Primal Carnage: Extinction Console Development Going Well, Release In Late 2015

Our friends at Circle 5 Studios sent us a news update on Primal Carnage: Extinction. For console-only gamers, the good news is that the game will be out before the end of the year:

We wanted to let our console fans know that development has been going very well and we’re looking good for a release before the end of the year. We know we’ve been somewhat quiet about the port, but we’re working hard to bring a great experience to console players and we promise there will be specific announcements soon.

We know that the game will be released on PlayStation 4 (where it will run at 1080P@60FPS), however the generic “console” mention is certainly interesting for Xbox One users. Back when we interviewed the team, Studio Director Aaron Pollack didn’t rule out the chance to see the game on Microsoft’s console, either.

 

Primal Carnage: Extinction is already out on Steam Early Access, and a new juicy Survival Update is scheduled to hit in a few hours. The game so far strictly offered a Player-versus-Player affair, but now gamers can band together and play cooperatively against endless waves of dinosaurs; they can also choose to play alone should they wish so.

Here’s the full feature list from the press release, including a glimpse into future updates:

Players face off on the all new “Visitor Center” map against a variety of dinosaurs including encounters with vicious cloaked raptors, fearsome pack alphas, and the towering Acrocanthosaurus. Players are rewarded for their kills with currency they can use to buy powerups, weapon upgrades, and supplies before facing the next wave of prehistoric peril. Survival can be played in single-player or with up to 5 players in online co-op.

New Playable Dinosaur- The long-awaited Acrocanthosaurus is the newest addition to the Tyrant class of Dinosaurs. Though smaller and more thin-skinned than its Spino and Rex counterparts, the Acro’s speed, health-regenerating roar, and knockback-dealing stomp make it equally ferocious.

New Weapons For the Human Team
· Tranq Rifle: Trade your scoped bolt-action rifle powerful mid-range tranq rifle with a devastating capacity for incapacitation.
· Sensor Mine: New throwable weapon for the Scientist that marks nearby dinosaurs for your team.
· Frag Grenades: The commando finally a military-grade fragmentation grenade option.
· Hatchet: New throwable option for Pathfinder. Flares not doing it for you? Stick a Raptor in the face with this shiny new hatchet. (Raptor not included)

New Skins and Cosmetics Available – The Survival Update offers players more items to collect and customize their characters with. Three new item crates have been added to the game along with more than 50 other weapon skins, character skins, and other accessories are now dropping for players. The store now also offers name tags and description tags to players who want to make their loot even more epic.

A Glimpse of What’s to Come:
· New Game Modes: We’re currently developing more objective-oriented gamemodes as well as an asymmetric gamemode which pits one powerful dinosaur against a team of human players.
· User-Generated Content: We’re exploring releasing a map editor and integrating Steam Workshop to allow users to create playable content.
· New Dinosaurs, Weapons, Maps, Items, and everything else.