People Can Fly's new co-op shooter has been in development for a long time now. It was premiered at E3 2019 with a largely uninformative trailer, and more information has been steadily trickling out since then. The game is, oddly enough, a three-person co-op game, giving players a choice of four powerful character classes to play as. The game is set on an alien planet, where a mysterious anomaly has given several people bizarre and destructive powers. While Outriders doesn't tend to get nearly as much attention as next-gen flagships like a fresh new co-op adventure.

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Unfortunately, interested fans will have to wait a little bit longer before they can try out Outriders. As revealed on the total cross-play across all platforms, as well as a free next-gen upgrade for anyone who buys the game on PS4 or Xbox One. People Can Fly has also produced a new release date trailer to remind fans what they're waiting for.

This delay is unfortunate, but it's a sadly unavoidable part of the video game industry this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed back a lot of video games, and not even major AAA releases are safe. promise that it wouldn't happen again. The video game industry has always been an unpredictable thing, and thanks to the pandemic, this year's worse than most.

While this delay is sure to frustrate a lot of fans, the crossplay news is a definite improvement. It's good to know that the game will be getting a free upgrade, too; some games, like force players to pay for the privilege of upgrading. Outriders looks like a very fun game for a lot of reasons, and if People Can Fly needs a bit more time to iron it out, that's probably for the best.