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Co-Op Extraction Builder ‘GRAIN ROT’ Launches August 7
Indie development duo Beck & Branch Games and publisher Neem Interactive have announced that their viral horror co-op extraction builder GRAIN ROT will be launching next month on Steam on August 7. The game has already been wishlisted almost 200,000 times, and garnered over 350,000 demo downloads during last month’s Steam Next Fest, earning it one of the Top 15 most-played demos during the event.
Set in a scorched wasteland where everything burns, you and up to four friends must descend and break into shifting ruins, rip out furniture, and scavenge for loot for your Outpost base before the Corrupted close in. Make it back alive, then rebuild the Outpost to better your chances for the next run. Of course, in addition to the monsters lurking about, you’ll also need to be wary of your own team, which can leave you high and dry in order to save themselves.
Each time your vessel catches fire or gets smashed to pieces, your Living Spark will need to find and possess a new one, allowing you to keep riding the cursed elevator deeper in the search for loot. Furniture can be smashed to splinters as you use the debris for resources or feed it to the Grinder for gold. The deeper you descend, the worse the Rot becomes. Bodies warp. Voices distort. Emotes become…worse. Or possibly better?
As mentioned, you and your friends can betray each other in order to get out of a jam. Dropkick enemies or “accidentally” launch your ally’s Spark out of their vessel. Block them in a monster-infested corridor or get stuck in the crossfire. However, as you’d expect, the chaos you create can come back to haunt you, so be smart about goofing off.
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Bethesda Confirms Obsidian ‘Fallout’ Project, Announces Remasters of ‘New Vegas’ and ‘Fallout 3’
After last week’s report that Obsidian was pivoting to work on a new Fallout entry, Bethesda Game Studios has confirmed that rumour as part of the publisher’s new roadmap. The new roadmap also includes Fallout 5, which has just entered pre-production, as well as remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Along with the Fallout announcements, Bethesda also confirmed that their primary focus will be The Elder Scrolls VI, while 2023’s Starfield will continue to receive new content, along with gameplay improvements and further updates.
“Fallout is one of our biggest priorities today,” reads the announcement. “Fallout 5 remains our long-range destination, and we have multiple Fallout projects in active development right now.
We also know many players want to revisit previous Fallout experiences. While we’re not announcing any dates today, we have been working on remasters for both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.”
As for the Obsidian project, Bethesda stated that they will have more to share regarding the collaboration at a later date.
The message continues, with Bethesda stating that The Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 5 are being developed on Creation Engine 3, which is the same engine used for Starfield. “[Creation Engine 3] allows our teams to support multiple projects simultaneously with new tools, rendering, and systems that define our games.
Fallout 5 is currently in pre-production. The Elder Scrolls VI is our primary development focus today, with the majority of our team currently working on the next chapter of the franchise. With over 65 million copies sold, players are still exploring Skyrim 15 years later, but we know it’s been a very long wait for the sequel.
The next chapter is on the way. We’re where we planned to be, loving how it looks, and playing it every day.”