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After 12 years, the prices of the original Outlast games are going down foreverJun 5, 2025 - PCGamesNResident Evil 9 could be on the way. State of Decay 3 is also in the works. But while we wait for that next generation of horror games, now might be the time to finally take a visit to - or to revisit - Mount Massive Asylum and the Colorado Plateau. More than a decade since the original Outlast was released, developer Red Barrels has decided to cut the prices for all three of its original games. And this isn't just a temporary sale - from now on, Outlast, The Whistleblower, and Outlast 2 are going to be cheaper forever. At the same time, a new update for The Outlast Trials has just arrived. If you need more convincing, even now, some 12 years later, this remains one of the best-rated horror series on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Outlast has a stunning new speedrun record Humble are giving away Outlast completely free until tomorrow PewDiePie deletes his channel to celebrate 50 million subs - but not the one you watch Lionsgate and Red Barrels are bringing 'the Outlast Universe' to the big screenOct 30, 2024 - PC GamerIf you've ever thought to yourself that Outlast would make a good horror flick, you'll be thrilled to hear that developer Red Barrels has signed a deal with Lionsgate to bring the game series to the big screen... Read more.Outlast is the latest video game adaptation heading to the big screen, this time from the studio behind Saw and the producer of ItOct 30, 2024 - VG247It seems like there's no shortage of video game adaptations on the way, as apparently Outlast is next on the list to jump to the big screen. Read more Makers of Outlast tease their next gameOct 31, 2019 - PC GamerThe intriguing image above was posted by developer Red Barrels very appropriately on Halloween, with a promise to reveal more soon. Red Barrels is the developer of first-person horror games Outlast and Outlast 2, but this tease doesn't necessarily mean we're about to get an official announcement about Outlast 3. Messaging about Red Barrels' next game has been mixed. Back in 2017, Red Barrels said on Facebook "We will, at some point, make an Outlast 3" but in the same post stated it was working on something else. "It won’t be a sequel to Outlast or Outlast 2, but it will be a distinct experience set in the Outlast universe." And in 2018, developer Phillipe Morin of Red Barrels said that Outlast 3 itself would be "a departure" from the first two games in the series. So this definitely could be Outlast 3, but in a way that doesn't really feel like a sequel. Or it could be something that's not a sequel but is still related to the world of the original games. Huh. The image might give us a few clues. There's a tag around the wrist of the lower arm that reads "MK-329 and then three more digits I can't quite make out. 800? And if you want to take the image extremely literally, you could speculate that the two clasped hands might hint at a co-op horror experience. And since the Outlast games revolve around the MKUltra experiments, it's safe to reason the tag is connected somehow. Whatever this is, a spin-off or sequel, we're curious. Outlast 2 was pretty damn good. Intriguing! Hopefully the "soon" in "Announcement coming soon" will be of the 'very soon' variety rather than the 'later-soon' ilk. Daily Deal - Outlast 2, 75% OffMar 16, 2019 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% on Outlast 2 and 80% on Outlast !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time Have You Played Outlast 2?Dec 6, 2018 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I will never understand why Outlast caused such a stir back in 2013, more so after playing its sequel. I suppose I get why folks liked it: playing a videogame version of all those found footage horror films you either love or hate or love to hate, is a pretty nifty thing. But there were so many valves to turn, jump scares and unsurprising plot twists. (more…) Next Outlast to be 'a departure' from series, set in same universeMay 15, 2018 - PC GamerI can't write about Outlast 2 without recalling Tim's 'charred baby pit' preview headline, which perfectly captures the tone of Red Barrels' survival horror sequel. Pitches like that are a hard mould to break, I imagine, particularly when the series in question has sold 15 million units and has accrued $64 million. Speaking at Berlin's Quo Vadis conference (via gamesindustry.biz), the developer's Philippe Morin said despite his desire to do "something completely different" next, the success of the Outlast series is difficult to overlook. With this in mind, Red Barrels' next game will be "a departure" from its previous ones, reports GI.biz, but will be set in the same overarching universe. "If you'd told me a year ago that the project we're currently working on was going to be our next thing, I would have said, 'Nah, I don't think so'," says Morin. "It's an internal struggle. On the one side you have to stay motivated as a developer, but at the same time we have to think about stuff as company owners. "That's why it took us several months to find the sweet-spot between doing something that's going to please the fans, and something that we're driven by personally. In big studios, they can say, 'If you're burnt out we can always give the IP to a different team'. But that's not the case here." Morin