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Latest Dev Diary For Hardcore RPG ‘Outward’ Focuses on Survival
Developer Nine Dots has released a second Dev Diary for its upcoming hardcore survival RPG Outward, with new footage focusing on how you’ll have to endure the unforgiving world as you travel through it.
You can watch the Dev Diary in the video below.
Unlike most RPG’s Outward doesn’t have over-exaggerated inventory space, rather you have a backpack that can only carry a finite amount of weaponry, equipment, and food. If you want to carry a bit more, you’ll need a bigger, more robust backpack.
Survival is a key component of this action RPG that puts realism side-by-side-with fantasy. So there’s going to be plenty of juggling to be done to ensure you don’t starve or get bludgeoned to death by a wandering monster. The elements and disease are also a factor in how long you can stay alive. It’s just you, a compass, and a map against a large, varied landscape that you’ll constantly need to adapt to.
It’s certainly an intriguing mashup of the popular action RPG and survival game formulas. We’ll see if it pulls it all together when it launches on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 26, 2019.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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