Vampyr is Dontnod Entertainment's forthcoming action RPG about plagues and vampires and a doctor protagonist battling his newfound bloodthirsty affliction and the Hippocratic Oath.


It's a far cry from the studio's previous game Life Is Strange, then, but isn't without its narrative arms—best outlined in the following story short. Against a mellow slant on Blue Öyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper, here's that:



Not much in the way of actual in-game footage there, however I enjoyed Steven's hands-off impressions of an earlier build at last year's E3. And if you fancy capturing plague-ridden early 20th century London in all its gritty glory, here's Vampyr's minimum and recommended PC specs as per its Steam page:


False teeth:


OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i3-2130 (3.4 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 (3.6 GHz)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon R7 370
Storage: 20 GB available space


Fanged teeth:


OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: 4 GB, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon R9 390
Storage: 20 GB available space


Vampyr is due June 5, 2018.