginAlien]

@@Psyrus88wow your so sigma 🐺

[@unshelledpig2074]

Same man same

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

​​@@JayTheThugginAlien his skibidi rizz is inadequately ohio 😢

[@andyappleton3353]

Don't be that way. If that cow could, it would eat you and everyone you've ever loved.

[@mrkanokon549]

Why are y'all acting like a game that doesn't even have a release date yet should be a flawless 60+ FPS? The point is that the game looks INSANELY FUN!! 100% adding this to the wishlist!!

[@GRITBONE]

Gamers.. What can ya do..

[@brassyyapper5375]

Yeah plus it even says it’s pre alpha so it’s not even done yet.

[@toddmorningstar4206]

Careful now, disappointment hits harder the more hype you put into something.

[@jamesconlin5099]

@@toddmorningstar4206 hats what your dad said right before leaving your mum

[@None38389]

Pretty sure they intentionally made the animation at low frame rate to give a stop-motion feel, looks really cool, not sure about how it would play though.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

So the whole hanging skinless cadavers by their toes-thing. Is that to send a message, or for emergency rations?

[@primusstar5995]

Yes

[@battlehenge4]

Human biltong.

[@XNyvedX]

Yes

[@Pandaman94]

Yes.

[@devinmiley1710]

Why not both

[@holostro]

Helldivers in literal Hell

[@TARMHeLL]

People on cyberstan now.

[@samfisherxboxog8925]

That are also specifically only fighting the automatons

[@darkmatteracid2353]

Regrouped in hell

[@MichaelBurbano]

My thought exactly. It seems like this will be the new thing. 4 player coop against massive hordes of enemies. Give me more. Give me something really scary!

[@Smokecall]

More like the SEAF before the Helldivers drop in

[@toplel1860]

Im getting animatrix flashbacks of the human AI war durring the second renaissance.

[@dcyph3r]

People talking about the fps/performance, it literally says in the video, PRE ALPHA FOOTAGE. Do you even know what that means?

[@CortexG333]

Facts

[@jessanpalomer2647]

An average gamer's comprehension apparently

[@CortexG333]

@@jessanpalomer2647 its sad honestly, how weak minded most have become to not realize this is pre alpha

[@getsmokednerd-w4z]

means they should get the game in a somewhat playable state before making a trailer.

[@SEEshadow]

It means footage from before it's even Alpha!!

[@SB-jx6ox]

Artificial Super Intelligence Worst Case Scenario: The Game

[@TalladegaNight]

looks like Zdzisław Beksiński artwork come to life

[@LeoLau-ip9bv]

ya nice one

[@FireIGuess]

In the end. It was a War. Without Reason

[@crabbowiththestabbo]

Apparently this is supposed to be a representation of the gaming industry. Mega-corps constantly fighting, rebuilding and reviving the same derivative IPs until they become unrecognizable zombies. In the middle are the indie devs and passionate designers who pick up scraps and pieces to try to make something better.

[@Harsh-ui7fm]

Now that’s how you create a cool trailer

[@seauryakumar]

Especially out of early development reel. A lesson to learn on how to polish turd and sell it as gold

[@alliga91]

Grim dark vibes 🥰 nice mix between Warhammer40k and Trench Crusade.

[@TheOnePhantomy]

Well its looking brutal, and for pre-alpha footage it looks raw and obviously unoptimized but that's to be expected, the idea is there already and it just needs to refine it. Godspeed devs, give me some new games to hyperfixate on

[@meridiasbeacon7669]

This looks cool. FPS issues of course, but that just shows we're seeing a real work in progress and likely not a fluffed-up pretend version. Very interesting designs.

[@Julez67s]

Agreed, got to appreciate the transparency

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Julez67s To me it reminds me of a lot of games shown as „alpha“ or „pre alpha“ versions and then still releasing like this. Already a red flag. They didnt even wait for a proper version to show gameplay. 2010s flashbacks

[@Moddeang123]

The vibe are just so Armored Core V man! Those gigantic bomber really selling those feel! Really excited to see more :DDD

[@stupendousalex]

Agreed 100% - AC:V vibes with perhaps Remnant-esc gameplay.

