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Asymmetrical Multiplayer Game ‘StrangerZ’ Arrives September 15 [Trailer]
It’s always great to have variety in your asymmetrical multiplayer games. Lost Frame Development is getting in on the action with their upcoming free-to-play title, StrangerZ. Set for release on September 15th on Steam, the game ramps up the familiar Hide-and-Seek mechanic, but adds in some base defense to mix things up.
The premise doesn’t get much simpler than this for StrangerZ: Players select their lobby size from 1v1 to 3v1. One player from your lobby will randomly be selected at the start of a game to play as the Stranger, while the other player(s) will be the Survivors. The Survivors will have to defend their house from the Stranger from 12am to 6am. Once the Stranger gets past the defenses, they must now kill the Survivors before the clock reaches 6am.
Between the Survivors, they’ll be given two locks to share as a team at the start of the game that can be placed on windows and reused, along with one permalock. They also have a security system that they can use to keep an eye on the Stranger. Meanwhile, the Stranger will have to find an open window to gain entry to the house, while also making use of sabotage abilities such as cutting power to the house.
And much like other asymmetrical multiplayer games, winning matches will earn you XP as either the Stranger or Survivor. You can use this XP to increase your player level and unlock special equipment. There are also what’s referred to as ZR (rank points), which you earn and lose as you win/lose games. ZR will determine the skill level of other players you play for better matchmaking.
Currently, you can check out what’s to come with the game’s demo.
And if you’re keen on more free-to-play co-op horror titles, keep tabs on Cathedral Studios’ Lovecraftian FPS The Bornless.
If you haven’t gotten your fill of Backrooms games yet after the success of the Kane Parsons film, Cortez Productions and Perp Games are here to fix that, launching The Backrooms: Lost Tape today on PlayStation 5. Originally released on Steam back in 2022, The Backrooms: Lost Tape ushers you back, quite literally, into the movie theatre.
Separated into two chapters (tapes), you’ll first play as an usher, Josh, who accidentally falls into the Backrooms. As you explore, you will be desperately trying to unravel the mysteries of the intertwined, sprawling yellow rooms to find any means of escape. Each empty space may not be as empty as it seems… malevolent entities stand in your way of freedom.
With the second tape, in an intense mission to find out what happened to Josh, more of the haunting story starts to unfold. Take a deeper dive into the unsettling and eerie world as Nikolas, as this chapter introduces its own unique challenges. Will Nikolas ever discover its secrets and find out what happened to Josh?
The PlayStation 5 release of The Backrooms: Lost Tape coincides with a major update for the Steam version, which has seen the game upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.6. That also entails updated visuals, full controller support, and various bug fixes.