Developer DON’T NOD has just announced a brand-new third-person action adventure game titled Aphelion, a title made in collaboration with the European Space Agency. It will be released sometime next year for PlayStation 5.
You can view some quotes from some of the members of DON’T NOD below:
Aphelion is a game we’re very passionate about, something we’re really pushing ourselves creatively on. We’re excited to share more of DON’T NOD’s first human story in space, and to be able to do it in collaboration with the European Space Agency is incredibly exciting and special for us.
Florent Guillaume, DON’T NOD Creative Director
For fifty years, ESA has combined rigorous space science with the boundless imagination of science fiction to explore solutions to our planet’s greatest challenges. Aphelion captures that spirit—where research meets imaginative vision—to inspire the next generation to carry Europe’s space ambition into the future.
Nadia Luders, DON’T NOD Brand Licensing Officer
About Aphelion
Aphelion is a cinematic third-person action-adventure set on the planet Persephone, an uncharted, frozen world. Stranded and isolated, you must survive the truly unknown, find each other, and complete the mission. Traverse stunning alien landscapes, avoid lurking threats, and discover the haunting secrets buried beneath the ice.
Explore the surreal beauty of Persephone, a vast frozen world shaped by deadly weather and ever-changing terrain. Armed only with your explorational tools—pathfinder, oxygen tank, grappling hook, and more—you must face the unknown, traverse treacherous terrain, and gather clues about the strange, reality-bending phenomenon threatening your existence.
