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Returnal studio heads to a "hostile, shape-shifting planet" for newly unveiled Saros


Housemarque, the studio behind the sublime likes of Nex Machina and Returnal, has unveiled Saros - a third-person actio…

Housemarque, the studio behind the sublime likes of Nex Machina and Returnal, has unveiled Saros - a third-person action game that's coming to PS5 next year. It stars The Fall of the House of Usher's Rahul Kohli in the lead role, with its gameplay said to build on the third-person action seen in Housemarque's critically acclaimed Returnal. Watch on YouTube That final sentence - reflected in the game's Come Back Stronger tagline - certainly implies Housemarque will be revisiting the roguelite structure seen in 2021's acclaimed Returnal (and the bullet hell swirl of Kohli's subsequently unloading weapon is a classic Housemarque touch), but whether Saros has anything more than a spiritual connection to Returnal remains to be seen.

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