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Compulsion Games andXbox Game Studios’South of Midnighttells a story set in a fantastical version of the American Deep South.

“I did think it was really important for Hazel to not become jaded because thats often really easy.

Hazel uses her bottle magic in South of Midnight

Hazel’s magic draws on a strange history in the South.

I really wanted her to be just a nice person,” Lanier says.

“Shes fun at her core.”

“We kind of combined the darkness of Southern Gothic folktales with normal folktales and kitbashed them together.”

A close-up of Hazel in South of Midnight

Hazel is understandably shaken up by everything, but she still sees the best in people.

I can’t wait to play more.

Like all Xbox first-party games, its included day one inXbox Game Pass Ultimateand PC.

Preordering the Premium Edition grants early access starting on April 3.

South of Midnight See at: Xbox | CDKeys (Steam)

All the stories might be true, but that doesn’t she’s powerless.

Hazel and a Rougarou in South of Midnight

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Promotional screenshot of Hazel encountering a horrifying creature in South of Midnight

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