Sony’s Overwatch-esque Concord is coming to PS5 and PC on August 23

Save for Destiny two, it is been a extended time given that there is been a very first-individual shooter from a PlayStation studio. As such, there is been pretty a bit of interest in Firewalk Studios’ Concord given that it was announced a year ago.

We discovered extra facts about the sci-fi game in the course of Sony’s State of Play showcase, such as a release date and the very first appear at gameplay. It really is coming to PS5 and Computer on August 23, and there will be a beta in July. (Heads up: You will have to have a PlayStation Network account to play on Computer.)

Firewalk says it focused on generating certain Concord has tight movement, precise gunplay and a variety of skills — just as you may well count on from a studio led by former Destiny developers. Provided that it is a 5 vs. 5 hero shooter, there are a lot of similarities with Overwatch two as effectively (Microsoft now owns that game, for what it is worth).

As you may well think about, there are various roles to opt for from, although each and every of the initial 16 characters, who are dubbed Freegunners, has distinctive skills. Firewalk aimed to make Concord approachable for a wide variety of players, no matter their preferred play style or ability level. There ought to be at least a single or two Freegunners whose skills you can get to grips with fairly speedily.

You may well throw exploding knives, deploy spores that grant speed boosts, drop a healing pad, cast a wall of fire or block an complete lane with a wall. Some of these skills will persist on the map amongst rounds and respawns, and other folks are developed for extra spontaneous use.

There will be six unique game modes at launch. Firewalk plans to add extra modes, Freegunners, maps and cinematic vignettes as free of charge post-launch updates.

There is a lot of competitors in this genre and in the reside-service market place general. But Sony currently has a hit shooter this year in Helldivers two. Concord has produced a strong impression to date, so it has a fair likelihood of getting productive also.