Hello everybody, I’m Julius Fondem, Group Supervisor right here at Treatment Leisure. Immediately I’m very excited, jazzed even, to speak to you a few brand-new function in our upcoming sport FBC: Firebreak – Altered Augments.
When you’re not conversant in FBC: Firebreak, it’s a cooperative first-person shooter for 3 gamers set inside a mysterious federal company below assault by extradimensional forces, within the iconic Management universe. Battle via hordes of otherworldly monsters with as much as two pals, customise your gear and degree up as you combat again in opposition to this ever-growing risk.
This being our first multiplayer, we’re very excited to convey it to you, the neighborhood, and to that finish, we’ve designed FBC: Firebreak to be as straightforward as potential to get into. This can be a sport finest performed along with your pals, having a good time laughing whereas chaotic and wacky issues occur! This isn’t a brand new interest that you might want to log onto on daily basis for rewards. None of that FOMO stuff right here. Simply get along with your pals over the weekend for time.
As a Firebreaker, you’re a badass fight engineer who descends deep into The Oldest Home to unravel paranatural crises, and to attain this, you might be given an assortment of regular and, nicely, not so regular instruments by The Federal Bureau of Management. These come within the type of three bespoke Disaster Kits, every containing a singular Software just like the Crank-Operated Fluidic Ejector, an improvised gadget just like the BOOMbox, and an Altered Increase.
Altered Augments are Altered Objects that the Federal Bureau of Management has contained and harnessed for authorised use by the Firebreak Initiative. So mainly, the Federal Bureau of Management is in serious trouble and determined to make weapons out of paranatural objects they barely perceive and gave them to their courageous first responders. Certainly, nothing can go fallacious.
Every Altered Increase possesses distinctive skills and is the head of every Disaster Package’s repertoire. Let me introduce you to our Altered Augments!
The Backyard Gnome (AI9) is a daily wanting backyard gnome that’s all however regular. You’ll be able to connect the Backyard Gnome to the Electro-Kinetic Cost Impactor which lets you hearth it in the direction of your enemies. As soon as it lands, it is going to summon a lightning storm round it, damaging and beautiful all creatures in its space and draining all power from surrounding batteries. Nevertheless, watch out! The Backyard Gnome walks round and doesn’t discern good friend from foe. Except you wish to play a teeny tiny prank in your crewmates. In that case, no should be cautious.
The Piggy Financial institution (AI16) attaches to the top of the Wrench, and once you swing your Wrench round, it offers huge injury in a big arc in entrance of you and shatters, releasing a paranatural coin twister that damages all creatures in it, however don’t fear, the Piggy Financial institution reassembles itself again collectively after the twister makes its manner again to you! Simply remember to not hit your pals with the twister as getting hit by a mess of cash within the face is taken into account impolite in some cultures.
The Teapot (AI44) attaches to the highest of the Crank-Operated Fluidic Ejector (COFE) giving it the power to shoot boiling water at enemies. When the Teapot is hooked up to the COFE, the instrument offers the burning situation and can’t overheat. Do notice that this additionally implies that the COFE now damages teammates and can’t clear every other circumstances from them besides the chilly situation. Lastly, the Teapot doesn’t really include any actual tea. Sorry, tea lovers.
We’ve been onerous at work on FBC: Firebreak with our 50-person robust growth workforce and might’t wait to indicate you extra of the sport and get it in your palms! FBC: Firebreak is slated for launch in Summer season 2025 for PlayStation 5, with day one availability for PlayStation Plus Additional and Premium members, and we’ve obtained a lot extra to share with you earlier than then.
