Drop into unknown worlds as a pack of bioengineered canines, in newly revealed GRAVHOUNDS, from Octopus Panic. It was shared today, at gamescom, and will be coming to Early Access on PC and XBOX on November 2nd. It will be available through Game Pass.
This game is described as being a “frantic 1-4 player co-op action builder, where players drop into hostile planets as a pack…built for dangerous planetary operations. To survive the closing swarm and secure their haul, they must bend gravity to their will, improvise under fire and successfully extract before they are overwhelmed.
Every mission is a risk-reward balancing act with deploying turrets, generators, and complex pipeline networks across treacherous alien terrain. The longer a pack decides to stay and push for high-value materials, the deadlier and more aggressive the alien swarm becomes.”
GRAVHOUNDS is developed by Octopus Panic, founded by veterans of 343 Industries and DICE, with development led by Halo 4 Creative Director and former Halo Studios Head, Josh Holmes.
“GRAVHOUNDS started with a simple idea: a crew of blue-collar dogs stranded on the far side of the galaxy, still expected to show up for work,” said Josh Holmes, co-founder of Octopus Panic. “For us, the best co-op moments are when things unexpectedly go off the rails, and somehow you still pull it off together.”
“We founded Octopus Panic with the desire to get back to the heart of development and spend our time making games again,” said Scott Sims, co-founder of Octopus Panic. “With a team of seven full-time developers, we’re all hands-on with every part of development, can iterate quickly without overhead, and, most importantly, stay close to the players. Being self-funded and self-published gives us the freedom to build GRAVHOUNDS the way we believe it should be built. We’re incredibly excited to finally get the game into players’ hands, hear what they have to say, and work alongside the community to make the game even better throughout Early Access.”