The Anacrusis Hits Early Access And Xbox Game Pass This January

Four-player FPS, The Anacrusis (four-player coop FPS) set on a starship reminiscent of the 1960s, will become available as Early Access and will also be available via Xbox Game Pass. 

First shown during an Xbox event held earlier this year, The Anacrusis carries with it some sci-fi Left 4 Dead vibes – be it the hordes of aliens, the four-player co-op elements, or the fact that it’s an FPS, The Anacrusis seems like a day-one game for anyone that’s a fan of Valve’s zombie shooter. Oh, and Anacrusis’s developer Stray Bombay, a Left 4 Dead leader developer, was also co-founded.

“We’ve built a core game that we’re really thrilled to share with the community,” Faliszek writes in a press release. “The Director 2.0 is able to push players of all skill levels to their limits, universal crossplay lets people play with their friends on all platforms, and Game Pass lets us reach a much larger audience than we could otherwise. We’re really proud of the first three episodes of the game, which we’ll be releasing in January, but we want to integrate the community’s feedback as we finish the first season and beyond.” 

To that extent, when The Anacrusis is released into Early Access and Xbox’s Game Preview program, it will be launched in “season zero.” This season introduces the first act of the story, the first batch of alien enemies, and a wide selection of guns, gear, and perks players will be using to survive aboard the Isolode, a stranded luxury starship. While aboard the ship, Director 2.0 “controls every aspect of the game” in that “it spawns every enemy, directs each boss, and places every weapon, gadget, and health kit.” 

Anacrusis is available for PC on January 13. It also will arrive on Xbox One as an Early Access title and Xbox Series X/S in Game Preview titles the same day. It will release on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC (Steam Epic Games Store and Windows 10) in the Fall. 

You can see the trailer for The Anacrusis from earlier in the year, as you are getting ready to board The Isolode in Jan. 

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