The XBOX Hub interviewed Maciej Dobrowolski, CMO of Starward Industries, about The Invincible:

Exclusive Interview – Understanding The Invincible with Starward Industries

From the very first glimpse, we knew that Starward Industries were onto something good with The Invincible. And that turned out to be the case too as it launched on Xbox to critical acclaim at the end of 2023.  

We wanted to find out more about The Invincible, what prompted its creation and how Starward went about delivering it. Maciej Dobrowolski, CMO at Starward Industries was more than happy to tell us more. 

Could you please introduce yourself. What is your role at Starward Industries and on The Invincible.

My name is Maciej Dobrowolski and I am the CMO of Starward Industries, responsible for introducing The Invincible to the whole, wide universe. Thank you for inviting me to the interview.

So sell it to us, why should gamers be playing The Invincible?

The Invincible is a retrofuturistic hard sci-fi adventure, where you play Yasna, a witty and determined astrobiologist sent on a scientific mission to the eerie planet Regis III. When your crew goes missing, you must use various atompunk devices to conduct research and find your crewmates with the help of your Astrogator on the radio.

During your emotional journey on Regis III you discover mind-boggling phenomena that force you to rethink everything you know about science, the universe and yourself. You are faced with difficult moral decisions, philosophical dilemmas, choices leading you to 11 different endings and the mystery of the Regis III that opens your mind to the possibility that the evolutionary pyramid does not end on human species.

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The Adventure RPG The Invinceble will be released today:

 The Invincible

The Invincible is a first-person Sci-Fi thriller set in a retro-future timeline. Waking up as a space scientist on a hostile planet, you embark on a mysterious mission to find the missing crew of your spaceship. Survival is a matter of your correct choices, taken whilst uncovering the secrets of the planet, bigger than anyone thought.

You are a scientist onboard an interstellar scientific expedition, suddenly thrown into a life-or-death rescue mission. Landing on a planet Regis III you have to find the missing crew members using some advanced space equipment, whilst relying on your brains and instincts to survive on the planet which quickly occurs to be unwelcoming. Soon you’ll discover that Regis III holds terrifying secrets which are uncovered while you’re piecing together the fate of your crew. And as you delve deeper into the mystery, you realise that perhaps you are not alone and that some places like this planet are better left untouched. But it’s too late to turn back.

Features

• Retro-future atompunk setting reminiscent of the space race
• Analogue yet very advanced technology allowing for drones and autonomous robots to support or spoil your mission
• Immersive gameplay with a non-linear story shaped by your relationships, choices and persuasive skills
• Beautiful, state of the art graphics powered by Unreal Engine
• Intriguing story inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s seminal sci-fi cult classic of the same name

ACG checked out the upcoming Adventure The Invincible: 

What Does a Super Slow game play like? The Invincible Review - Buy, Wait, Never Touch?

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IGN shows the beginning of The Invincible:

The Invincible: The First 19 Minutes

Enjoy the first 19 minutes of The Invincible, the tension-filled, Firewatch-like first-person adventure that looks like a 1950s sci-fi novel come to life, ahead of its release on November 6 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

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GameRant have reviewed The Invincible and gave it a 4.5/5. The game is due to release November 6th.

What will more than likely be the biggest point of consideration when diving into The Invincible is its slower, narrative-heavy game design with not much to do as far as gameplay mechanics are concerned. It is admirable and refreshing that The Invincible sheds a lot of the current video game scene’s focus on violence and tries something new. But on the other side, there isn’t so much as even a puzzle throughout the game’s roughly seven-hour runtime. The majority of The Invincible relies on players clicking on things, talking over comms, making decisions, and more or less taking one long hike across the surface of Regis III. On the surface, this may look like a big-budget production with all the bells and whistles, but it has the heart and soul of a laid-back interactive fiction indie game, which players should take into account.

Luckily, The Invincible makes up for the lack of rigorous gameplay mechanics by focusing on its narrative and making sure it delivers characters that feel alive and are likable. As established, Starward’s The Invincible is a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s novel of the same name - and while Lem’s original novel tackles themes of humanity’s relationship with technology and our place in the universe in a more direct, hard sci-fi manner, Starward’s adaption takes a more cerebral approach to the mystery at the core of the story. It’s a thriller through and through and can be a little unnerving at times, but it's nothing that general audiences can’t handle.

