All Haul The King is a chaotic co-op corpse drag from the developers behind Eclipsium
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Housefire, the creators of the horror hit Eclipsium, are pivoting to chaotic multiplayer comedy with All Haul The King, a physics-based co-op game about dragging a giant dead goblin across the world.
Developer Housefire is following up their standout horror hit Eclipsium with something remarkably different, though equally strange. Reported by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell at Rock Paper Shotgun, their new project is titled All Haul The King. It is a cooperative comedy game where players team up to haul the massive, floppy carcass of a goblin sovereign across a hazardous world to reach the Throne of Resurrection. It leans hard into the boisterous multiplayer space, asking squads to manage physics, momentum, and a whole lot of physical comedy.
The core challenge revolves around wrestling with a corpse that behaves like anything but a precision instrument. Players will navigate cracked bridges, solve puzzle rooms with magnets and pulleys, and contend with the dead king's surprisingly operational digestive tract. You can feed the royal remains everything from flowers to spiky turnips, which triggers various physical transformations and chaotic side effects. Spells also let you transmute objects in the environment, turning penguins into fridges and anvils into rats to aid your grotesque journey.
While the market is currently saturated with chaotic multiplayer games designed for stream highlights, Housefire brings genuine pedigree to the table after crafting one of the best horror releases in recent memory. The studio is holding live playtests right now ahead of a wider launch. It remains to be seen if the humor stays sharp enough to elevate the physics sandbox, but the prospect of a studio pivoting from sheer terror to slapstick corpse dragging makes this one worth keeping on your radar across PC and consoles.
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Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun