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New Overview Videos, Details For PS4 to PS5 Upgrade Released For ‘Oddworld: Soulstorm’
Developer Oddworld Inhabitants has released new footage for their upcoming return to the Oddworld series in Oddworld: Soulstorm, as well as dropped a few more details regarding the game’s free PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 upgrade path.
Per Gematsu, the team has revealed gameplay footage regarding Soulstorm‘s environments, as well as brief introductions to the game’s crafting, follower management and stealth mechanics. In addition, due to the concerns surrounding the PS+ offer of the game for PS5 owners, as opposed to the PS4 version of the game, Oddworld Inhabitants had this to say:
“The digital version of the game releases April 6 on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 5 digital version will be free for PlayStation 5 PlayStation Plus members during the month of April. If you purchase the PlayStation 4 version, we are offering a free path to the PlayStation 5 version. Because the game is free for PlayStation 5 PlayStation Plus owners in April, we will not be offering a free backward path from PlayStation 5 to PlayStation 4. The physical retail versions of the game will be in stores on July 6. If you purchase the physical retail PlayStation 4 version, you will get the PlayStation 5 digital version at no cost.”
Oddworld: Soulstorm will also be available April 6 on PC via the Epic Games Store. The Xbox One version will be arriving at a later date.
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Co-Op Psychological Horror Title ‘CORDURA’ Plays with Your Sanity as You Race Against Time [Trailer]
Garage51 is putting their own spin on co-op multiplayer horror gaming with their psychological horror game CORDURA. During Future Games Show Summer Showcase, the developer released a new gameplay trailer that shows off the paranoia you and your team will experience as you work your way through a procedural mansion that preys on your teamwork.
“With CORDURA, we wanted to move away from scripted jumpscares and focus on the paranoia of not knowing who to trust,” explains Garage51. “In these scenarios, silence keeps you hidden, but if you don’t talk to each other, you won’t make it out.”
The story for CORDURA sees you and your team venturing into Victorian buildings to harvest the Rose of the Night, which is the source of the Ambrosia, a potent neurostimulant coveted by the aristocracy for their decadent gatherings. The problem is, these same buildings will eventually seal you and your team inside. Not only that, but the night begins to mimic your companions, using their bodies and voices to deceive you from within.
Every extraction becomes a tense race against the clock, as the mansion shifts and evolves throughout the night, growing darker and more disturbing as the bells toll. Procedural layouts, permadeath and unpredictable encounters turn each playthrough into a claustrophobic descent into paranoia, fear, and fractured sanity.
The Night hears you and calls you by name. Proximity voice chat becomes a double-edged sword: the darkness can mimic the voice and appearance of your allies to lure you into the abyss. As the night darkens, your sanity shatters. The only way to restore it is to physically reunite with a teammate. But a lingering doubt remains: has your ally truly arrived in time, or is the Night wearing their face to finish you off?
CORDURA is currently in development for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.