From former Valve writer Chet Faliszek comes The Anacrusis, a first-person shooter that mixes a space-themed environment with gameplay similar to the survival horror classic Left 4 Dead. The game offers a 4-player cooperative experience as a team of stylish space cadets attempt to fight off an alien race aboard a spaceship. The Anacrusis will have plenty of weapons and items for players to use while fighting back the alien menace, and Xbox players with Game Pass will have access to this title when it launches this fall.

The Anacrusis will be an Xbox exclusive, but it will also feature cross-play with PC. The game will reportedly include few cutscenes in favor of a more fluid, gameplay-focused storytelling approach. Faliszek is the founder of The Anacrusis developer Stray Bombay and has taken inspiration from his time at Valve and applied to the team's work on The Anacrusis. One of the key inspirations Valve fans may recognize when the game drops later this year its version of the Director, an AI program that alters encounters as they progress that has been used in both Left 4 Dead and its spiritual successor, Back 4 Blood.

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Today, during Summer Games Fest 2021, The Anacrusis made its debut with a gameplay trailer showing off the first-person shooter action. The trailer features each playable character throwing out humorous quips as they fight off hordes of what look like black humanoid aliens with tentacles sprouting from their heads.

The fast-paced gameplay makes The Anacrusis look like an excellent co-op game for Xbox Game Pass subscribers who want an easy way to get some friends together and fight aliens in space.

The Anacrusis will release for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S in the fall of 2021.

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