Bloober Team snuck in big news during the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase today – its first original game since the Silent Hill 2 remake came out in 2024, Cronos: The New Dawn, is releasing on September 5, confirming a leak that trickled through a few hours before this morning's livestream.
That leak suggested Cronos would be out on September 5, with optional paid early access, and it's all true: Cronos will indeed offer 48-hour early access starting September 3 for those that preorder its $70 Deluxe Edition, which will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through the Steam and Epic Games Store. You can only pre-order the survival horror game's $60 Standard Edition for Nintendo Switch 2.
Separate from its Switch 2 reveal, Cronos also received a release date trailer that provides a more close and haunted look at the time travel slimefest.
In the video, the Traveler protagonist – a woman sent on a mission to excavate the past for signs of an apocalyptic illness, the Change – encounters a man enjoying a relaxing moment by a creepy piano, in an old stone building populated with mannequins.
"I've listened to music once," he tells her solemnly. To this mysterious man, alone in a dusty room, things like stories and art make humans a "perfect" anomaly. "This is how I do my own part in saving them," he says.
The release date trailer doesn't offer much more context, so the man leaves things on a cryptic note. Bloober's press release says "these chilling words set the tone for the psychological and physical horrors that await players in Cronos: The New Dawn."
