Hauke Gerdes became known as a game master for tabletop role-playing sessions at Rocket Beans and as the creator of his own fantasy worlds. Now he brings one of these worlds as a survival MMO to Steam for gamers: Coreborn.
What kind of game is this? “Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore” takes place in the fantastic world of Tormentosia, where various peoples are in a continuous conflict. However, Sogoth, an alien villain, ensures that they must unite.
To protect themselves, the peoples have created a “Core” that shields the inner world. Everything around it, however, is still dangerous, as Sogoth’s minions lurk there. You play as a resident of Tormentosia and are tasked with making the world habitable again.
This works in a seemingly Valheim-like survival game with classic gameplay elements from survival games and MMOs, such as:
- the city of Coreheim as a player hub to make new friends
- building your own home or even village in the world with an appropriate building system
- a combat system where the 6 different peoples bring different advantages
- enemies that threaten you and from whom you can get strong loot
- a profession system in which you can continuously improve your profession
- hunger, poison, and cold as survival aspects
Additionally, Coreborn will run on Unreal Engine 5, but it offers a playful comic graphic with some quirky characters.
You can see the first gameplay trailer for the game here:
When and where can I play Coreborn? Coreborn is set to be released according to the official Discord for PC, consoles, and mobile with crossplay.
However, when exactly Coreborn will be released, we do not yet know. It is said: “We are aiming for 2023/2024.”
There is no information yet on the pricing model, but according to the Steam page, there will be “in-game purchases.” The first test is already set for March 2-5 on Steam. You can already register directly on the Steam page for the test.
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What is Ultracore anyway? Behind the game is the world of “Ultracore”, which Hauke Gerdes designed. Hauke previously worked as a community manager for the German gaming channel Rocket Beans TV and was instrumental in establishing the tabletop format “Tough Types, Sharp Pencils” there.
In doing so, he created the worlds T.E.A.R.S., B.E.A.R.D.S., and Ultracore.
The creation of the world of Ultracore took place in a multi-part series of broadcasts in a tabletop session at Rocket Beans, in which Hauke serves as the game master.
Ultracore is based on the open-source rules system “How to be a Hero”. The idea of the world is that different peoples cooperate to create and maintain the eponymous “Ultracore”.
There is also a story trailer for Coreborn that explains the world in more detail:
The underlying tabletop rules for Coreborn are available for free download on the official website. If you want to take a look at the peoples and the world, the rules are a good starting point.
Hauke acts as a co-founder of the studio behind the game, Blankhans, and as the creator of the actual world. The studio is based in Munich.
Will you check out the game?
If you are into survival games, you have a number of strong titles coming out this year:
