Bloober Team’sCronos: The New Dawnis right around the corner, coming less than a year after the developer’sfaithful remake ofSilent Hill 2. Survival horror remains Bloober Team’s focus, butCronoshas a dark and gritty science fiction slant. The game is approaching its release date, and showed up on the big stage atGamescom Opening Night Live, so there’s plenty of release information to digest before you purchase it.
Cronos' new trailerwas a mix of gameplay and cutscenes, showing off the moody, gory, time-traveling game just weeks ahead of its full global release. Bloober Team’s reputation has been up and down, and withSilent HIll 2arguably the developer’s opus, it will be interesting to see how the studio fares with a new IP again.Cronos: The New Dawndefinitely has significant hype behind it, and multiple editions are already up for preorder.
What Is Cronos: The New Dawn About?
Time-Traveling Horror
Players step into the suit of a figure known only as the Traveler, working for an equally mysterious entity called the Collective. Voyaging back through time, the Traveler sets out to rescue humans in 1980s Poland who managed to survive an event known as the Change, whichturned most humans into mutated monsters called Orphans.Cronos: The New Dawnis a third-person survival horror shooter thatScreen Rant’s hands-on previewcalled “a sci-fi masterpiece in the making.”
Cronos: The New Dawn Preorders Are Live
Releasing September 5
Ahead ofCronos: The New Dawn’s release on September 5, preorders are available now. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, and Mac. Coming in just under this generation’s triple-A standard,Cronosis priced at $59.99. TheCronos: The New DawnDeluxe Edition is $10 more, coming in at $69.99. Preorders are currently live on all platforms; PC has the option between Steam and the Epic Games Store.
All Preorder Bonuses For Cronos: The New Dawn
Standard vs. Deluxe
Cronos: The New Dawn’s preorder bonuses are run-of-the-mill goodies for such things. Preordering the Standard Edition gives you a few resources to use in-game, as well as a cosmetic skin for the Traveler. The Deluxe Edition preorder bonuses appear to include everything in the Standard Edition preorder, plus more of the same, but crucially also includes a digital artbook and soundtrack and48-hour early access. This means if you preorder the Deluxe Edition, you can start playingCronoson September 3.
1x Shell Patch (small)
1,000x Energy
2x Shell Patch (small)
1,500x Energy
3 Bonus Traveler Skins
Digital Artbook & Soundtrack
It’s unclear if pistol and handgun ammo are different items in-game; these are the preorder bonuses listed on the officialCronos: The New Dawnwebsite. The consumables and ammo offered are likely just there to give those who preorder an early advantage, but the bonus skins – one appears to be bloodied, while the others are blue and yellow – are likely to attract some consumers.
48-hour early access will surely tempt those who are eagerly looking forward toCronos: The New Dawn. Even though Bloober Team is on a roll afterSilent Hill 2, it may still be wiser to wait for reviews before purchasing the game.
Cronos: The New Dawn
Set in a dystopian 1980s Poland, a brutalist landscape serves as the backdrop for a terrifying time-travel survival horror experience. Players must navigate a post-apocalyptic world while battling grotesque creatures and using retro-futurist technology to survive. With a dark, twisting narrative, the game challenges players to confront terrifying choices across multiple timelines.
