The Outlast Trials is coming to consoles in Early 2024

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Press release:
Friday, August 25, 2023 (Montréal, Québec).
Red Barrels, the visionary indie game development studio, is thrilled to unveil exciting developments for their critically acclaimed title, “The Outlast Trials“.

From a successful Early Access launch, Red Barrels has been hard at work with community feedback throughout Early Access as it aims to deliver its ambitious and innovative psychological horror to console on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One in Early 2024.

Red Barrels is committed to enabling crossplay between console and PC players, allowing for a seamless social experience to be shared across platforms. Through player feedback, suggestion or other methods, Matchmaking will also have improvements made with how Trials are selected to involve the group instead of just the leader. Coop is vital to The Outlast Trials, and the studio is dedicated to delivering a polished and unforgettable experience to all players.

Prepare for an eerie journey into terror with The Outlast Trials’ upcoming Halloween Major Update. This update promises an array of spine-chilling additions, including the introduction of Program 4, a new Trial, new MK-Challenges, a Program X refresh, and a limited-time Program Halloween event complete with special rewards. Players can also anticipate new Amps, Variators, Prescriptions, Cosmetics, Cell Items, Sleep Room Minigame, and numerous improvements, balances, tweaks, and quality-of-life enhancements.

“I am immensely proud of the journey we’ve embarked on with our players,” said Alex Charbonneau, Game Director of The Outlast Trials.

“The tremendous response to The Outlast Trials Early Access fuels our passion and determination to deliver an exceptional gaming experience. As indie developers, we’ve embraced the challenges and harnessed player feedback to guide us towards refining the game’s core and ensuring its longevity on PC and for consoles.”

In addition to the significant updates, some issues are being addressed:

Reward efforts even in the event of failing a Trial
Penalize group players not participating in Trials
Improve the Trial selection process as a group
Keep improving the solo experience
Keep improving the AI behaviour in some edge case situations

For additional details around these topics and addressing issues throughout Early Access, please read the developer blog post.

The Outlast Trials, is a brand new take on the acclaimed Outlast survival horror series, set in the same terrifying universe as the previous titles, only this time you can choose to play on your own or with friends in a team of up to four people.

Set in the height of the Cold War era, players take on the role of test subjects abducted by the shadowy Murkoff Corporation. Imprisoned in a secret Murkoff facility, players will be thrust into a series of physical and mental ordeals, tormented by iconic characters, and challenged alone or in teams to survive with their sanity intact.

Keep in touch with Red Barrels to provide The Outlast Trials Early Access feedback via socials:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.redbarrels/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theredbarrels
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/outlastofficial
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/theredbarrels/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/redbarrelsgames
Website: https://redbarrelsgames.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/RedBarrels & https://www.facebook.com/Outlastthegame/

About Outlast
Hell is an experiment you can’t survive in Outlast; a first-person survival horror game series developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. Critically acclaimed for its immersive atmosphere, sound design and full-frontal scares, the series soon became the leading horror game experience of its generation. The rules of the Outlast universe are simple – run, hide or die trying.

Outlast, the original release, begins with an intriguing anonymous tip that leads you to explore the dark heart of Mount Massive Asylum, home to the secret experiments of the Murkoff Corporation. Whistleblower, the DLC continuation, tells the backstory to the atrocities found in Outlast and stretches past the events of the first game to show the final bloody chapter in Mount Massive Asylum’s story. Outlast 2 places you deep in the wilderness where you discover the residents of Temple Gate and a corruption so profound that going mad may be the only sane thing to do.

About Red Barrels
Red Barrels is the studio behind the immersive indie horror series Outlast, a series that has terrified more than 15 million players worldwide. Based in Montréal, Red Barrel’s mission is to create unforgettable experiences that leave the player’s blood running cold. Red Barrels was founded by Philippe Morin (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune), David Chateauneuf (Lead level designer: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell: Conviction) and Hugo Dallaire (Art Director: Splinter Cell and Army of Two).