Live your bad-ass assassin fantasies in John Wick Hex next month

Good Shepard Entertainment has unveiled the release date for John Wick Hex. The video game adaptation of the massively popular action movie series will be launching on the Epic Games Store next month, on October 8th. Check out the new trailer below!

Keanu Reeves is very clearly living his second spring at the moment. After the success of the first John Wick movie from 2014, Reeves became synonymous with smooth and realistic action. His cold and brutal portrayal of the professional assassin of the same name catapulted him back once again into the Hollywood stratosphere. The John Wick movie franchise has already become a trilogy with each overtaking the least in term of financial success.

But Keanu Reeves has also ventured into the gaming scene with a major role in CD Projekt’s upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. John Wick is also getting its first game with John Wick Hex and it’s unlike anything fans might expect. Instead of a fast-paced real-time shooter, Hex plays out as a strategy game. Players will control John Wick on a hex-based grid by using between an assortment of commands, like dodging, sliding, shooting etc.. The really interesting part is that the action has mechanic you might know from video-editing software. In this timeline, you can see how long certain commands take and can scrub your perfect assassination routine into a perfect choreography of violence.

Featuring a unique blend of strategic momentum-based combat, John Wick Hex captures the feel of the unique tactical combat from the films and blurs the line between the strategy and action video game genres. Perform well and progress in the main story mode (which features an original story created for the game) to unlock new weapons, suit options and locations. Each weapon changes up the tactics you’ll use and the manner in which you’ll play. Ammo is finite and realistically simulated, so time your reloads and make the most of weapons you scavenge on the job.

John Wick Hex is a PC exclusive at the moment and will come out exclusively on the Epic Games Store on October 8th for a sweet budget price of just $19.99.