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‘Sker Ritual’ Leaves Early Access and Launches in Full on April 18
After launching this past October into Early Access, Sker Ritual will be exiting the service and launching in full for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on April 18. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Sker Ritual will follow at a later date.
The team has been hard at work implementing various fixes and features since the Early Access launch, with the most recent changes happening with the 0.5.8 patch for Sker Ritual last Friday.
Sker Ritual is set after the events of 2020’s Maid of Sker, taking place in the 1900s. Taking on more of a survival wave shooter this time around, players will be exploring a new area of Sker Island known as “The Cursed Lands of Lavernock”. Battling alongside up to three of your friends, you’ll be taking on old foes and the aforementioned Elite, each with a unique set of abilities that will force you to think on your strategies in order to survive.
Lucky for you, you’ve got some help in the form of Miracles. Killing enemies has the chance to drop these Miracles, which offer a choice of three random upgradable powers that buff or alter your shooting, melee, grenade and healing. Each Miracle is bound to a Celtic God and come in many forms including rarity, core attributes and power.
Demos for Sker Ritual are also available on Steam and the PlayStation 5.
The long wait for console owners to play Nightdive’s System Shock remake is finally over. Almost a year to the day the remake of the iconic 1994 FPS was released on PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG, System Shock is now available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and the Xbox Series.
“For the first time ever, the incredible world of System Shock is available to console gamers,” said Stephen Kick, CEO of Nightdive Studios. “We’re so excited to introduce our take on this pioneering piece of gaming history to a whole new audience.”
The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of System Shock have a physical and digital release, while the last-gen versions will be digital-only.
System Shock takes place in the year 2072. You are a nameless hacker, and you’ve been caught while attempting to access files concerning Citadel Station, a space station owned by the TriOptimum Corporation. However, in exchange for the dropping of all charges (and a military grade neural implant), you are tasked with hacking SHODAN, the artificial intelligence that controls the station. After hacking SHODAN, removing the AI’s ethical constraints, you are given the implants and put into a healing coma. You wake up six months later on board Citadel, and all hell has broken loose.
If you’re still on the fence of diving into System Shock, check out Harrison’s review, who stated that Nightdive “have absolutely achieved what they set out to do” in regards to updating and bringing the game to a modern audience.
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