The Anacrusis was announced this summer, during E3. Despite being in the mix of everything going on, I’ve been doing my best to keep an eye on details. If you’re like me, you enjoy games with a bit of Left 4 Dead vibes. The Anacrusis is one game that caught my eye due to the genre, as well as looking like it’ll be a fun game to play along with friends. To catch you up on the newly announced information, the team over at Stray Bombay is excited to share their sci-fi four-player, cooperative first-person shooter. The Anacrusi will be releasing January 13, 2021. It will be available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S as an Early Access / Game Preview title.
Game Pass Inbound
For those of you with Xbox Game Pass, there is some awesome news! The game will also come to Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC on day one.
“We’ve built a core game that we’re really thrilled to share with the community. The Director 2.0 is able to push players of all skill levels to their limits, universal crossplay let’s people play with their friends on all platforms, and Game Pass lets us reach a much larger audience than we could otherwise,” said Chet Faliszek, Stray Bombay Co-Founder and lead developer on the Left 4 Dead series. “We’re really proud of the first three episodes of the game, which we’ll be releasing in January, but we want to integrate the community’s feedback as we finish the first season and beyond.“
If you missed out on the announcement of The Anacrusis’ release date, you can watch the latest dev blog below. You’ll want to keep a keen eye on updates on this game even after its launch.
The Stray Bombay team plans to use Early Access and Game Preview as “season zero” for The Anacrusis. This will introduce the first act of the story, the first batch of alien enemies, and a wide selection of guns, gear, and perks players will need to survive. More details can be found on their latest dev blog.
Features:
- The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space.
- Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team!
- The first season of The Anacrusis tells the story of four unlikely survivors – Nessa, Guion, Liu, and Lance – who are unwilling combatants in the battle to defend humanity from the alien menace. Unlock more of the unfolding mystery of the alien attack.
- The AI Director 2.0 controls every aspect of the game. It spawns every enemy, directs each boss, and places every weapon, gadget, and health kit. No matter your skill level, you’ll find the perfect level of challenge. More than that, the Director 2.0 creates the kind of video game moments that you can’t wait to tell your friends about.
- It will support full cross-play between all platforms at launch, which allows players to play with their friends across all supported platforms.
- The Anacrusis will be coming to Steam, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, Epic Game Store, Windows 10, and Game Pass in the Fall of 2021.
The Anacrusis comes to PC and Xbox consoles in English, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Korean on January 13, 2022. Wishlist the game now on Steam. Join The Anacrusis Discord to keep up to date on the latest news and follow development on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, and the game website.
