Guns of Eschaton is announced as a posthumous release from Viktor Antonov, the art director known for work on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, who died last year at age 53. Before his death, Antonov helped conceive the game, which both outlets describe as a “Soulslike” shooter set in a reimagined American frontier. Rather than a straightforward western, the concept is framed as an occult apocalypse, with the game’s premise linking frontier themes to supernatural or esoteric elements.
One report also notes that Antonov co-founded Eschatology Entertainment in 2022 alongside Dmytro Kostiukevych, Fuad Kuliev, and Boris Nikolaev, with the company not having formally announced its first project prior to this reveal. Both sources characterize Guns of Eschaton as a first-of-its-kind soulslike FPS, blending the Soulslike style with a first-person shooter format. The reports do not provide a release date or additional gameplay specifics, focusing instead on the game’s background and setting.
