Cinder City — Quick Overview & Official Trailer
Cinder City is NC's (formerly NCSoft) open-world, cinematic third-person shooter set in a fallen, near-future Seoul. Here's a quick rundown of what it is and where things stand.
📋 Quick Facts
Developer: BigFire Games | Publisher: NC (formerly NCSoft)
Genre: Open-world cinematic third-person shooter | Setting: A fallen, near-future Seoul
Platforms: PC (Steam) confirmed — PS5 and Xbox Series X|S mentioned in earlier materials
Release date: Not yet announced — still just a general 2026 window
🧩 What Is It?
Players take on the role of "Cinder Knights," fighting mutated creatures and rival factions to reclaim a destroyed Seoul. It's built as a large open world with epic story missions, side content, dynamic events, field bosses, dungeons, and world raids, with a strong emphasis on co-op play. The project was previously known under the codename "Project LLL" before being renamed at a prior gamescom.
🎬 Official Story Trailer — gamescom 2026
Shown during gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, this trailer reveals the game's core lore, told from the perspective of different characters as a 21st-century world collapses into ruin. It also shows neon-lit streets and combat set against the ray-traced, near-future Seoul backdrop.