Den of Wolves Hands-On Preview – Planning is Everything

When The Game Awards 2024 revealed the next heist title, Den of Wolves, I admit I was impressed. A technopunk-infused heist title that propels the player and crew forward to finish an objective, set to a backdrop of techno beats and higher-than-ever stakes. When 10 Chambers was recruiting operatives for an opportunity to get behind the lens of a Midway City criminal-for-hire and check out what’s behind the curtain in Den of Wolves, I answered the call. Den of Wolves brings first-person heist shooters into 2025 with innovation, PvE glory, high-risk, high-reward objectives, and a “Dive” system separating this Den from the pack.

Den of Wolves takes place in the dystopian Midway City. This island is built on the Pacific Ocean, and this is where the player is inserted as a criminal mercenary-for-hire. Midway City is an unregulated innovation zone created to combat a global data security threat caused by deep-learning AI, set in the year 2030 (we aren’t far off).

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