Resident Evil: Outbreak spiritual successor Outbreak: Shades of Horror delivers four-player online co-op Survival Horror action to Xbox Series X|S just in time for the Holidays — Available Now!
Join public or private lobbies with up to three friends over Xbox Live for some bloody disgusting zombie slaying action. Plus, enjoy all content offline in single player, customize a roster of unique characters, enjoy two prequel campaigns, celebrate the season, and so much more.
The power of Unreal Engine 5.6 and Xbox Series X|S combine in Outbreak: Shades of Horror, a premium survival horror playground that can be enjoyed offline in single player or online in up to four-player co-op. Outbreak: Shades of Horror launches for Xbox Series X|S today at a special launch price of $23.99 USD for a limited time before it reaches its MSRP of $29.99 USD. Please note that international pricing may vary.
This Xbox Series X|S release follows the publication of the content-rich PC version via Steam. The game has been lovingly crafted around the features of Xbox Series X|S, including support for HDR & 4K, online invites, an improved control scheme, voice chat, 60+ FPS performance on Xbox Series X, and more. All versions of the game will receive the following new content to celebrate the game’s arrival on Xbox:
Free New Playable Character: Illena, Cypress Ridge’s very own DJ, joins the character roster! Illena features her own unique loadout, stats, and upgrade tree. Play as her to improve her skills, unlock new weapons and items for her to use, and customize her appearance with dozens of unlockable cosmetics. The addition of Illena brings the total free default character roster up to thirteen!
Winter Wonderland Season: Brrr! It sure is cold out! Enjoy special decorations in the Cypress Reel hub world, and unlock new festive cosmetics to customize your characters with. A new Invasion Mode map, Wordy’s Winter Wonderland, also debuts with this season; depose the undead in a stormy tundra shining bright with holiday cheer. As a treat for new players joining on Xbox Series X|S, the availability of the previous Halloween season’s content, including special cosmetics, has been extended.
Quick Action Playlists & Other Improvements: Looking to jump into a brisk session of zombie murdering mayhem? Choose from new quick start playlists to instantly dive into a random scenario. Just starting out? Get acclimated to Cypress Reel with a new, optional introduction video. Need better performance? Feast on a bevy of graphical enhancements, including improved frame rates and refined character models. Dozens of optimizations, UI tweaks, and bug fixes have also been applied to deliver a smoother gameplay experience.
On top of this fleshy heap of new features, players on Xbox Series X|S can also let the bullets fly across the exhaustive content already available in the Steam version of Outbreak: Shades of Horror, including:
Modern Survival Horror: Find and manage resources, engage in modern gunplay and melee combat, build contraptions and defenses, and much more as you do battle with the scourge of the night. Quickly switch between third and first-person views at the push of a button to hunt the undead the way you please! All of the game’s content is available both offline in single-player and in online co-op over Xbox Live. Password-locked lobbies and in-game voice & text chat are both supported in online co-op play.
Cypress Reel: This expansive hub world serves as a gateway to the content of Outbreak: Shades of Horror. Join a lobby, switch between available Survivors, get acclimated to the game’s controls and weapons, redeem and customize clothing and cosmetics, and access core game modes in both offline in single-player and in online co-op over Xbox Live.
Raid Mode: Save civilians and make it to the extraction point in this action-packed gauntlet. Defeat enemies to find important weapons, ammo, and items, but don’t take too long; as you spend more time in one of many maps, enemies become stronger and deadlier.
Invasion Mode: The undead are closing in on your position, and you need to defend the innocent denizens of Cypress Ridge! Fortify your defenses with buildable traps, turrets, and stations before hordes of zombies come to ruin your day. Make sure you protect your Furos generators, or else you’ll find yourself without the resources to stay alive as the action ramps up. Enjoy unique modifiers that keep the experience novel every round!
Mini-Games: In between matches, hang out in the Cypress Reel Arcade to enjoy a host of frenetic mini-games! Can you survive the Boss Rush gauntlet? Will you be able to skip a creepy rural town in Looming Dread? Test your reflexes as you escape a flooding subway tunnel in Collapse! Experience a taste of the chaos plaguing Cypress Ridge in Main Street Retro. While short and sweet, these mini-games will put your skills through drills! Plus – with adjustable difficulties, there are always new challenges to face.
Chromatic Split: Enhanced Edition: Enjoy the classic three act prequel to the main game, now enhanced with new weapons, items, and mechanics. Can Lydia get essential information from her contact in the Cypress Ridge underground before it’s too late?
Trials of Hank: While Lydia is traversing the underground in Chromatic Split, fan-favorite Hank hits the rooftops in this over-the-top side campaign where the answers to all of life’s problems are lead, explosions, and more lead! Will Hank complete his mission, or will the monsters that haunt the Cypress Ridge skyline be too much for him to handle?
Photo Mode: Access a rich set of tools and controls to take frighteningly beautiful snapshots of your adventures at any time. Offline, the action will pause so you can stage detailed scenes and scout your surroundings, whereas online the action will continue so your co-op partners don’t suddenly find themselves unable to play. Film at your own risk!
Thirteen Unique Playable Characters: Choose between a diverse cast of playable Survivors with different classes, abilities, stats, and loadouts. When playing as any character in any mode, your progress levels up that character and also helps complete challenges. You’ll earn XP, Ferret Tickets, new items and weapons, and other surprises as you play more and more!
Plenty of Unlockable Content: As players progress and level up their characters, they’ll find ways to unlock all kinds of customizations: earn shirts, glasses, hats, weapon skins, and even whole outfits. Once unlocked, any cosmetic can be used with any playable character in any combination; the possibilities are endless!
Challenges and Events: Alongside the aforementioned new Winter Wonderland event, seasonal and game-crossover events begin immediately with a Halloween celebration and DINOBREAK-themed content and cosmetics. Players can enjoy fun decorations in the theater, thrilling seasonal maps, special challenges to complete, and unique rewards to earn. In addition, test your mettle with Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Lifetime challenges.
And that’s not all! Purchasing Outbreak: Shades of Horror on Xbox Series X|S entitles customers to future updates such as fresh content for existing modes, new seasonal events and game-crossovers, and Story Mode as they’re available.
Alongside the game’s launch today, there is a premium DLC pack available for purchase.
DINOBREAK Crossover Character Pack DLC: Mary and Fargus join your playable character roster ready to chew up the zombie plague. Play as, customize, and level up these two fan-favorite characters who originally appeared in Outbreak: Contagious Memories and DINOBREAK. This DLC is available for $4.99 USD. International pricing may vary.
Once you try the game out for yourself, please let us know what you think! We want to hear all of your thoughts and feedback so we can make Outbreak: Shades of Horror the best game it can possibly be. Please consider joining our Discord server, where you can leave your thoughts and feedback.
Enjoy fighting off legions of zombies in the battle to escape Cypress Ridge, and keep on survivin’!
