There’s also a friendly catfish and an unfriendly giant gator.

The next game from We Happy Few developer Compulsion Games will arrive in 2025.

Their search is interrupted, though, when they come across a giant gator named Two-Toed Tom.

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From here, we see that South of Midnight is played from a third-person perspective as an action-adventure game.

Hazel apparently has magical powers, with a spirit-like grapple hook.

Hazel also comes across an enemy called a Haint.

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She uses close-quarters combat and magic–called Weaving powers–to take on this nasty dark-energy creature.

After defeating the Haint, the area blossoms with flowers.

They are called Weave, Push, and Pull.

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The trio of abilities will be needed not just for combat, but exploration and puzzles, as well.

South of Midnight is being described as a wide-linear experience with chapters.

The action-adventure game is coming to PC, Xbox Series X|S, and the cloud.

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