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Retro Shooter ‘S.C.A.R.’ Brings Frenetic Chaos to Steam This July
We can always use another retro-inspired shooter, and that’s exactly what indie developers Savage Studios are doing with its visceral over-the-top shooter, S.C.A.R., or Simulating Carnage And Rockets. Launching on Steam on July 16th with its first episode, the “nostalgic nod to the epic shooters of yesteryear” harkens back to the days of Quake III Arena with its frenetic gameplay. Plus, you get a grappling hook.
There’s not much story to go on at the moment for S.C.A.R., but just know that you face endless hordes of monsters and demons with your blood on their mind. You’ll be slaying your way through multiple stages with lots of weapons at your disposal, utilizing portals to navigate. Time well spent, as they say.
According to the game’s roadmap, you can expect five episodes in all, each with a new assortment of baddies and weapons. If you can’t wait (and who can’t?), you can check out the game’s demo on Steam right now.
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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.