adds that he and his team are in the prototyping phase of their next venture, and are considering their budget. Outlast had a production budget of $1.36 million CAD (approx £783,760/$1.06 million USD), while Outlast 2 cost five times that. "Are we going to need the same kind of budget?" asks Morin. "Can it be lower? Right now, I don't know. All I know is that I always make sure we have options on the table: plan A, B, C and D. When you get to the river, you decide which bridge you want to cross. "I always tell the team that, since the studio is owned by developers, our interests as developers is as important as our interests as shareholders. We don't want to change that." Gamesindustry.biz's report from Berlin's Quo Vadis conference can be read in full here. Outlast 3 will be made 'at some point', no DLC for Outlast 2, VR game could be in the worksDec 8, 2017 - PC GamerFans of the Outlast series were treated to a stack of news yesterday evening, all tucked into a post on the game's official Facebook page. After declaring the series en route to Nintendo's Switch console in the new year, Red Barrels said it has no plans to extend number two by way of DLC in the immediate future. On the latter, the developer said: "About the future, many of you have been requesting a DLC. While the first Outlast was made with the idea of a DLC in mind, that was not the case for Outlast 2. We’ve considered many options, but none of them felt appropriate for a DLC. Outlast 2 was created to make you feel like a rat in a maze, without any knowledge of what’s outside the maze." Red Barrels then points players towards the game's offshoot comic series as a means of plugging the narrative gap, before turning to the possibility of a third game. "We will, at some point, make an Outlast 3 and answers will be given," the Facebook post adds. The post continues: "Currently we’re working on something a lot of you have been asking for... It won’t be a sequel to Outlast or Outlast 2, but it will be a distinct experience set in the Outlast universe. We can’t say more right now, we first need to make sure we can make it work. Like I mentioned, we strive to be risk-takers and this one is a pretty big challenge. If all goes well, we’ll soon be able to reveal more." Nothing solid there, then. But the wording—"It won't be a sequel… but will be a distinct experience set in the Outlast universe"—to me suggests a VR outing might be in the works. I've reached out to Red Barrels for comment and will report back as and when it replies. Check out the aforementioned Facebook post in full here. Boo! Outlast is free right now, and its expansion tooSep 21, 2017 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunOne of the better ‘peer through a camcorder viewfinder while hiding from spooky monsters’ horror games which shambled out of the early tensies, Outlast is free for keepsies if you grab it in the next two days. Hit the Humble Store before 6pm on Saturday (10am Pacific) and you can nab both Outlast and its prequel expansion, Whistleblower, in DRM-free and Steam key forms. This freebie is to celebrate the end of Humble’s summer sale, which I understand has a great many games going cheap. But not as cheap as free. (more…) Outlast and the Whistleblower DLC are free on the Humble StoreSep 21, 2017 - PC GamerThe Humble Store End of Summer Sale itself came to an end today, which means it's time for the Humble Store End of Summer Sale Encore! Yes, seriously, the sale is over but is also still going on, which means you've got four more days to pick up some of those discounted games you were wavering on yesterday, and more importantly, to snag a free copy of the hit horror game Outlast and its Whistleblower DLC. You should know by now how it works, but in case you've missed the previous sale freebie posts, it goes like this: Hit the Outlast Deluxe Edition page on the Humble Store. Click "Add to cart." Click "Checkout." Click "Get it for free." And just, you know, follow the instructions from there. You'll be links to separate codes for the game and the DLC, which have to be redeemed by October 7. Outlast, by the way, is very good. Is it scary? "Hell yes," we wrote in our 2013 review. "Outlast can be terrifying, with subtle scares, wonderfully timed surprises, and a crushing sense of dread accompanying you as you inch through the darkened corridors, waiting for something—anything—to happen." The Humble Store Outlast freebie will be available until 10 am PT on September 23. The End of Summer Sale Encore runs until 10 am PT on September 25. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through one of our links. Read our affiliate policy for more info. Wot I Think: Outlast 2Apr 24, 2017 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIf you ve ever wanted to experience crucifixion from a first-person perspective, Outlast 2 will let you scratch that one off your bucket list. Moving away from the first game s psychiatric hospital, developers Red Barrels unearth another necropolis worth of horror tropes in a splatterfest about apocalypse, antichrists and clashing cults. The most frustrating thing about Outlast 2 is that it s few redeeming features deserve a far better game around them. … Daily Deal - Outlast, 80% OffApr 8, 2017 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 80% on Outlast!