Foamstars, Sq. Enix’s upcoming 4v4 foam-party shooter, now has a confirmed launch date of February 6. Not solely will the sport be launching for PS5 and PS4 consoles in a busy month, nevertheless it’ll even be out there by way of all tiers of Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription service till March 5, after which the sport will price you $30.
Past the information of its upcoming launch, Sq. Enix has additionally detailed the primary yr of seasonal content material for the sport. Much like different live-service video games, new cosmetics, playable characters, maps, and modes can be added to Foamstars, and every season can have an optionally available premium move out there for $6. Buying the premium season move immediately unlocks new characters and offers gamers the possibility to earn seasonal cosmetics.
On launch day, Foamstars will kick off with three multiplayer sport modes–Smash the Star, Glad Tub Survival, and Rubber Duck Get together–and there can be three maps per mode. Lastly, Foamstars may even launch with Challenges, and optionally available missions with huge rewards to earn when you’re carried out cleansing up the competitors on a map. The sport additionally has a PvE taste to its sport modes in case you are in search of some motion outdoors of the Tub Vegas multiplayer arenas, as Squad Missions will see you face an onslaught of Bubble Beasties in a collection of randomized waves.
Initially revealed throughout the Might 2023 PlayStation Showcase, Foamstars may appear like a challenger to Nintendo’s Splatoon collection nevertheless it does have its personal distinct id when you scratch beneath its clear floor. There’s an emphasis on manipulating foam to manage the battlefield, as you’ll be able to soak the sector to achieve a high-speed benefit and grasp every character’s Celebrity ability to take out the opposition.
“Are 3D morphing maps and hero shooter parts sufficient to completely differentiate Foamstars from Splatoon? Possibly not. However having performed a number of rounds of Foamstars, the foamy chaos on show was undeniably endearing, and it will be attention-grabbing to see how an viewers responds to the tweaks Foamstars has made, nonetheless minor, to the tried and true Splatoon formulation for various platforms,” Chris Morris wrote in GameSpot’s Foamstars preview.