Video Games
“Survivors-Like” FPS ‘Bloodshed Coming to Consoles on October 23 [Trailer]
After its 1.0 release this past May on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store, publisher Headup and developer com8com1 Software have turned their attention to consoles with their roguelite FPS Bloodshed. And seeing as we’re into the Halloween season, the game will launch on October 23 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch.
Bloodshed fuses roguelite elements with retro-styled visuals and first-person frenetic combat action. Face the malevolent threat of the Cult, whose members are pursuing a sinister plan to resurrect an ancient deity to bring about the apocalypse. As a result, you’ll battle cultists, the undead, demons, and other creatures of the night to put them back in the ground.
Choose from a diverse roster of playable characters, each with distinct abilities and playstyles, providing a personalized gameplay experience. You’ll have a selection of weapons and skills at your disposal, allowing you to experiment with various builds to discover the ideal strategy for your survival.
Death doesn’t stop you from progressing. Persistent upgrades, unlockable content, and continuous improvement await, with the ability to exchange hard-earned cash for permanent upgrades. You can also complete optional objectives for unlocking new skills and game features, ensuring each run pushes you further into the depths of the Cult’s dark world.
Overshadowing the announcement of Ninja Theory’s third entry in the Hellblade series earlier this month were reports that the developer was facing possible closure by Microsoft, alongside South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games and Double Fine. Now according to a new story by GamesBeat, another developer under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella is potentially facing closure in Undead Labs, who are currently working on State of Decay 3.
Earlier this month, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had announced that Microsoft was in the process of ‘resetting’ Xbox. That resulted in a report by Bloomberg during Summer Game Fest that revealed that multiple developers were negotiating with Microsoft to spin off of Xbox to avoid closing down. Now, according to the GamesBeat report, Undead Labs is now part of that group of developers negotiating to be bought to avoid layoffs.
The article states that Undead Labs could lose 110 jobs if it were shut down, while Compulsion could lose 90 jobs, Ninja Theory could lose 135 jobs, and Double Fine Productions could lose 100 jobs.
Other developers and publishers at Microsoft also reportedly face cuts, including Blizzard, id Software and Bethesda.
Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft back in 2018, with State of Decay 3 being announced in 2020. News on the development of the game was quiet until 2024, when a new trailer was released. Updates on the game again were hard to come by until last January when then-Xbox Game Studios lead Craig Duncan revealed that development was still very much alive. That was followed up this month with an official announcement that State of Decay 3 would be coming next year to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store.