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THQ Nordic announcedSouth Park: Snow Day, a co-op game that’s scheduled to hit PC and consoles in 2024. The Austrian publisheroriginally teased its newSouth Parkgamealmost a year ago to date.
That teaser was preceded by one surprisingly forthcoming job ad that surfaced online in early 2022, revealing that anotherSouth Parkgame is in the works. Apart from confirming the project’s existence, the listing alsosuggested that the newSouth Parkgame will have multiplayer elements, which proved to be accurate.
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South Park: Snow Daywas treated to a reveal trailer at the 2023 THQ Nordic Showcase. The minute-long promo opens on Cartman holding a passionate speech about how snow day is “the most magical of days in a young child’s life.” He does so while standing in front of Jimbo’s Guns, a gun store owned by Jimbo Kern that’s a recurring location throughout the TV series, having also appeared inUbisoft’s authenticSouth ParkRPGsThe Stick of TruthandThe Fractured But Whole.
Cartman’s speech is followed by some 20 seconds of gameplay footage showing a hectic fight in the middle of a post-blizzard town square. The clip is consistent with THQ Nordic’s description ofSouth Park: Snow Dayas a co-op game for up to four players, not least because it depicts Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny fighting off waves of middle schoolers in what appears to be a player-versus-environment (PvE) type of encounter.
Unlike Ubisoft’s critically acclaimedSouth ParkRPGs,Snow Fightdoesn’t attempt to replicate the cutout-like visual style of the iconic TV show. Instead, the game features 3D graphics, although its character designs appear to be faithful toSouth Park’ssimple aesthetic. And though the game’s very title alludes to snowball fights being part of the package, the combat shown in the reveal trailer was much more hectic, featuring everything from a variety of melee weapons and fireballs to some interesting traversal options like a snow shovel repurposed into a character catapult.
THQ Nordic confirmed that the upcoming co-op title is in development at Question Games, a Tiburon, California-company best known for its unique 2015 sandbox experienceThe Magic Circle. That doesn’t come as a surprise, seeing howthe developer of the newSouth Parkgame was originally leakedin January 2022. South Park Digital Studios are also assisting with the development ofSouth Park: Snow Day. The game itself is still without a concrete release date, but seeing how it’s coming in 2024 and given its snowy theme, it’s plausible that THQ Nordic is targeting a holiday 2024 launch.
South Park: Snow Dayis coming to PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series X/S in 2024.
