FPS roguelite fans have a new date for the ol’ diary, after Prophecy Games just announced that the studio’s sci-fi shooter is about to exit Early Access on PC in just a few days, on August 11 to be precise.
Not only that, but Prophecy also dropped demos on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series respectively, with the console version of the co-op shooter announced with a playable bang!
The demo will let up to three players attempt the game’s first zone, and the Xbox store listing for the demo mentions all 30 of the game’s guns, so I’m assuming they’re all in there.
There’s no word on a console release date yet, but the studio did confirm that the full version of the game will have cross-play between all three platforms when it lands, whenever that may be.
“After a strong PC Early Access run with over 300,000 players diving into Deadzone: Rogue, we’re thrilled to bring the chaos to Xbox and PlayStation. Expanding to console means even more players can squad up, explore the mysteries of the ISSX, and survive the horrors together – wherever they play,” said Prophecy Games, presumably arranged as some sort of choir, so they could communicate such a complicated sentiment as a group without losing clarity.
Poor attempts at sarcasm aside, I’ve been looking forward to spending some time this one, so expect a review from me at some point in the second half of the month!
Update: I just found a bunch of additional information about the 1.0 update coming to PC next week, the day before full launch, and so I’ve added the bullet points below for your convenience:
Zone 3 coming on August 10
- Over 20 new enemies, with a huge range of abilities
- Two unique mini-bosses to survive and outsmart
- A special large-scale boss battle that is our toughest yet
- New synergy system with 40+ options to enhance your builds
- Two new elements to harness – psionic and plasma!
- New Zone 3 environment with a bio-organic feel
- Several new weapons – two exotic, one melee
- New story lines, lore logs, and much more
