Those itching to get into Bulletstorm and Painkiller devs People Can Fly’s upcoming dark sci-fi shooter Outriders will have to wait until next year. Originally scheduled for release this December, publisher Square Enix has announced that the title will release next year on February 2, 2021.
As a consolation, the game will have cross-play up and running for current-gen, next-gen and PC versions of the game. Even better, as with many titles that are on the cusp of the next-gen leap, a free upgrade will be offered for anyone who buys the game current gen and gets a next gen console afterwards.
In case you need a reminder, Outriders is a 1-3 player co-op RPG shooter, where humanity’s efforts to colonize an alien planet known as Enoch went awry. An expedition team sent to the planet encountered a massive energy storm, known as “The Anomaly”, during their search for a mysterious signal. The resulting storm granted the team and Enoch’s inhabitants superpowers. You must choose from one of four classes to traverse forests, mountains and desert in the pursuit of the source of the signal, which is the key to saving mankind.
Outriders is set for release on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.