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, it's been a long time since there's been a first-person shooter from a PlayStation studio. As such, there's been quite a bit of interest in Firewalk Studios', including a release date and the first look at gameplay. It's coming to PS5 and PC on August 23, and there will be a beta in July.
You might throw exploding knives, deploy spores that grant speed boosts, drop a healing pad, cast a wall of fire or block an entire lane with a wall. Some of these abilities will persist on the map between rounds and respawns, and others are designed for more spontaneous use. There will be six different game modes at launch. Firewalk plans to add more modes, Freegunners, maps and cinematic vignettes as free post-launch updates.
There's a lot of competition in this genre and in the live-service market overall. But Sony already has a hit shooter this year in
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