Developer Smallthing Studios and publisher Leonardo Interactive have announced the return of the 1990's point-and-click adventure classic series Simon the Sorcerer in the form of Simon the Sorcerer: Origins, an adventure-game prequel to the 1993 original.
As you can see in the announcement trailer above, Origins styles itself after a '90's Saturday morning cartoon, which both modernizes its look over the MS-DOS originals while also grounding it in a fittingly retro style as well. Origins is set a few weeks before the events of the first game, which saw Simon's dog Chippy accidentally uncover Ye Old Spellbooke in a chest in the loft of his house, which opens a portal once Simon opens the book, enticing Chippy to go through it and Simon to follow.
"It has been a long time wish of ours to revive one of the gaming industry’s best loved and iconic characters," said Leonardo Interactive founder Leonardo Caltagirone. "Our goal will be to create a new world brought to life with beautiful modern visuals and all new gameplay mechanics to tell the untold story of Simon’s origins."
IGN will have more on Simon the Sorcerer: Origins as development progresses. Origins is due out for PC and consoles in early 2023.
Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.
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As you can see in the announcement trailer above, Origins styles itself after a '90's Saturday morning cartoon, which both modernizes its look over the MS-DOS originals while also grounding it in a fittingly retro style as well. Origins is set a few weeks before the events of the first game, which saw Simon's dog Chippy accidentally uncover Ye Old Spellbooke in a chest in the loft of his house, which opens a portal once Simon opens the book, enticing Chippy to go through it and Simon to follow.
"It has been a long time wish of ours to revive one of the gaming industry’s best loved and iconic characters," said Leonardo Interactive founder Leonardo Caltagirone. "Our goal will be to create a new world brought to life with beautiful modern visuals and all new gameplay mechanics to tell the untold story of Simon’s origins."
IGN will have more on Simon the Sorcerer: Origins as development progresses. Origins is due out for PC and consoles in early 2023.
Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.
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