When a sinister Punch and Judy homage drills an apple into your hand, you’ll probably be left wishing you were Snow White instead.

Set before the events of the first two games, The Outlast Trials puts a multiplayer spin on the very effective, very grisly formula, as you play a homeless person who “volunteers” for trials with The Murkoff Corporation, who have the kind of name that just sounds evil, like Disney.

I’ve been playing The Outlast Trials, a game I’ve been looking forward to for quite a few years after being the leader of the Outlast 2 Defense Force, as part of its Closed Beta on Steam. It pretty much never lets up from that point and while the game itself is certainly fun, it doesn’t really give itself (or its scares) enough room to breathe. Before you’ve even pressed a button, it eviscerates some poor guy in front of you, then drills something into your face in first-person while the music sounds like a chainsaw being accosted by a gang of hoodlum bees. At that time, RB co-founder Philip Morin noted that he was delighted with the DualSense controller, the possibilities of which the studio has not yet fully explored.įinally, the authors expressed their gratitude to the fans for their heartfelt words of support during development and showed two fresh screenshots with the locations of the secret object of the Murkoff corporation.The Outlast Trials wants you to know that it’s hardcore pretty much immediately - it’s not like those other multiplayer horror games. Apparently, the studio does not rule out a console release in the future, which is also hinted at by the material with the details of the game, noreferrer noopener' target='_blank'> appeared on the official PlayStation blog a few months ago. In addition, Red Barrels reminded that at the moment The Outlast Trials is confirmed to be released only for PC. Previously, the game was postponed from 2021 to 2022, however, the team will announce the exact release date only when it is ready for it. Studio Red Barrels published on Twitter the first post this year, where they shared the latest news on The Outlast Trials, a cooperative spin-off of the Outlast horror series.įirstly, the developers confirmed that they continue to engage in the production of the project.

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