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The adventure RPG The Invincible will be released on November 6:

The Invincible - Official Release Date Reveal Trailer

IGN checked out the demo of The Invincible:

The Invincible - 18 Minutes of New Gameplay

The stunning first-person exploration game set in a retro futuristic universe, The Invincible, has a new demo for Steam Next Fest. Here's 18 minutes of new gameplay!

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Farflame spotted a new story trailer for The Invincible:

The Invincible - Yasna Story Trailer

DSOGaming reports on some gameplay video for The Invincible and a time limited demo.

Starward Industries plans to release a demo for The Invincible tomorrow, May 4th. This will be a time-limited demo, and it will be playable between May 4th and May 8th.

Starward Industries and 11 bit studios announced that a demo of their upcoming adventure game, The Invincible, would be available for the duration of the LudoNarraCon festival (4-8 May). The demo is already available to content creators, so we should see some gameplay videos soon:

The Invincible demo keys for content creators

Have a chance to play The Invincible demo and show it to the whole, wide universe!
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Next week at LudoNarraCon (4-8th May) all players will be able to land on the eerie planet Regis III and try to fill Yasna's spaceshoes in the unearthly adventure full of mysteries, playing The Invincible demo for the first time on Steam.

If you are a content creator, our space station prepared something special for you: The Invincible demo key you can request to experience the unearthly adventure beforehand and share your opinion with the world. The demo will be available at LudoNarraCon for everyone to play, but you may be one of the first to let your audience know if it's worth checking out...

Click the image below to snatch The Invincible demo key for yourself and share your experience with the whole, wide universe:

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The new trailer for The Invincible has been shown at IGN Fan Fest.

The Invincible is a first-person game based on the motifs of The Invincible - an iconic novel of the world-known, hard science-fiction author and Polish futurologist Stanisław Lem. Created by Starward Industries, and published by 11 bit studios. 

Fan Fest is an event where fans from all over the world come together to celebrate their most anticipated movies, TV shows, and games. Streaming wherever you get IGN.

Starward Industries announced they have partnered with publisher 11 bit studios. Here's new gameplay footage of The Invincible:

The Invincible - First Gameplay Showcase

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Begin an eerie adventure as astrobiologist Yasna, watching our first gameplay showcase of The Invincible: a deep, atompunk story set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem.

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DSOGaming reports on a new gameplay trailer for The Invincible.

Starward Industries, a studio formed by former The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Dying Light developers, has released a new gameplay trailer for The Invincible. This new trailer gives us a first look at this new sci-fi thriller.

The Invincible is a first-person sci-fi thriller. In this game, players will assume the role of a space scientist on a hostile planet. Waking up as a space scientist on a hostile planet, you embark on a mysterious mission to find the missing crew of your spaceship. Survival will be also a matter of your correct choices, taken whilst uncovering the secrets of the planet, bigger than anyone thought.

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Gematsu reports on a teaser trailer for The Invincible which is an retro-futuristic game which was recently delayed to 2022.

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The Invincible is a first-person Sci-Fi thriller set in a retro-future timeline. Waking up as a space scientist on a hostile planet, you embark on a mysterious mission to find the missing crew of your spaceship. Survival is a matter of your correct choices, taken whilst uncovering the secrets of the planet, bigger than anyone thought.

You are a scientist onboard an interstellar scientific expedition, suddenly thrown into a life-or-death rescue mission. Landing on a planet Regis III you have to find the missing crew members using some advanced space equipment, whilst relying on your brains and instincts to survive on the planet which quickly occurs to be unwelcoming. Soon you’ll discover that Regis III holds terrifying secrets which are uncovered while you’re piecing together the fate of your crew. And as you delve deeper into the mystery, you realise that perhaps you are not alone and that some places like this planet are better left untouched. But it’s too late to turn back.

Features

• Retro-future atompunk setting reminiscent of the space race
• Analogue yet very advanced technology allowing for drones and autonomous robots to support or spoil your mission
• Immersive gameplay with a non-linear story shaped by your relationships, choices and persuasive skills
• Beautiful, state of the art graphics powered by Unreal Engine
• Intriguing story inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s seminal sci-fi cult classic of the same name