[@Moddeang123]

@@stupendousalex Yeah! Can't wait for more of gameplay! Oh and those mech remind me of Makoto Kobayashi work!!!

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Gigantic bombers are always cool

[@jimcobbler3954]

"War is hell on earth" type game except it literally brought hell itself to earth.

[@cosmicrick]

This makes the Terminators and machines from The Matrix seem more humane... can't wait to experience this nightmare of a world when it comes out.

[@ItIsBils]

Pov you're a foot soldier in Armored Core 6. Without the coral.

[@thesorrow4664]

Yup

[@Slader_McDoogal]

this reminds of the machine war scene from the Animatrix

[@CyberLou]

Props to you guys for showing gameplay! Im definitely playing this once it releases!

[@tedbaloogafakename3659]

how my kids will be getting to school:

[@russeljackson7633]

It feels like Silent Hill had a baby with Mechwarrior but from the foot soldier point of view. I'm digging this and will be keeping my eye on this as it comes along.

[@JuanReyes-zz4tx]

This is like a combination of helldivers and the Movie 9

[@imbadwithnames2525]

love how they are not sugar coating the game and shows the ACTUAL gameplay.

[@nelrod9661]

Very sexy trailer. Everything about it reminded of dystopia mech games from the 90s. Truly horrific and that gameplay looks fun af.

[@ozonhellbug4977]

So it's Death Stranding gone real wrong in Killzone world?

[@ryancrowley3123]

The literal in-game portrayal of "There's always a bigger fish".

[@irphil47]

Def getting Warhammer 40k and Armored Core vibes with Death Standing backpacks. Very cool setting.

[@rcr4202]

Now when it resonates in my ears... Trackname please

[@TitaniumRobotSeacow]

Forever Winter - Lost Souls

[@rcr4202]

​@@TitaniumRobotSeacow THANK YOU

[@Noturcupotea]

The Division, 2000 years later…

[@ThatGuy-yr9uc]

Sick soundtrack

[@TriviaFreak]

That scene with the cow is what really sold me to just how cold this one's gonna be.

[@Zuberm1]

The 4 big guys faction gonna conquer the battlefield

[@JanitorScruffy]

Armored Corhammer:40,000

[@Yellowjack17]

This is getting closer to my dream game of a survival looter shooter with Kojima's Death Stranding inventory system.

[@JesLen-lo1zi]

Lovecraftian post apocalypse with what seems to be eldritch monstrosities having destroyed most of humanity, and yet they’re still fighting each other for some reason. Tragically accurate…..

[@jaredbeilstein209]

Gameplay might run like a toaster right now, but considering how it looks _and_ it's pre-alpha, I'm cautiously optimistic

[@JumpsyTurvy]

ID Tag weapons, Id tag soldiers, A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR

[@Largentina.]

Why such a small backpack though?

[@stuartd6359]

Developers: Should we make it look like Death Stranding, Titan-Fall or Kill-Zone? YES!

[@ardentdfender4116]

This footage is like a horror show.

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

Some serious Kojima vibes here.

[@cousin_raditzz]

kinda like the ground troops perspective in a armored core game

[@andrenighthawk4431]

Guns, mechs, zombies, big ol baclpack Count me in

[@zappyboi770]

nice. a game set during the war against the men of iron

[@antonyetta-]

It's cinematic but also gameplay, that's how you do!

[@alexfrimershtein347]

Everything about this trailer works so well together.

[@CINEMARTYR]

Smelldivers 2! But in all seriousness, reeeeally great aesthetic, just get that frame rate smooth

[@TeroTheHer0]

World war 3 simulator

[@adamharris6198]

This feels a lot like lost planet.

[@skyezblue3136]

Real one for knowing that, I'm really hoping they got a reboot lf it's possible,we don't talk about the 3rd one.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Yeah and the animations technically look even worse than a game released 20 years ago. 1-2 were awesome and still hold up better than much of the stuff we see now

[@gustiakbaraccamaddin3467]

Even in the world full of mechs, T-90s and Apaches are still a solid option on a full scale warfare.

[@eugenekellyiii1957]

Looks likes the Machine War from the Terminator series but with an even more ruthless vibe and setting.

