South of Midnight, the next game from Montréal-based Compulsion Games (@CompulsionGames), recieved its first gameplay reveal during Xbox Games Showcase.

Announced a year ago at Xbox’s Game Showcase in 2023, South of Midnight marks Compulsion’s third game since 2013’s Contrast was released on PlayStation Plus with the launch of the PlayStation 4.

In 2015 the studio announced their next project, the BioShock-like We Happy Few, which turned out to be a janky, precedurally generated survival game. Despite innitial hype, it had a beleagured Early Access before launching to unimpressed audiences.

Microsoft acquired Compulsion Games during We Happy Few’s development in 2018, back when announcements were made at E3 and not ten million different livestreams.

South of Midnight is allegedly releasing in 2025 and will be included in Xbox Game Pass asnd Steam.