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Daybreak Games Acquires Upcoming ‘Alien’ Shooter Developer Cold Iron Studios
It’s been a long time (a little over one year, to be exact) since we heard anything regarding Cold Iron Studios and their work on their upcoming MMO shooter based in the Aliens universe. That’s changed now that the team has switched hands from FoxNext Games to Daybreak Games.
Daybreak Games are better known as the minds behind DC Universe Online, which may in fact be of benefit to Cold Iron Studios. Not to worry about the game, as development is still continuing, with the title still planned to hit both PC and consoles in the future. Daybreak will serve as a publisher for Cold Iron moving forward, and the studio itself will largely continue to be run on its own.
The story goes that when Disney ended up purchasing Fox, FoxNext Games was eventually sold off to a company called Scopely earlier this year. Scopely in turn decided it wanted to shop Cold Iron around for potential buyers, which ended up being Daybreak.
“Daybreak and Cold Iron share the same passion and long history for delivering action-packed multiplayer games for audiences worldwide,” said Cold Iron Studios co-founder Craig Zinkievich regarding the move. “In combining our decades of experience developing and launching globally successful multiplayer titles, we’re destined to make great games together.”
There’s still no word on any further news regarding the game itself, but hopefully that changes in the near future.
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Dark Fantasy Roguelike Shooter ‘Necromantic’ Launching in Early Access on May 22nd [Trailer]
For those of you who think you’ve gotten your fill of Vampire Survivors, developer Blinkmoon Games has a little something for you later this month with Necromantic. The gothic bullet heaven (or hell?) roguelite will launch into Early Access on PC via Steam on May 22nd.
Necromantic places you as a first-year Valorborn Academy student. Kathedril, the territory that Valorborn Academy sits above, is home to a never-ending graveyard of fun. By “fun”, that means endless hordes of the undead and other monstrosities. Alongside your studies during the day, you must mow down hordes of monsters at night.
You’ll got a rich assortment of over 40 different weapons and abilities at your disposal as you carve your way through waves of monsters across a variety of maps. After you’ve made dust of your foes, you’ll work to gain infamy by studying, going to class, and completing assignments to upgrade and master your skills.
Of course, you could always choose to skip out on your monster-slaying duties and stay out at night to impress the cool kids. But do so at your own risk.
The Early Access period for Necromantic will last approximately five months, where Blinkmoon aims to “constantly [be] evaluating the appetite for our game, and the features we can add for our community.”
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