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Blast the Legions of Hell to Heavy Metal Tunes in ‘Metal: Hellsinger’
IGN’s Summer of Gaming event is in full swing, and with it, the announcement of The Outsiders’ new shooter, Metal: Hellsinger. Similar to another upcoming rhythm shooter, Hellsinger has you blowing away enemies to the beat of heavy metal tunes.
Developed by The Outsiders, a team lead by David Goldfarb (game director on Payday 2, lead designer on Battlefield 3 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2), Hellsinger is due for release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X and PC in 2021.
The premise is simple: You start out in Hell with a simple drum beat, and as you kill to the beat, more instruments get layered on, eventually topping out to a full-on song with vocals. Oh yeah, and it’s not just any metal you’re listening to, either. The Outsiders has enlisted the likes of Matt Heafy of Trivium, Mikael St. Anne of Dark Tranquillity, Björn Strid from Soilwork and Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz to add some voice to the game’s all-original soundtrack, with more to be announced.
Remedy recently dropped a new developer diary entry for Control Resonant, taking viewers on a deep dive into the world and characters of the upcoming action-adventure RPG, and how the devteam built on the foundations that the original Control set for players.
In the video, the team discusses using new protagonist Dylan Faden to expand the Control universe, rather than simply repeating original Control protagonist Jesse Faden’s story. “When we were concepting Control for the first time, one of the key statements that we had, together with [Remedy Creative Director Sam Lake], was that it is a game that is not about the single protagonist,” explains Control Resonant Creative Director Mikael Kasurinen. “It is about the world.”
“As you step into this world, we’re witnessing it through a lens of a protagonist. The protagonist can change in every game, basically.”
In Control Resonant, players take on the role of Dylan Faden (voiced by Sean Durrie), who will explore multiple areas of Manhattan in an expansive, unfamiliar world as an invading cosmic force reshapes the environment, defiles natural law and distorts gravity, reordering reality into a geophysical nightmare. Players will traverse perception-bending locations and journey beyond the material world into a mysterious metaphysical space reflecting Faden’s troubled psyche.
You must tap into power that Dylan must learn to master and make choices to shape abilities that manifest and grow while exploring a deep progression system. Face ever-changing threats head-on, utilizing the environment, unleashing elemental abilities and wielding the raw force Dylan’s shapeshifting melee weapon, the Aberrant.
Control Resonant launches September 24 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.