The Persistence – Firesprite Games’ work has been available on the PlayStation VR since July 2018, but soon, the sci-fi horror FPS will be on every currently available major console.

The devs announced that The Persistence, which is currently a VR-only game, is going to get a „regular” version as well, and it will be available on more than just the PlayStation 4, as it’ll get an Xbox One, a Nintendo Switch, and a PC version, too. (PC = Steam.) The console versions will also receive a physical edition, handled by Perp Games. Those who have the PlayStation VR version will NOT have to pay for the game again: they will get a free update.

„[…] In The Persistence, players are tasked with surviving on board a doomed deep space colony starship in the year 2521. Said ship is overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations that make their presence known as players explore, evade and fight their way through the depths of an ever-changing labyrinth to bring the ship back to Earth. [It is] a brutal take on the survival-horror genre that integrates rogue-like design elements to give the action an extra edge. [There are] procedurally generated stages that change with each playthrough, creating a labyrinth-like experience that adds to the tension. Live, die, repeat. Play as dozens of different clones on board the ship, each one with the potential to be stronger than the last,” Firesprite’s overview says.

„We’re excited and very much looking forward to bringing this game and universe we have created to new platforms for players. The Persistence is a survival horror experience designed to keep players on edge from start to finish, and with a procedurally generated environment forming around them, no two playthroughs are ever identical, meaning you will never find safety or security in the same place,” said Firespirte Games co-founder Graeme Ankers in a press release. The procedural approach was done in the same FPS genre before by STRAFE, and it worked.

The Persistence will launch this summer on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Source: Gematsu

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