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Bring Down Mutant Dinosaurs in Upcoming Co-Op Shooter ‘Second Extinction’
We know that everyone and their grandma wants Left 4 Dead to come back. But while we are getting a spiritual successor in Back 4 Blood, we still have to look for alternatives at present time.
One such alternative has arrived in the form of developers Systemic Reaction’s Second Extinction, which was revealed yesterday as part of Microsoft’s Xbox Event. The three-player, online cooperative shooter will be coming to the Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC. A release date was not announced, but a PC closed beta is scheduled for this summer.
In Second Extinction, your goal is simple: wipe out the mutated dinosaurs that have taken over the planet. Teamwork is vital as you adopt the role of one of the survivors, using a unique combination of weapons, abilities and skills to take on the dinos.
“Second Extinction is a real passion project for our tight-knit team, and we’re just getting started,” says Brynley Gibson, Lead Producer at Systemic Reaction. “It’s incredible how far we’ve come in this short time and I’m super excited to reveal more details, including our live roadmap, in the coming months.”
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.