At the 2023 Game Awards, Swedish developer 10 Chambers announced their next game, Den of Wolves, which is described as a "techno-thriller cooperative heist game."
In their press release following the Game Awards announcement, the developer elaborated on the project, which sees the former Payday devs returning to a genre that's near and dear to them.
"Rise from the underground of Midway City as professional criminals in the conflicts between rival corporations, operating within the city’s cutthroat black market and offering your services to the highest bidder. Consider yourself a vital part of the ecosystem of industrial espionage, sabotage, assassinations — or 'unauthorized errands,' as the suits say. It’s up to you and your assembled crew to successfully execute futuristic, mind-bending heists that blur the lines of reality.
"Design the plan, gather the intel, and get the job done by any means necessary. In Midway City, there is no country or creed. All that matters is uninterrupted cash flow, and it is yours for the taking. This is Den of Wolves."
In an advance briefing, a 10 Chambers representative told IGN, "Den or Wolves is the game that's been on the team's mind for a decade, inspired by our Payday roots. We're back on that heist shit."
Though the game is still in pre-production, 10 Chambers had a lot to say about the upcoming shooter, including details about its setting Midway, a real-world US territory that's been converted into a libertarian paradise of unregulated capitalism that's spawned the bio-security revolution that's super-charged innovation at a great humanitarian cost. Taking place in the year 2097, the players go on a series of mind-heists that will involve stealth and action-packed gunfights.
10 Chambers also says Den of Wolves will have forking narratives and focus on player agency as a key feature, including planning a heist and executing it to the player's liking.
There's no release window yet, but 10 Chambers told IGN that, like GTFO, Den of Wolves will be developed via Steam Early Access on PC first, but is being built with console ambitions in mind.
10 Chambers also announced the final expansion for GTFO, called Duality, which will cap off four years of ongoing support for the game.
Travis Northup is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @TieGuyTravis and read his games coverage here.
