Writer Tremendous.com introduced Deadlink, a brand new first-person shooter with cyberpunk theming and a roguelite construction. It comes from Gruby Leisure, an indie improvement studio made up of devs that beforehand labored on Outriders and Large Machines.
In a press launch, Tremendous.com describes Deadlink as “a fast-paced, guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with rogue-lite parts” the place you turn out to be “a part of the Company Safety Company, which, opposite to the identify, retains companies all however safe utilizing plausibly deniable surgical assaults to stop their most despicable schemes from coming to fruition.” The outline leans laborious into the very actual resentment individuals at the moment have in the direction of companies and channels it right into a seemingly infinitely replayable FPS.
The screenshots exhibit the extraordinarily colourful artwork type of the sport that appears closely impressed by the moody neon that typifies the cyberpunk style nowadays. And whereas cyberpunk video games are a dime a dozen currently, this sport appears to be like stable already, and at the least has a novel roguelite component to it. It’s the worldbuilding that’s actually going to make or break this sport, although, so Gruby actually must nail how distinct these companies are and the way scummy they are often.
Outriders, in the meantime, was additionally a stable sport when it launched, although not with out its unusual concepts. That’s what makes Gruby Leisure’s new sport actually intriguing. An enormous new replace simply launched for Outriders final month, although developer Individuals Can Fly apparently didn’t see royalties for the sport as just lately as final August.
Deadlink will launch in Steam Early Entry in Q1 of 2022.