Publisher 4Divinity, who you may recognize as the publishers of JDM: Japanese Drift Master has something very different coming to its portfolio with Sword Sage: Awakening. A third-person action RPG where you step into the shoes of San Niang, and an adventure wrapped in Chinese myth and folklore.
The studio debuted a new gameplay and story trailer today, which shows off a bit of the kind of action players can expect. It's a game that, to some, will look like another Soulslike, while others will say it looks more like a traditional action game with its combat. The reality, of course, is that we won't know until we're playing it ourselves, but in the meantime, the trailer presents an interesting pitch for what the game will be.
It's the debut game for developer Sword Panda Limited after the studio was founded in 2022, and it looks like the team is going for high levels of graphical fidelity and quality from the jump.
Set in the fantasy world of Jiannandao, a drunken mistake made years before San Niang picked up her sword gave humans incredible amounts of knowledge and power, but it also upset the cosmic balance. Naturally, hordes of monsters and mythical beings followed, and now San Niang has to try to correct an old error.
The gameplay looks like it could be a good time for fans of games where perfectly timed dodges and parries are a must for success, though that doesn't mean it'll be capable of standing out in the sea of action games like it.
There's currently no release window for Sword Sage: Awakening, which is probably for the better, since not promising anything right now gives it the freedom to avoid the mess that is September 2026 and February 2027. When it does arrive, it'll at least be available on PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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