This 12 months’s festive feast is being served with an additional heaping of zombie flesh! My identify is Julia Wolbach, Co-Founder and Chief Working Officer of Useless Drop Studios. I’m overjoyed to welcome you to the doomed metropolis of Cypress Ridge simply in time for the vacations as a result of Outbreak: Shades of Horror is releasing on Xbox Collection X|S as we speak!
Unwrap Your Very Bloody Present
While you dive into Outbreak: Shades of Horror, you’ll uncover a full course of content material awaiting you. You possibly can take pleasure in each morsel of it in single participant or in on-line four-player co-op, and you may swap between first-person and third-person views at any time. Entry action-packed modes and mini-games from Cypress Reel, which features as each a hub world and as a foyer in multiplayer. We’ve included two prequel campaigns playable each on-line and offline: Chromatic Break up Enhanced Version, a basic Survival Horror journey rebuilt from the bottom up with new content material, and Trials of Hank, a brand new, frenetic thrill journey you must play to imagine. Feeling lonely? Optionally allow AI teammates to help you in your wrestle to endure our Invasion and Raid modes. You possibly can even entry a strong Picture Mode from anyplace within the recreation; share your favourite gory snapshots along with your Xbox buddies!
A Rising World & Journey
Simply whenever you assume you’ve seen every part Cypress Ridge has to supply, assume once more! At launch, Dinobreak might be our first featured recreation crossover occasion. Discover a particular, sprawling Raid Mode map, acquire roaringly enjoyable cosmetics, and take just a few photos on the particular picture sales space in Cypress Reel! Immerse your self additional by assuming the function of fan-favorite characters from the unique recreation with the Dinobreak Crossover Character Pack DLC, additionally out there as we speak.
It’s also possible to anticipate common seasonal occasions for much more cheeky chills. To kick off launch, we’re extending our Halloween seasonal occasion for Xbox gamers. Unlock spooky cosmetics, and discover Farmer Clay’s Pumpkin Patch, a seasonal map with a gothic twist. On the similar time, put together to courageous the Winter Wonderland season, which may even be out there at launch. This season has its personal items to supply; earn merry costume items and weapon skins, survive a frozen tundra within the Wordy’s Winter Wonderland map, and admire themed decorations in Cypress Reel. We even have the know-how to make it snow indoors! What’s going to future seasons have in retailer? Keep tuned!
A Horrifying Technical Delight on Xbox Collection X|S
Outbreak: Shades of Horror is a blinding visible deal with on Xbox Collection X|S. This is without doubt one of the first Unreal Engine 5.6 titles leveraging Epic’s new know-how to allow full ray tracing on console. On Xbox Collection X, the sport runs at the next constancy and nonetheless maintains a buttery 60+ FPS. You possibly can make the most of built-in graphics high quality settings to tailor your expertise; prioritize body fee or activate increased constancy choices for options such volumetric lighting in your character’s flashlight, further critters roaming the sleazy metropolis streets, and breathtaking climate results. The lineup of various playable characters is designed with the newest metahuman bells and whistles; every Survivor is exclusive and punctiliously detailed, and with an abundance of mix-and-match cosmetics, there are countless dress-up prospects. In 2026, you’ll be able to sit up for Outbreak: Shades of Horror supporting Xbox Play Wherever — blast the undead on console, cell, and PC, and preserve your progress throughout all platforms!
The Battle of Your Life Begins Now
Do you’ve gotten what it takes to flee Cypress Ridge along with your life? Alongside as we speak’s recreation launch, you should purchase the Dinobreak Crossover Character Pack DLC, which provides two further, totally customizable characters to your roster. To have fun the start of the Winter Wonderland season, the free character Illena might be added for all gamers, bringing the default choice to 13. New to the world of Outbreak? Make amends for the collection with the Outbreak: Cypress Reel Ticket Assortmentbundle, additionally out there as we speak.
Unwrap a brand new era of salacious survival horror gameplay, both in single-player or in four-player on-line co-op, with the discharge of Outbreak: Shades of Horror, out there now on Xbox Collection X|S!
Outbreak: Shades of Horror
Useless Drop Studios LLC
$29.99
$23.99
BEWARE! Retro survival horror lives!
Outbreak: Shades of Horror is impressed by retro survival horror from the ’90s and ’00s! The title blends bleeding edge tech and fashionable gameplay mechanics with archaic ideas from the roots of survival horror, like a restricted stock, heavy useful resource administration, and crushing problem. In the event you’re an outdated hat, or a lover of the previous, you will discover quite a bit to like within the janky however crushing expertise. If that is not your jam, proceed with warning as this nightmare is unforgiving!
Welcome to Cypress Ridge!
Expertise the harrowing starting of a full-scale Zombie Apocalypse because it descends on the Midwestern metropolis of Cypress Ridge. Begin from the (relative) security of the beloved native movie show, Cypress Reel. Select between a central solid of 9 characters, with hundreds extra on the best way, after which enterprise out right into a metropolis essentially modified with the aim to outlive and outlast the mysterious horrors which have instantly arisen?
Do You Need To Play a Sport? Or perhaps some buying?
Between rounds of operating and gunning, there may be a lot to do at Cypress Reel. Store ‘til you drop at Ferret’s Emporium, the place you’ll be able to earn new weapons, weapon skins, and tens of millions of various combos of clothes to customise your character simply the best way you want. If you’re within the temper for a unique type of recreation, Cypress Reel Arcade has an unlimited array of small-scale mini modes to cleanse your palette earlier than you return to chasing zombie flesh. Are you able to survive the Boss Rush gauntlet? Will you have the ability to skip a creepy rural city in Looming Dread? Take a look at your reflexes as you escape a flooding subway tunnel in Collapse! Whereas brief and candy, these mini-games will put your abilities by means of drills! Plus – with adjustable difficulties, there’s at all times new challenges to face.
Previous Meets Current
Gamers may even have entry to Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Break up, the unique prologue to Shades of Horror, and an all new facet story, Trials of Hank.
Shades of Horror: Chromatic Break up Enhanced Version: Benefit from the basic, three act prequel to the primary recreation, now enhanced with new weapons, gadgets, and mechanics. Can Lydia get important info from her contact within the Cypress Ridge underground earlier than it’s too late?
Trials of Hank: Whereas Lydia is traversing the underground in Chromatic Break up, fan-favorite Hank hits the rooftops on this over-the-top facet marketing campaign the place the solutions to all of life’s issues are lead, explosions, and extra lead! Will Hank full his mission, or will the monsters that hang-out the Cypress Ridge skyline be an excessive amount of for him to deal with?
Challenges and Occasions: Seasonal and game-crossover occasions start instantly with a Halloween celebration and DINOBREAK-themed content material and cosmetics. Gamers can take pleasure in enjoyable decorations within the theater, thrilling seasonal maps, particular challenges to finish, and distinctive rewards to earn. As well as, take a look at your mettle with Day by day, Weekly, Month-to-month, Crossover and Seasonal challenges.
