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Dustborn is about smashing cops with words, bats

Dustborn

Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.

Red Thread Games, the studio behind Dreamfall Chapters and Draugen, have announced a new action adventure game, Dustborn, with a shiny trailer.

It’s a road trip game about a sooorta queer-coded group of misfits driving a mysterious cargo across America, chased by “fanatical Puritans” and blocked by “the authoritarian Justice”. Also you’re a folk-punk band, and must practice around the campfire for a showdown at Battle of the Bands. No, really.

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