We at Puppetworks created this gorgeous cinematic trailer for Spellforce III, the latest iteration of games in the Spellforce Saga. Developed by Grimlore Games and published by THQ Nordic, we took the producer role, creating this impressive piece from A to Z.

The game is a blend of RTS and RPG and goes back to the roots of the Spellforce saga combining the RTS and RPG genre uniquely, all in real-time. It combines role-playing and real-time strategy elements like previous games in the series. Players control a mage called Tahar and a group of supporting characters with different backstories and abilities. Like many role-playing games, characters can equip various items such as armour, weapons and jewellery that influence the character's abilities and traits.

The trailer offers a recap of the events by diving into history through the paintings that adorn the castle walls. Narrated by voice actor Doug Cockle, it leads up to the newest iteration in the franchise, while providing a glimpse of the battles to come. The task was to create a 3D animated pre-rendered trailer at high quality in terms of modelled and textured details, with realistic lighting and shading. We considered various approaches including a hybrid mix of 2D parallax animation with 3D, but because the trailer was to be unveiled at Gamescom, it needed to be epic so we went full 3D CGI meaning everything was modelled, textured, rigged and animated.