It’s taken a while, but this week saw Sony finally reveal what PlayStation 5 game cases will look like, with a little help from Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Now, just one day later, Gearbox has followed suit with the unveiling of the box art for Counterplay Games’ upcoming “looter slasher,” Godfall.
The past month has provided more sneak peeks of the game than ever before. After offering closer looks at the Valorplate armor sets that players will don, Gearbox and Counterplay followed up with full-on gameplay trailers highlighting Godfall’s melee-centric combat and vibrant fantasy epic world.
That fantasy setting is on full display in its box art, which Counterplay dropped on the official Godfall Twitter page this afternoon, as a way to wish fans a great weekend. Many will likely find the art familiar, since it was featured at the end of both of the gameplay trailers from last month, depicting three types of Valorian Knights as they stand before a colossal floating tower seemingly disappearing into the sky in the background.
It’s evocative of the box art for the original Destiny, which is fitting given how Godfall looks set to fill a similar loot-based niche. But whereas Destiny’s art stuck to a fairly muted color scheme, here the artwork is as vibrant as the rest of the game. Everything pops, allowing the details of the Knights’ armor to contrast nicely against the pink, white, and blue of the cloudy sky beyond.
It even contrasts well with the box's banner, which has been a subject of debate among gamers this week. For many, the PS5 game box's banner is too simple, with its plain white background and black logo coming off as almost bland, especially when contrasted against the black and dark grey of Spider-Man: Miles Morales' box art.
Against Godfall’s brighter colors, however, it arguably fits better, and the art even does a better job of highlighting the thin blue line running along the banner’s bottom that provides it with a helpful splash of color. The rest of Godfall’s burgeoning fanbase seems to agree, as the replies in Counterplay’s Twitter post are almost unanimous in praising the box art, with many even expressing how hyped they are for the game as a result.
Godfall will launch this holiday season for PC and PS5.