On December 4, 2019, Red Barrels officially announced their upcoming title The Outlast Trials, with its story taking place during the Cold War era. On October 31, 2019, Red Barrels posted a teaser image for their upcoming project with a caption that reads "Where freedom ends." While not being a direct sequel to Outlast 2, the game's story is set in the same universe.
According to Red Barrels, as it was not possible to include downloadable content within Outlast 2, the studio decided instead to work on a separate project that will include much-requested features, likely alluding to Trials' co-op mode.
On December 7, 2017, Red Barrels posted an update on their future plans, which included Outlast 3 and an untitled Outlast-related project that was in the works. Reagents can interact with Murkoff employees to obtain the items that they will need for their next trial. In between the trials, Reagents return to the Sleep Room, where Murkoff takes good care of them. Inside the warehouses, Murkoff has constructed heightened lift-sized models of real-world environments.
Imprisoned in a secret Murkoff facility comprised of a dozen warehouses and connected by underground tunnels, 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. The problem, at least for me, is that there are so many trailers, some of just a few seconds, others that are pure CGI and no gameplay, that I end up tired of seeing this festival of labels and explosions.The game is set in the same universe as other Outlast related titles and takes place during the Cold War era, where players take on the role of test subjects-referred to as Reagents-abducted by the Murkoff Corporation. Gotham Knights, which just a few days ago was already seen in an extensive gameplay, did not want to miss the party either. Among them new videos of Howarts Legacy or Return to Monkey Island, or the terrifying The Callisto Protocol, which does not miss a single one of these events. There has hardly been time for a breather with videos and trailers popping up endlessly. There is no denying that Opening Night Live has been loaded with announcements and that the pace of the event has been very high. Another that has not been spared from leaks, or rather from oversights, has been Sonic Frontiers, which has presented a trailer that leaves a better taste in the mouth, and has also specified its release date. In recent years, leaks have spoiled some of the most unexpected announcements in the video game industry, and it is something that this time -among others- the team of gear box with its rumored New Tales from the Borderlands, which has been seen on video, also discovering all the details of this adventure, lots of images and even the release date. See also Disney+ also wants to enter the anime industry Also many cinematics and little gameplay, but this is another issue that happens year after year and it does not seem that it will change in the near future. This does not mean, however, that it has been a bad show because as I was telling you, once again, there have been a good handful of announcements to get excited about. True to his style, the organizer of the Summer Game Fest bets on the quantity and not so much on the quality of the content presented at the Opening Night Live that serves as a preview of Gamescom 2022, the great video game event in Europe that after these years of absence due to the pandemic, finally opens the doors to the general public. I feel bad being repetitive but I look back at the last events organized by the well-known journalist Geoff Keighleyand the summary is practically the same: an exaggeratedly long show that leaves us with some exciting flashes, but ends up exhausting you mentally with the continuous bombardment of trailers, images and world premieres that would not go beyond third division announcements in practically any scenario that it crosses your mind.
Geoff Keighley’s show has starred in Dead Island 2, New Tales from the Borderlands or Sonic Frontiers.