Focus Entertainment and Australian studio Uppercut Games have announced Magicians: The Devil’s Deal at the Xbox Games Showcase — a first-person action game set in Theatreland, a nightmarish reflection of Victorian London buried in the depths of Hell, coming in 2027 to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox Game Pass Day One. It is also an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
You play as Jacob Menteuro, a celebrated stage magician betrayed by the Masters — his former rivals — and cast into Hell. Offered a deal by the Devil himself, Jacob’s stage magic is transformed into supernatural weaponry. Cards become razor-sharp projectiles. Chains ensnare enemies. Gravity bends to his will. Each realm of Theatreland is ruled by a different Master, and Jacob must defeat each one to claim their power and push deeper into the darkness — driven by revenge, and bound by a pact that offers no clean exit.
Stage Magic as a Lethal Discipline
The game’s central design proposition — that stage magic becomes a genuine combat system — is where Magicians: The Devil’s Deal distinguishes itself most clearly. The Theatreland setting gives that conceit a visual language: realms shaped by the twisted powers of the Masters who rule them, filled with relentless fanatics and nightmarish performers, demanding constant observation and adaptation. Every encounter is built around reading the performance and finding the counter. Every new Master defeated adds new tools to Jacob’s arsenal.
Uppercut Games has form for this kind of world: the studio was founded by Irrational Games veterans — the team behind BioShock — and their previous work includes City of Brass, a first-person roguelite set in a supernatural Arabian Nights environment. The DNA of immersive-sim-adjacent first-person design with strong world atmosphere is in the studio’s bones, and Magicians: The Devil’s Deal looks like the most ambitious expression of it yet.
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Magicians: The Devil’s Deal — What to Expect
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Magicians: The Devil’s Deal is planned for 2027. No exact date has been confirmed. Follow development at Focus Entertainment and Uppercut Games for updates.
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