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Dustborn
Developer(s)Red Thread Games
Publisher(s)Spotlight
Platform(s)
ReleaseAugust 20, 2024
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player
Pax, Noam, Theo, Sai
Main Dustborn characters, from left: Pax, Noam, Theo, Sai

Dustborn is a story-driven action-adventure video game developed by Norwegian studio Red Thread Games and published by Quantic Dream on August 20, 2024.

Story

In the game you travel across an alternate reality United States in the year 2030 known as American Republic. The main character is Pax who must smuggle a package alongside a traveling band.

Cast

Tipper, Dominique
Dominique Tipper stars as Pax

Gameplay

The game features Guitar Hero style minigames.

Development

Developers received financial support from the Norwegian Film Institute (Template:Lang-no) in years 2019, 2020, and 2022, under the scheme Development of games after artistic assessment (Template:Lang-no).

Dustborn was developed using the Unity engine and the team wrote their own custom shaders to accomplish the comic book inspired look.

Reception

The game was criticized when it was first announced for having political themes.

On Metacritic as of August 24, 2024, Dustborn has a weighted average score that indicates "mixed or average" reviews:

  • Xbox Series X/S: 72 out of 100, from 8 critic reviews;
  • PC: 68 out of 100, from 21 critic reviews;
  • PlayStation 5: 70 out of 100, from 16 critic reviews;

References

  1. "Dustborn". Steam. August 20, 2024. Archived from the original on August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  2. Sinclair, Brendan (November 1, 2012). "Ragnar Tørnquist founds Red Thread Games". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  3. "Dustborn's politically charged action is a breath of fresh air". Digital Trends. March 29, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  4. Autumn Wright (June 24, 2024). "Dustborn let me smash fascists and flirt with my situationship on a road trip across America". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  5. Handley, Zoey (July 8, 2024). "Dustborn might not be something you want to take on a road trip". Destructoid. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Tom Richardson (June 25, 2024). "Dustborn: 'No-one forced us to make a game with a diverse cast'". BBC. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  7. Sam Loveridge (June 24, 2024). "Dustborn took me on a roadtrip where I fought with words, played Guitar Hero-like rhythm games, and made Telltale-style choices". gamesradar. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  8. "Dustborn". Norwegian Film Institute (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  9. Shubhankar Parijat (August 27, 2024). "Dustborn Interview – Setting, Art Style, Choices, and More". GamingBolt (Interview).
  10. "Dustborn". Metacritic. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  11. "Dustborn Xbox Series X Critic Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  12. "Dustborn PC Critic Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

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