Cronos: The New Dawn News

[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Deep in the heart of the very place that inspired Cronos: The New Dawn’s haunting atmosphere, we’ve just wrapped up our first official hands-on session with the game. 
[/p][p][/p][p]A select group of journalists and content creators experienced Cronos for the very first time in the midst of Kraków’s iconic Nowa Huta district, the real-life inspiration for our game’s New Dawn.  [/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]📍 Ground Zero: The Steelworks [/p][p]This was no ordinary venue. Nowa Huta’s stark, brutalist legacy shapes both the game’s visuals and its emotional core - a setting that perfectly echoes New Dawn’s fractured future. [/p][p] [/p][p]During the session, participants dove into an exclusive, fully playable slice of the game, featuring: [/p][p] [/p][p]🧠 Real-time survival combat against the Orphans 
🔁 The unique Merge mechanic that makes every encounter feel unpredictable 
🎮 A look into the game’s inventory and progression systems 
⛓️ All set against the backdrop of an oppressive atmosphere, filled with tense exploration and moments of pure horror [/p][p] [/p][p]But this hands-on wasn’t just about gameplay. It also marked the debut of our official Traveler cosplayer - brought to life in an environment that felt like it was lifted straight from the game.  [/p][p]Step by step, the line between our reality and Cronos’ world begins to blur. [/p][p] [/p][p]And this is just the beginning...[/p][p] [/p][p]Such is our calling. [/p][p] [/p][p]📸 Check out more photos from Ground Zero below!

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[p]The new dev diary is live — and it dives deep into a combat system where Orphans merge with corpses to evolve mid-battle. Every encounter shifts. New abilities. Different behavior. A new survival strategy.[/p][p] [/p][p]🎥 Go behind the scenes and discover:
👁️ How The Merge works
🧠 Enemy roles and tactics for survival
⚔️ Arena control — master it before it masters you[/p][p] [/p][p]📽️ Watch the full dev diary with: Game Director Jacek Zięba and Lead Combat Designer Shamil Yanbukhtin.

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Taking a sneak peek at upcoming projects, Game Con Canada held its first GCC Studio Showcase featuring Devolver Digital, Bloober Team, and more.

Returning for its third year, Game Con Canada runs from June 13 to 15, providing a place for gamers to enjoy video and board games, cosplay, attend workshops, and meet special guests. On the expo’s first day, with CGMagazine’s Dayna Eileen as part of the panel, Game Con Canada hosted its first annual GCC Studio Showcase, offering an exclusive sneak peek and highlights of titles from Focus Entertainment, tinyBuild, Devolver Digital, and Bloober Team.

Sand – tinyBuild

The first GCC Studio Showcase was held on the Intel Gaming Mega Stage, presenting upcoming titles from four renowned studios, with Hollywood celebrities, influencers, and developers. For those who missed out or like a recap, here is a list of studios that joined the Game Con Canada Studio Showcase to present their games:

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[p]Dear Travelers!  
 
We are thrilled to share with you another piece of gameplay footage from our upcoming survival horror - Cronos: The New Dawn!  [/p][p]Imagine being trapped in a room with a monstrous enemy, growing stronger and more terrifying with every corpse it consumes. [/p][p]That’s exactly the nightmare scenario that unfolds in this intense scene set inside the Jędruś hardware store: 
[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][h3]👍 WISHLIST NOW!

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Game Con Canada is marking a milestone this year by hosting its first-ever studio showcase, and fittingly, Cronos: The New Dawn will be stepping into that spotlight. For Bloober Team, known for exploring the psychological edges of horror, this won’t be just another demo reel. It will be a chance to introduce something riskier and more ambitious to a brand-new audience.

We spoke with Game Director at Bloober Team, Jacek Zieba, about what it means to debut Cronos in front of Canadian fans, how the project evolved from two competing ideas into a tightly wound descent into post-apocalyptic dread, and why 1980s Poland. With all its tension, unrest, and architecture, it felt like the perfect place to start pulling at the seams of reality.

This is the first-ever studio showcase at Game Con Canada. What did it mean to the team to be part of that debut, and how does it feel to represent the evolution of horror games with Cronos: The New Dawn on that kind of... Read more