Nightingale News

Stunning new survival game struggles to escape Palworld's orbit

Last week, I got a chance to play Nightingale, a new survival-crafting game with a heavy Victorian Gaslamp aesthetic and more than a few mythic curios. It comes from Inflexion Games, which includes some former Bioware staff who worked on Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The basic loop will be familiar to anyone who has brushed against the genre in recent years; build a base, craft tools, and explore. Where Nightingale aims to stand apart, though, is that this busywork is surrounded by a world full of wonder and a story that, quite literally, goes places.

Nightingale's aesthetic grabs me from the word go; thick wool suits, dandy umbrellas, and heaving mustaches. It's a perfect look for the 'frontier' type of exploration the survival game promises. Throw in a story about Fae creatures revealing themselves and changing the course of history itself and I'm sold. The Fae introduced magick (spelled with a 'k' so you know it's serious) to humans and spurred on an unprecedented era of technological advancement.

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Developer Update: Server Stress Test, Realm Card Updates, and More!

Good day Realmwalkers,

we have a new Developer Update Video where we discuss:

⭐ A reminder of our new Early Access launch date (Feb 20!!)
⭐ Post-Stress Test Feedback
⭐ UI/UX Updates for Launch
⭐ GeForce NOW Support
⭐ Vault Details
⭐ Some FAQ answers

We still have more pre-launch updates for you, so stay tuned.

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As always, thanks for joining us on this journey and your feedback throughout.

- The Nightingale Team (Inflexion Games)

Ex Mass Effect devs' ambitious new survival game puts community first

So far, 2024 has been the year of the early access survival game, and it doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. However, if the likes of Palworld and Enshrouded have left you cold, then Nightingale is probably enough to turn your head. Inflexion Games' stylish presentation of open-world survival has left quite the impression, backed by a strong BioWare pedigree that includes art director Neil Thompson and production lead Leah Summers. PCGamesN sat down with them both ahead of Nightingale's early access release to discuss what comes next.

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Nightingale's detailed PC performance breakdown is a welcome surprise

Even in 2024, it's a blessing if a developer reveals more than just the minimum and recommended specs for a game, and perhaps some upscaling tech details before a game's release. Nightingale developer Inflexion Games has adopted a much more valuable approach, though, and provided a performance expectations breakdown that should be the new standard for PC games moving forward.

It's sometimes a risk buying any of the best PC games without knowing exactly how your rig will perform. The only real way to know is using a tool like PCGamesBenchmark, or buying the game and refunding if it's poor.

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Post-Stress Test Review

Heya Realmwalkers,

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Server Stress Test!

We've gotten quite a bit of information that will assist us for launch day. Learn more in our blog post here: https://playnightingale.com/news/post-stress-test-review

We'll have more updates in the coming weeks as we get closer and closer to the Early Access launch on February 20, 2024.

As always, thank you for joining us on this journey and your feedback throughout.

- The Nightingale Team (Inflexion Games)