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Apocalyptic Survival Game ‘Serum’ to Launch in Early Access on May 23 [Trailer]
Originally planned for release last year, Toplitz Productions’ upcoming survival adventure title Serum will instead launch in Early Access on Steam on May 23. The announcement comes alongside the release of a new cinematic trailer for the game per IGN. Serum will remain in Early Access for a period of “roughly twelve months”.
The new trailer features the game’s protagonist, Adam, who is described as a survivor and a patient of the E.V.A.S. Corporation. Adam finds himself stranded on the island of Matamis, where a catastrophic mutagen incident has occurred. Now, isolated and seeking answers, Adam must navigate his way through the aftermath of the disaster, with the actions of the E.V.A.S. Corporation looming large in the background.
As for the goal of the Early Access period, Toplitz states that they aim to create “a thrilling and engaging player experience,” while also continuing to “evolve core player features like crafting, tools, weapons and exploration.”
Serum‘s main game mechanic centres around the mysterious elixir (serum) that is crucial to your survival in an infected world, and a lifeline that has a curing effect of the Blight, a man-made catastrophic event caused by the E.V.A.S. Corporation that has devastated the world. Against the urgency of time, Serum aims to push players to discover how this vital liquid can prolong their existence, amplify their abilities, and enhance their hand crafted arsenal of weaponry.
Fans of Strange Scaffold and publisher Frosty Pop’s apocalyptic Life Eater have another reason to keep coming back to the game, as the much-anticipated Endless Mode is available now. Best of all, it’s a free update!
The new endless mode gives Life Eater players an arena to determine how long they can evade capture while delaying the end of the world. Collect score points called ZEAL by building an airtight procedure around your sacrifices, investigate the lives of countless procedurally generated kidnapping targets, and survive as long as possible in your personal gauntlet of nightmares.
“We’re so excited to expand the playtime of Life Eater with a uniquely dark and intriguing systemic experience,” says Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr. “You really just terrorize an entire city of people over the span of decades, now, and I can only hope that I don’t come to regret writing that sentence in a press release.”
For those not in the know, Life Eater (check out Aaron’s review here) is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you play as a druid living in suburbia. You serve a dark entity by abducting and sacrificing specific but vaguely described humans every year to stop the apocalypse. Use a unique video editing-inspired interface to discover the intimate lives of your victims, one schedule block at a time. When the time is right, abduct them before authorities find out.
You can snag a copy of Life Eater on Steam.
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