[@youdonthavetoknowsssh8154]

How a civilized Forge World defend itself from a Daemon Incursion.

[@E180skud]

Basically war got automated and this is the remnants of humanity, you’re not the main character in the game, you’re a scav trying to make it home.

[@puka6723]

That was very creative. I’m down for this.

[@2236gaming]

Not into PvEvE games, but damn it's a very cool and gritty world.

[@mattpenix8438]

Has that Division, Outsiders, Helldivers type gameplay

[@randomarcgunner4543]

Not really since you won't be mowing down hordes of enemies like you do in Helldivers.

[@crUNCLE]

a little rough around the edges but the vibes are great! Hope it doesn't get rushed out before its ready

[@EleaRevils]

Normally it should not, the devs working on this are all concept artists, without big corp watching over their shoulders. ( the game is also an analogy of the gaming industry these days ) Watch this Pre-Aplha revieuw if interested.

[@LiamWallace-qj5qo]

I’m really hoping this comes to console. It looks like one hell of a game.

[@bajdooo]

this is the dark souls of squad-based, tactical survival horror looter-shooter game with rogue-like elements, where you fight to survive against gigantic war machines

[@keyzack]

This Devs have some real attitude

[@Py6aka]

It looks cool! Will there be a first person mode?

[@noesunflamenco]

not sure but there are a few moments in the trailer when you see first person

[@jcy089]

That's what a regular day looks like in Gaza. Hiding from AI drones in the morning, scavenging in the afternoon, gunfights with the IDF at night.

[@mycommentmyopinion]

And sadly the west doesn't care, cause the children dying aint white....

[@CBadger]

I'm happy they're showing the console version of this game with that butter-smooth 20 to 25 fps gameplay.

[@blofeld2430]

Robotized eldritch horrors, that's what futuristic wars will definitely look like.

[@TkevTV]

The new Helldivers season looks crazy

[@ohma3305]

This game is depicting the future Kojima was trying to warn us about

[@Fvillalba8]

Im pretty sure this is heavily inspired by Z. Beksinky paintings.

[@jonathanfavourite]

Spell out his first name you coward

[@godskitten49]

'You're not the warriors of this battlefield, you are it's maggots feasting on the corpse heaps, and if you but look the dwarfing warriors the wrong way, you will be smeared back into the ground.'

[@TikiShootah]

Love it. The concept art is brutal for this 👍🏾

[@FDR-ww6xz]

It’s like when you combine Fallout, Doom and Evil Dead together, you get this.

[@Fhzorhsnxl]

and Brink, dont forget Brink

[@pedroflores3236]

​@@Fhzorhsnxl tampoco te olvides de helldivers

[@liamnissanS2K]

the RTX 4090 @ 4fps gameplay Is really selling It for me

[@SapphireCrusader1988]

Welcome to a world where everything that could go wrong did.

[@ComedicLetter]

“You aren’t that guy, don’t try to be” the game

[@drewm326]

1:03 (very scarry)

[@raylokh88]

Man... this could be something great! Keep at it.

[@Curry_Communist]

Damn great timing with that whole military edit thing, as well as the draft legislation in the US. Don't join people.

[@sandersbruh4474]

Performance is icky with this one. At least there’s more gameplay than cinematic.

[@kontankarite]

Not encouraging but refreshingly honest.

[@romellpoellinetz7435]

Pre alpha people theyre still working on it they just wanted to show us something

[@FuPlaayz]

gamer moment

[@Julez67s]

True, even though performance is doodoo. They’re being honest about it running like so.

[@seguramlk]

Cinematic is lagged too man lol

[@ragex-3785]

This is on my radar.

[@peniddo]

Extraction game in the far future of the Death Stranding universe with Fortnite characters. You have my attention

[@joshuasilva8057]

This be how those helldivers dissidents be living.

[@thesorrow4664]

😂

[@SAINTPONTIUS]

Gives me heavy 9 vibes for some reason.

[@reztrentnor4380]

They got them Porter Bridges backpacks 😂

[@anon2752]

like hell on earth meets terminator, looks cool.

[@Raul-ux22]

Its looks so sick and twisted in the best way!