Turok is again, however the well-known dinosaur hunter is wanting a bit completely different. At Thursday’s Recreation Awards, Saber Interactive formally introduced Turok: Origins — a “new evolution” of the basic dinosaur-hunting franchise that first debuted on the Nintendo 64 and PC in 1997.

In a marked shift for the franchise, Turok: Origins will function third-person motion as a substitute of being a first-person shooter. Moreover, multiplayer will probably be absolutely built-in into its essential marketing campaign, with Turok supporting as much as three gamers through co-op.

Turok: Origins’ title hero will don a high-tech “biomorphic go well with” that permits him to make use of DNA captured from enemies, which grant him talents like the facility to summon lightning. It should function semi-open environments, with completely different planets linked by way of portals. Saber Interactive can also be promising some “fairly epic boss fights.”

Turok: Origins is below growth for the Xbox Collection X|S, PC, and PS5 and can make the most of Unreal Engine 5. It stems from a brief string of sequels launched across the flip of the century by long-defunct writer Acclaim, after which it was rebooted on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC in 2008 by the equally defunct Disney Interactive (below its extraordinarily short-lived Touchstone Video games label). Whereas a deliberate sequel was canceled following the shuttering of developer Propaganda Video games, the unique N64-era Turok trilogy has since been remastered for contemporary gadgets over the previous decade by sport preservation specialists Nightdive Studios.

Turok: Origins doesn’t but have a launch date. You possibly can learn the whole lot else introduced at The Recreation Awards 2024 proper right here in addition to our full record of winners.

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