A new turn-based strategy game is arriving next year for the PS4. Tharsis' release date has been revealed.

Mike Roush, co-founder of Choice Provisions, officially announced the release date for Tharsis. Via the US PlayStation blog, he shared that this turn-based space strategy game will be available exclusively for PS4 at launch on January 12.

The game is set to arrive both in US and Europe. Furthermore, PlayStation Lifestyle noted that this might be the very first game to be available for the PlayStation next year.

The revelation of Tharsis' official release date came with an announcement trailer, which is posted on PlayStation's official Youtube channel. Watch it below:

According to the game description, as posted on the game's official website, Tharsis is a "turn-based, perma-death, realistic space strategy game" and it involves dice and cannibalism. In this game, players will be in control of the "first-ever mission to Mars, just as it's struck by a meteor storm."

Gamers will have to make hard decisions and defy the odds as they go on board with the "most important rescue mission in all of mankind," the description further noted.

Mike Roush shared that Tharsis' development started more than two years ago and during that time, the game was "nothing more than a physical prototype made with dice, paper, and lots of love."

He shared that the development stage took them a lot of time, ascertaining that the game will be engaging in terms of the mechanical level. The development team also aimed for Tharsis to be not like any game available in the market.

Tharsis has been rated Mature because of contents pertaining to violence, blood and strong language. The game is a "complex, systems-heavy game" and the development team will be sharing more details about it to introduce it further to gamers.

Video games enthusiasts can also expect a downloadable instruction booklet for the upcoming single-player game, to be released by the development team. This will turn them into a professional Video Game Astronaut in no time, the blog post also noted.

Tharsis is being developed by Choice Provisions Inc., which is an indie video game development studio that was rebranded from Gaijin Games last year. Looking at video games as an art medium, the company approach it as such as and aims to make "unique gaming experiences for humans to enjoy."

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