Cronos: The New Dawn, a fresh new survival horror from Bloober Team, has a new deep dive trailer, giving players a proper look at the story and characters from the upcoming Switch 2 title.
It's looking pretty sweet, and we're particularly intrigued by a character called The Warden, who looks like a cross between Cronos' protagonist and Doom: The Dark Ages' Slayer. Bloober Team states that we'll be meeting "a lot of characters" in the game, and it sounds like the devs have put a lot of focus on telling a human story amongst the blood and gore.
Coming off the back of Silent Hill 2, we're intrigued to see if Bloober Team can continue its winning streak. It's no doubt received some criticism for its storytelling in the past, and Silent Hill was very much the brainchild of Team Silent developers Takayoshi Sato and Hiroyuki Owaku.
Still, we're excited to dive into this one. Up until recently, it was only confirmed for the likes of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, but a recent Partner Direct confirmed its existence for the Switch 2, and it'll be launching on 5th September 2025. So less than a month to go!
What are your thoughts on Cronos: The New Dawn so far? Are you planning to pick it up on launch day? Let us know.





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Not checking out the trailer myself considering its length and that I most likely won't get this game considering its genre - regardless, cool for those interested in it (have my fingers crossed for you that this game will be good, it certainly looked interesting based on the previous trailer during the Direct)!
I look forward to picking this game up.
Could be cool
Not usually my type of game (I hate jump scares), but this video has definitely piqued my interest. It looks like it could be a very cool story.
Removed - trolling/baiting
@JohnnyMind lol why such a long post for a game and trailer you're not interested in? 😅
@SpaceboyScreams Johnnymind is this you?
Looks pretty good, not into horror myself, but hopefully anyone who plays this enjoys it!
@Automated_Unit_4937 Why it not being my cup of tea personally should prevent me from sharing my appreciation of it in general based on what I've seen before, happiness for those who are interested in it that it got this new trailer and hope that it will be good for their sake?
Seems like this will be a challenge to run on the Switch 2. Cautiously excited for it, really considering picking it up after watching reviews
This reminded me of Dead Space/RE4 during the Direct and that's a massive compliment.
I was going to get this til I saw that white box at the bottom.
It looked like Eternal Darkness mashed with dead space and time travel and that sounds like a delight.
Was thinking about getting it but just found out it's a game key now a big skip 😕
I'm such a scaredy cat but I'm looking forward to cronos and Hell is us.
@Misima Eternal Darkness....a name I haven't heard in ages. Hopefully Nintendo adds it to the gamecube classics (though I doubt it).
Looking great, Bloober did fantastic with Silent Hill 2 and Observer so i'm excited for this.
Definitely spooky. If it runs great, Ill grab on S2, otherwise its an Xbox purchase
Edit: i forgot its coming to GP, so xbox it is.
Looking awesome on Switch 2???
Or looking awesome elsewhere?
I was really looking forward to this, but it seems to be GKC only.
This was the highlight for me from the partner direct and now I’m pumped for this. Those two came across really well and genuine IMO and I can’t wait for this! Hope it runs well. This gen I’m going 1st Party physical everything else digital so not bothered it’ll be GKC.
I've heard no Physical Switch game....but PS gets physical...
Day one on switch 2. I’m a massive survival horror fan and this game looks insane! Was contemplating getting it on ps5 but the portable factor for me 🤘
Game key Card. This looks amazing but I’ll wait.
Can’t wait for the reviews for the Switch 2 version. The genre is perfect for portable gaming. It’s looking really good so far!
I wonder when they'll be ready to start showing Project M. Anybody remember that game? Supposedly a Switch (likely Switch 2 exclusive now) from Bloober with only a live action teaser released so far.
Cronos looks excellent and having followed this team a while their worst and most criticized work was when their game was very derivative of other games and didn't stand out. Despite the comparisons to Dead Space this looks very unique and ambitious.
Crossing my fingers and hoping this isn't a flop, I do really want Bloober to become a new big horror studio, we're really lacking those in the games industry.
So it’s got a bit of the strange literary and visionary musings of Stanislaw Lem (Solaris) Terry Gilliam’s time traveling insanity a la 12 Monkeys/Chris Marker’s La Jatée and a bit of David Cronenberg’s bodily horrors for atmospheric flavor?
Well then- COUNT ME IN.
This looks delicious!
@sethfranum maybe one of those boutique switch game card distributors will take the challenge and make one for those that want a physical copy. I’m sure there is a high enough demand from us, the collectors of physical media. (We are essentially the asylum’s archivists at this point in time…)
@Orwellian87 maybe one of those boutique switch game card distributors will take the challenge and make one for those that want a physical copy.
This has happened before aka VGP, LRG studios.....
@sethfranum it’s a start… physical forever.
I've got this pre-ordered with The Game Colection as I couldn't see it anywhere.
I loved what the team did with Silent Hill 2 remake.
Hoping this is just as good
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