State Of Play June 2025: DigixArt Reveal Tides Of Tomorrow With Multiplayer-Driven Storytelling

At the recent State of Play, the developers of Road 96, DigixArt, have revealed its next title, Tides of Tomorrow. In a shift in multiplayer-focused games, DigixArt aims to use multiplayer to tell its story in a unique way. Tides of Tomorrow launches on PlayStation 5 February 24, 2025.

In Tides of Tomorrow, players take on the role of a Tidewalker, a mysterious community of sea nomads. Players will being rescued from deadly waters, with no memory of who they are or how they got there.  Somehow, the player has awakened centuries after a massive flood wiped out most of civilization. Now, scattered communities survive across a harsh ocean world.

Tidewalkers are infected with Plastemia, a disease caused by an ancient poison — microplastic pollution.​ If you don’t find a cure soon, players will slowly turn into plastic. But players will soon discover there are others like you. Always found in the ocean, with no memories of their past. You are all connected. ​The people of this world call you Tidewalkers.​

At the start of the game, players will select someone to “follow.” This “someone” has played the game before and can be a total stranger, someone from their friend’s list, or even a famous streamer.

Players will see the echoes of their chosen player they are following. These will help players avoid traps, solve puzzles, investigate what happened before, simply adapt based on the other player’s actions. NPCs will also remember what the other player did and will want to talk about.

With this “asynchronous vision” system, levels will change drastically depending on what the last player did. Each level will blend handcrafted, narrative moments with systemic game elements, resulting in a unique experience for every player.