Deathloop may have a few roguelike inspirations in its design, but at its core it's still a single-player story campaign.

Take a closer look at the world of Deathloop, through its stunning concept art and screenshots.

It's still going to be a torturous couple of months before Deathloop releases on PS5 and PC on 14 September. Arkane's latest title looks like a perfect blend of style and substance, one that looks like it'll be a brilliant example of how hard work and experience can pay off. After all, if at first you don't succeed, then die and die again until you do.

No one believed me when I said that Balan Wonderworld was a complete nightmare. But they understand. They all understand.

Deathloop, a timey-wimey assassin-em-up game where you need eyes in the back of your head lest they be blinded with a well-placed bullet, is going to be a little bit late to the party.

The studio behind Deathloop is looking forward to the future in which it’s one of Microsoft’s prime-time studios

It’s not too difficult to look at certain games and know which studios made them, but in the case of Arkane, it happens to have a very unique production style that no other developer can emulate. That signature flair is on full display in its latest gameplay trailer for Deathloop, which is running on big “that’s an Arkane game!” energy as it shows off the tools of the trade that you’ll wield across the chronal caper.

Dishonored and Prey developer Arkane Studios has a neat idea up its sleeve with the release of Deathloop, as players will have to explore a deadly island locked in time and pull off a number of executions to break out of the chronal jail. Of course, there’s more to the game than just that insultingly brief synopsis, but the kicker …