Directive 8020 brings sci-fi survival horror to PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC on Could 12

Supermassive Video games has introduced a brand new launch date for the following entry within the Darkish Photos Anthology sequence. Directive 8020 is coming to PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and Steam on Could 12. The studio behind Till Daybreak and The Quarry revealed the information with the assistance of a contemporary trailer for the sci-fi survival horror recreation.

The story focuses on the crew of a spaceship that has crash landed onto one other world. The survivors should deal with an alien lifeform that is searching them and might mimic its prey (no prizes for guessing that Supermassive took inspiration from The Factor right here). If these astronauts wish to keep alive, although, they’re going to put the lives of everybody on a dying Earth in danger.

As with Supermassive’s earlier video games, Directive 8020 is essentially pushed by the narrative decisions gamers make at key moments, corresponding to whether or not to avoid wasting a crewmate and put the character you are presently controlling in danger, or to desert them. You may also have to choose between two seemingly an identical variations of the identical particular person and let one in every of them again into the crew. The sport has segments by which you will should battle or stealthily keep away from enemies as nicely.

This time round, Supermassive is introducing a characteristic referred to as Turning Factors, by way of which you’ll return to earlier selections and go for one other path (maybe to see completely different endings extra simply, maintain sure characters alive or be sure you get all of the achievements or trophies). A permadeath mode does away with that choice for a extra conventional survival horror expertise.

You may go it alone or get some pals to affix you for five-player native co-op motion — the studio’s video games have lengthy been good fodder for pass-the-controller sofa co-op. Supermassive will add on-line multiplayer assist down the road.

The developer initially deliberate to launch Directive 8020 in October 2025. Nevertheless, Supermassive introduced final July that it was delaying the game amid its newest spherical of layoffs.