Making it in Unreal: Knights of Light remodels the RPG from a Middle Eastern perspective

There are many games that use the Middle East as a backdrop, but all too few that tell their stories from a Middle Eastern perspective. Knights of Light is the counterpoint we’ve been missing - an RPG influenced by The Witcher 3 but rooted in the history and mythology of Iraq. Knights of Light takes the battle of al-Qādisiyyah as its focal point - a climactic clash in 636 AD between the new Islamic Caliphate and crumbling but powerful Sasanian Empire, which ruled Iraq at the time. This is a story aching to be told from different perspectives - despite the title, there are no angelic warriors here, and no barbarians offered up for morally unambiguous slaughter. Exploring Knights of Light’s open world will introduce you to complex characters on both sides of the conflict. Ahmed Fouad, the CEO of Cairo-based Rumbling Games Studio, worked as an English and Russian language tour guide before entering the software industry. As such, Knights of Light is shaped by his deep love for Middle Eastern history. Not to mention CD Projekt Red.

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