Vampyr Awakens on Nintendo Switch Just In Time For Halloween

Written by Brandon Hofer on September 05, 2019

News: You can now be a vampire on the go and determine the fate of London no matter where you are thanks to Nintendo’s platform.

Vampyr is coming to the Nintendo Switch next month. In Vampyr you awaken in 1918 London as Dr. Jonathan Reid, a newly turned vampire. Vampyr plunges you into a hidden world of ungodly creatures and vampire hunters where you must find a cure for the deadly disease spreading through the city.

As a doctor and a vampire you are conflicted. As a doctor, you made an oath, but as a vampire, you must feed. You will have to use your burgeoning powers to uncover conspiracies festering in the darkest corners of London. The citizens make up an intricate social web, where the consequences of each life taken will ripple through the city. How far into the darkness will you go?

You will prowl the disease-ridden streets in Vampyr - a darkly atmospheric action RPG from the studio behind ‘Remember Me’ and ‘Life is Strange’. Set in early 20th century Britain during a bout of the lethal Spanish flu, the streets of London are crippled by disease, violence, and fear. In a completely disorganized and ghostly city, those who are either fools, desperate, or unlucky enough to walk the streets lay prey to Britain’s most elusive predators: the Vampires.

Emerging from the chaos, a tormented figure awakes; as the player it is you who determines how to harness your new powers, by specializing in deadly, versatile RPG skill-trees that change the way you play. As a doctor recently turned into a Vampire, you try to understand your new affliction.

Your quest of intuition, discoveries, and struggles, will be filled with death and drama, while your attempt to stem the irrepressible thirst that constantly drives you to take human lives. As you cling to what remains of your humanity, your decisions will ultimately shape the fate of your hero while searching for answers in the coughing, foggy aftermath of the Spanish Flu.

Check out the recently released trailer for Vampyr on Switch and then tell us what you think. It arrives on Switch on October 29th. Will you be picking it up?