THQ has announced Outcast 2: A New Beginning, a sequel to the 1999 cult classic Outcast. The an🌠nouncement came as part of THQ Nordic&rsqu༺o;s 10th Anniversary trailer and was revealed through a short CG trailer.
The short CG trailer shows Cutter Slade running through Ade𒁃lpha before coming to a village and finding the inhabitants dead.
A THQ press release describes Outcast 2’s plot as, “our friendly neighborhood invader-slayer is back: Cutter Slade returns to the spectacular alien world of Adelpha in Outcast 2 - A New Beginning. Twenty yea🐎rs after the events of the first game, Adelpha finds itself under threat of invasion: ruthless corporations are exploiting the planet and are enslaving and even killing the people.
“Cutter's mission is clear: organize a resistance, rescue the people, and get rid of the invaders. Outcast 2 is developed by the original team behind the first Outcast Adventure - Appeal Studios from Belgium. The open-world action-adventure features fast-paced 3rd person combat as well as a non-linear Science-Fantasy story with dynamic plot progress based on player actions.”
A behind-the-scenes look at Outcast 2 before the THQ Nordic livestream showcased a very brief look at gameplay, as well as some insight into the game’s development. The short glimpse showed Cutter engaging in third-person shooting combat and flying around an open-world. The footage was brief and showed that the game was still early in developmen𒁏t.
Outcast has been in development since late 2018 and was apparently pitched years ago. According to the d♑evelopers, 10 developers of the original Outcast were brought together for pre-production, including Lenny Moore returning as a composer.
The original Outcast released in 1999 and is considered a cult classic by many, as well as being regarded as one of the first open-world games of its type. It was later remastered ⛎in 2017 as Outcast: Sec🃏ond Contact.
