The name of Raccoon Logic’s game is a bit odd for that reason, but never mind: they’ve set a date for the sequel to Journey to the Savage Planet.

Bringing back everything players love about their first intergalactic adventure, but bigger and better in every way, Revenge of the Savage Planet has more planets, gear, critters, laughs, and is 1000 times more gooey. The second chapter in the Savage Planet universe also welcomes back Kindred Aerospace CEO Martin Tweed as he sets his sights on taking down fellow CEO Gunther Harrison in an interstellar corporate conflict. Abandoned on an alien planet after your space colonization mission was deemed too costly by Alta Interglobal, your now former employer, you’ll set out to explore strange new lands, scavenge what you can from the vibrant landscape, and repurpose your salvage in an attempt to return home. Your intergalactic exploration will have you scanning plants, capturing creatures, upgrading equipment, and uncovering secrets aplenty as you jump, slide, and shoot your way across alien worlds.

Depending on your preference for exploration, Revenge of the Savage Planet can be played solo or co-op (either split-screen/sofa co-op or online!), with the latter allowing you to use the miracle of the modern Internet to play with your buddies on the platform of your choice via cross-play. Revenge of the Savage Planet will be available in both digital and physical formats from select retailers, with a Day One Edition available that includes an exclusive in-game “Hot Wizz” spacesuit and an aromatic scratch ‘n’ sniff art card.

Play with your best friend, partner, or hellspawn on and/or between any platform and now in third-person! You’ll be tasked with fully exploring and understanding these beautiful alien landscapes and uncovering their secrets. Experience the nostalgic joy of sitting on the same couch and playing on the same screen with someone you love, just like old times, but with 100 percent more corporate satire. Fill your Kindex by exploring four large, vibrant worlds, each with its own weird and wonderful plants and creatures. Scan everything, catalog everything, hopefully increase your clearance level… and you might even unlock some new (but still fourth best) gear! And… maybe there are more than four planets. Just maybe.

Run, jump, shoot, grind, stomp, dodge, slide, lasso, and grapple your way through the world! You’ll also experiment with three different types of gameplay goo, most of which are highly flammable! Overcome challenging combat encounters with alien boss battles, suggestive fauna, problematic software, and maybe even a greedy CEO. Alien plants! Exciting equipment! Strange rocks! Each planet is filled with nooks and crannies that hide all sorts of rewards and secrets. While you’re at it, you can even customize yourself and your little habitat-like corner of the universe. Intergalactic hoarders can also use their lasso to capture and collect dozens of strange creatures, then visit them once they’ve been “happily placed” in pens outside your customizable space trailer in scenic New Florida. Who is the real dangerous enemy, the corporate profiteers who laid you off or a slimy, exploding alien creature?

Revenge of the Savage Planet launches on May 8th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC and PlayStation 4.

Source: Gematsu