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time Horror Fans: Outlast 2 Demo Is Out Now, Has CornOct 4, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunThe horror, said famous army colonel Walter Kurtz. The survival horror. Outlast 2 will have some of that, by the looks of things, and good news for impatient people who like to be scared: it has a demo out today. It s a short one at 10-15 minutes and will be familiar to anyone who saw the footage from PAX. But for those of you who were disappointed to hear about the sequel s delay into 2017, it is something to enjoy in time for spoooooky Halloween. … Corny: Outlast 2 Delayed Into 2017Aug 1, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunAh, the early tensies! Cast your mind back to an era when a Slender Man lurked in every corner, crazed diary entries littered the streets, and Nicola Roberts was making a real go of a solo career. Of all the first-person stealth-o-spookers that followed Amnesia and old balloonhead, Outlast was one of the better ones. Following a touch of DLC, developers Red Barrels announced a sequel would follow in 2016 but… now that’s delayed. You’ll need to wait until 2017 to flee from a murderous religious cult. … Red Barrels launches Outlast horror comic seriesJul 18, 2016 - PC GamerRed Barrels' scare fest Outlast 2 may stand as an indirect follow-up to its forerunner it s set in the same universe, but breaks from the first s show-stealing Mount Massive Asylum setting and follows a different cast of characters but a new five-issue comic book series aims to bridge the narrative gap between the first and second outing, the developer has announced. Following the exploits of the unscrupulous Murkoff Corporation, issue one focuses on how Chris Strongfat Walker wound up with superhuman strength and a disliking for pretty much everyone and everything that crosses his path. Walker, you may recall, is the recurring brute that stalks Miles Upshur in Outlast (and Waylan Park to a lesser extent in its Whistleblower DLC) but, besides scant info gleaned from the odd document scattered here and there within the hospital, the player is offered little explanation as to how he became this way. This is where the comic comes in, and how all of this ties to Outlast 2 s narrative will undoubtedly become clear as the comic series unfolds. Outlast 2, by the way, promises things like walking over charred baby pits and crotch-stabbing. Do read on at your peril. The first Outlast, the way we saw it, was that it was going to take your physical integrity, Red Barrels' Phillipe Morin told Tyler in the following video interview. In this one we want to take your mental integrity as well. Outlast 2 is due to launch later this year, however issue one of The Murkoff Account can be read for free here. Have You Played Outlast?Jun 7, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. As a survival horror fan, I was at first willing to overlook the asylum-set Outlast s stigmatisation of issues of mental health because it was a concept I thought otherwise sounded interesting. A combat-less scare fest that swaps Amnesia s gas lantern for a camcorder with diminishing battery power? That ll do me. But then I discovered its real horror: the batteries themselves. … Outlast, Sunless Sea, Door Kickers and more in Humble Indie Bundle 16Feb 24, 2016 - PC GamerElse Heart.Break() I was burned out on Humble Bundles after the first couple. In part it was because my cup runneth over with games I've never installed and bundles contribute to Steam library shame in a big way. But there's also the fact that the quality is highly variable from one bundle to the next. Humble Indie Bundle 16 is obscenely well endowed. You can pay what you want for Retro City Rampage DX, Never Alone (a lesson in Inuit folklore) and horror spectacular Outlast along with 80% off its Whistleblower DLC. For paying above the average ($6.17 at time of writing), you'll unlock Trine 3 and Door Kickers, which was one of 2014's tactical surprises. The bundle comes just as Door Kickers 2 has been announced. Coincidence? Well, no, not at all, but it's still a great opportunity to see what the series is all about. Door Kickers It's $2 above the average price that the bundle goes from great to stupendous. Those two dollars get you Else Heart.Break(), which Andy raved over in our review, and Sunless Sea, which I rave over if you stand still long enough to listen. It's a bundle packed with personality, and if you don't already own the standouts, it'll fill a gaping void in your collection. Outlast 2 is coming April 25th!Nov 4, 2015 - Community Announcementshttp://store.steampowered.com/app/414700/Outlast 2 is coming April 25th!Nov 4, 2015 - Community Announcementshttp://store.steampowered.com/app/414700/Boo! Outlast 2 Announced For 2016Oct 29, 2015 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunOutlast was one of the first shiny-polished horror games to rise from the growing trend for first-person unarmed spooky walkers in 2013. It was pretty good, Ben said when we gave him a pair of extra-strong pants and sent him into a spooky asylum. Developers Red Barrels today announced a second round of spookings for autumn 2016, though it looks like Outlast 2 will be headed somewhere quite different. Judging from the short teaser trailer and a few bits of artwork, I’m going to guess… a reclusive religious community in the American South, and perhaps a little The Hills Have Eyes-y? See what you make of it: …
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