Developer Midwinter Entertainment has just announced that they will be releasing their free-to-play survival shooter Scavengers for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in addition to their earlier PC launch announcement.
For those who do not know, Scavengers is a crazy mix of several genres such as battle royale, arena shooter, and survival with crafting elements. Scavengers is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where an asteroid has shattered the moon and caused the Earth to freeze over, bringing with it a virus that has birthed unspeakable horrors called the Scourge. This virus transforms both humans and animals into crazed, blood-lusting mutants. Humans now reside in a huge ship controlled by an AI called the Mother. Occasionally, the need for resources arises and the task to scavenge and collect for them falls upon a chosen group. The twist is that the Mother, with her demented reasons, requires humans not only to gather these resources, but to fight each other on the surface also.
Scavengers is a PvEvP game that pits 20 squads of three members each against each other to collect data points scattered across its 9x9-kilometer map. Getting to those data points will not be simple, as players not only have rival squads against them, but they will also be facing the scourge-ridden mutants that roam the landscape - both humans and animals. There is also dangerous wildlife and terrain to consider, hunger will be factor, and lastly, periodical snowstorms ravage the map, which will require players to locate shelters and create fire to survive the freezing cold.
Once players are out and about, they can scavenge for resources that will allow them to craft even deadlier weaponry that will give them a better edge in the battlefield. Better yet, there are also vehicles that can be salvaged which can help one's squad traverse the map with ease. Finally, there are currently eight survival specialist classes to choose from, each with their own skills and weapons that provide unique strengths to each squad that they are a part of.
Scavengers is expected to launch in 2021 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The PC version is expected to release first, followed by the console versions.
