{"id":228129,"date":"2026-05-27T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sirusgaming.com\/?p=228129"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:48:02","slug":"tides-of-annihilation-first-playable-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirusgaming.com\/tides-of-annihilation-first-playable-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tides of Annihilation Will Be Playable for the First Time This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developer Eclipse Glow Games has announced that <em>Tides of Annihilation<\/em> will receive its first public hands-on sessions later this summer, giving players an early chance to experience the upcoming action-adventure title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the announcement, the studio released a new behind-the-scenes development video highlighting the game\u2019s ongoing technical progress and revealing collaborations with Epic Games through Unreal Engine and NVIDIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Eclipse Glow Games, the partnerships are focused on improving performance optimization and pushing the game\u2019s visual fidelity across a variety of hardware configurations. 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