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Delve Into Story Details With the New ‘A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’ Trailer [Watch]
When Saber Interactive revealed A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead a few weeks ago, we didn’t get much in terms of the story details. That’s been remedied now with the official story trailer, which gives us a look at the tense, apocalyptic journey that awaits players later this year when A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead drops on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series later this year.
As revealed in the trailer, the story for The Road Ahead centres around Alex, a young college student suffering from asthma and struggling to survive the end of the world alongside her boyfriend, Martin. But the nightmarish extraterrestrial creatures stalking her aren’t the only threat she’ll have to contend with, as she must through the ruins of civilization in search of a safe haven for herself and her family.
Designed for fans of the films, horror games, and story-driven adventures alike, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead aims to capture the frantic terror, unnerving atmosphere and gripping human drama that made the franchise famous. With nothing more than your wits and the simple tools you can scavenge, you’ll have to overcome the many treacherous challenges and obstacles that lay ahead, all while trying to survive the ever-present dangers that lurk all around you.
And if you need proof of the franchise’s popularity, last week’s A Quiet Place: Day One didn’t do too shabby at the box office, scoring $53 million domestically and $98 worldwide, making it the best opening weekend of the franchise so far.
If you’re a fan of 2021’s Aliens: Fireteam Elite (check out our review), then this next rumour might get you giddy. According to a post on the r/AliensFireteamElite subreddit, developer Cold Iron is working on a sequel set to be released next year.
As always, given the origins of this post, you’d best be taking your salt.
All of the information on this sequel comes from what appears to be an internal presentation, which refers to the sequel as “Project Macondo,” describing it as “a high-stakes blend of grounded military action and hard science fiction ideas” that aims to improve upon the original game’s mechanics, atmosphere and excitement. The sequel is being developed for PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and will purportedly have players fight through an epic new story campaign as a member of “DAGGER Company,” a battalion of spec-op Xenomorph hunters, each with unique abilities and weapons. There will be at least 13 weapons at players’ disposal, with 10 missions of bug-hunting.
Unlike the original game, the sequel will feature fixed preset character archetypes (five in total) and non-customizable characters. Each of the five playable archetypes of DAGGER Company will have a unique weapon and an exclusive set of abilities.
The game will also include a new take on Horde Mode known as Annihilation, which will feature “a variety of objectives and encounters.” Post-launch content is tentatively planned, with additional Annihilation maps or additional story DLC.
None of this has been verified by Cold Iron Studios.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is currently available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.
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