Den of Wolves - Information, Extortion and Extraction... to the Highest Bidder
Aside from having perhaps the coolest title going round for what’s coming in 2025, 10 Chambers’ heist-driven co-op FPS, Den of Wolves, also has a lot of world to it. World as a noun here is built specifically around Midway City, its competitive corpo entities vying for that singular edge and the seemingly ‘no holds (or law) barred’ ways in which to gain said edge. Dystopian or cyberpunk, Midway City might very well be one of the coolest aspects of the game. Set in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to avoid international law in a sort of futuristic unregulated libertarian-type setup, the game’s playspace is abuzz with drone swarms, tall buildings, neon flare, copious advertising and everything else you’d expect a cyberpunk-inspired world to be filled with.
“Even though Den of Wolves is not an open-world game, we’ve put a lot of time and resources into building the world around you,” explains Oscar J-T Holm, co-founder of 10 Chambers. “Everything from the in-depth backstory about why we are where we are, to the brands and corporations that build up the city – each with their independent backstories… even if you are not a fan of following the lore of [a] game, we believe that just knowing there are these stories around you builds a powerful purpose to playing.”
Den of Wolves doesn’t quite present as ‘retro future’, which is an interesting distinction to other cyberpunk titles out there, but is certainly ‘techno’ in its bombastic sheen and all of its perceived technology driving not only the world itself, but each aspect of what you do as one of the experts to hire in this cutthroat environment. Equally, any number of jobs available amidst the competitive landscape of corporations-as-citizens that are clearly the makeup of Midway City’s ‘population’ is an opportunity for 10 Chambers to continue to build out that world.
“We will elevate what a heist game can be – what a heist can be,” adds Ulf Andersson, Creative Director at 10 Chambers. “You can only rob so many banks.”
While more information is yet to be forthcoming, we’ve poured through every available nugget out there from 10 Chambers itself, as well as all available assets and the game’s decidedly old-school official site to give you the best possible breakdown of what to expect and everything we know so far, plus with a bit of hopeful thinking from our end.