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‘Sons of the Forest’ Leaving Early Access, Launching in Full on February 22 [Trailer]

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Almost a year to the day that developer Endnight Games launched Sons of the Forest into Early Access on Steam, the developer has announced that the open-world survival game will be leaving the service and launching in full on February 22. Accompanying the announcement is the 1.0 launch trailer for Sons of the Forest, courtesy of IGN.

The 1.0 launch will also include a big change in the game with Timmy LeBlanc, now voiced by Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, Alan Wake II, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan). Endnight made the announcement via X, stating that Timmy’s role in Sons of the Forest will be expanded upon in the game and story, but didn’t elaborate on either point. The game does make allusions to this, with Timmy seemingly knowing more about the island than you, including an impending significant event.

Similar to the 2018 original, Sons of the Forest sees you trapped on a cannibal-infested island after being sent to find a missing billionaire. You’ll be relying heavily on survival skills to survive. Survival is the name of the game, as is the interaction. You’ll be breaking sticks to make fires, and using an axe to cut out windows and floors.

In our review of the Early Access version of Sons of the Forest, Brandon remarked that the game is “a solid and somewhat slow-paced survival-horror experience” that was very easy to sink hours into, thanks to the resource gathering and venturing into caves to battle the monsters on the island.

Writer/Artist/Gamer from the Great White North. I try not to be boring.

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Survios Announces VR Title ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’, Coming This Year [Trailer]

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Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.

Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”

Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.

And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.

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