Demo access and the full release

Afterburner Studios says a free demo of Elta: Defy All Gods is available on PlayStation 5. The announcement gives players access to a playable opening segment: retrieving a lost dragon deity, fighting corrupted enemies and exploring Lerna, an icy setting containing ruins and remnants of industry. The demo covers the beginning of the adventure.

The studio schedules the full game's release for February 2, 2027, separating that future launch from the demo's announced availability. It also describes a preorder bonus: Vanguard Armor, a cosmetic appearance for the protagonist, Victus. That bonus concerns the character's look; the announcement identifies it as a skin.

Combat and movement

For the broader game, Afterburner describes a combination of close combat, magic and aerial traversal across three science-fiction worlds. Its account places navigation alongside fighting as a central challenge, with exploration and enemy encounters sharing the adventure. These are the studio's descriptions of the design and the challenges it intends players to face.

The announced combat system includes three martial arts stances with separate skill trees, plus magic attacks that expend accumulated energy. For movement, the studio describes an expanding set of abilities that includes double jumping, dashing, wall running and grappling. Its outline therefore gives prospective players specific combat and traversal systems to consider.

The dragon's role and controller feedback

Afterburner also assigns the dragon companion, Elta, a mechanical role in progression. According to the studio, the dragon grants abilities that strengthen attacks and open routes to locations players previously could not reach. The companion's involvement extends into both encounters and exploration, connecting the character to how players move through the worlds.

On PlayStation, the studio says it uses DualSense haptics to add tactile feedback to punches and platform landings. It presents that controller response as part of its intended sense of immersion. The announcement describes a design intention here, rather than establishing how satisfying individual players will find those sensations.

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