This yr’s festive feast is being served with an additional heaping of zombie flesh! My title is Julia Wolbach, Co-Founder and Chief Working Officer of Useless Drop Studios. I’m overjoyed to welcome you to the doomed metropolis of Cypress Ridge simply in time for the vacations as a result of Outbreak: Shades of Horror is releasing on Xbox Series X|S as we speak!
Unwrap Your Very Bloody Reward
If you dive into Outbreak: Shades of Horror, you’ll uncover a full course of content material awaiting you. You may take pleasure in each morsel of it in single participant or in on-line four-player co-op, and you may swap between first-person and third-person views at any time. Entry action-packed modes and mini-games from Cypress Reel, which features as each a hub world and as a foyer in multiplayer. We’ve included two prequel campaigns playable each on-line and offline: Chromatic Break up Enhanced Version, a basic Survival Horror journey rebuilt from the bottom up with new content material, and Trials of Hank, a brand new, frenetic thrill experience you must play to consider. Feeling lonely? Optionally allow AI teammates to help you in your wrestle to endure our Invasion and Raid modes. You may even entry a strong Picture Mode from wherever within the sport; share your favourite gory snapshots along with your Xbox mates!
A Rising World & Journey
Simply whenever you assume you’ve seen every part Cypress Ridge has to supply, assume once more! At launch, Dinobreak will likely be our first featured sport crossover occasion. Discover a particular, sprawling Raid Mode map, acquire roaringly enjoyable cosmetics, and take a couple of footage on the particular picture sales space in Cypress Reel! Immerse your self additional by assuming the position of fan-favorite characters from the unique sport with the Dinobreak Crossover Character Pack DLC, additionally accessible as we speak.
It’s also possible to anticipate common seasonal occasions for much more cheeky chills. To kick off launch, we’re extending our Halloween seasonal occasion for Xbox gamers. Unlock spooky cosmetics, and discover Farmer Clay’s Pumpkin Patch, a seasonal map with a gothic twist. On the identical time, put together to courageous the Winter Wonderland season, which may also be accessible at launch. This season has its personal presents to supply; earn merry costume items and weapon skins, survive a frozen tundra within the Wordy’s Winter Wonderland map, and admire themed decorations in Cypress Reel. We even have the expertise to make it snow indoors! What is going to future seasons have in retailer? Keep tuned!
A Horrifying Technical Delight on Xbox Series X|S
Outbreak: Shades of Horror is a stunning visible deal with on Xbox Series X|S. That is one of the primary Unreal Engine 5.6 titles leveraging Epic’s new expertise to allow full ray tracing on console. On Xbox Series X, the sport runs at a better constancy and nonetheless maintains a buttery 60+ FPS. You may make the most of built-in graphics high quality settings to tailor your expertise; prioritize body fee or activate increased constancy choices for options such volumetric lighting on your character’s flashlight, extra critters roaming the sleazy metropolis streets, and breathtaking climate results. The lineup of numerous playable characters is designed with the most recent metahuman bells and whistles; every Survivor is exclusive and punctiliously detailed, and with an abundance of mix-and-match cosmetics, there are countless dress-up potentialities. In 2026, you may sit up for Outbreak: Shades of Horror supporting Xbox Play Wherever — blast the undead on console, cellular, and PC, and preserve your progress throughout all platforms!
The Battle of Your Life Begins Now
Do you may have what it takes to flee Cypress Ridge along with your life? Alongside as we speak’s sport launch, you should purchase the Dinobreak Crossover Character Pack DLC, which provides two extra, absolutely customizable characters to your roster. To have a good time the start of the Winter Wonderland season, the free character Illena will likely be added for all gamers, bringing the default choice to 13. New to the world of Outbreak? Catch up on the sequence with the Outbreak: Cypress Reel Ticket Assortmentbundle, additionally accessible as we speak.
Unwrap a brand new era of salacious survival horror gameplay, both in single-player or in four-player on-line co-op, with the discharge of Outbreak: Shades of Horror, accessible now on Xbox Series X|S!
Outbreak: Shades of Horror
Useless Drop Studios LLC
$29.99
$23.99
BEWARE! Retro survival horror lives!
Outbreak: Shades of Horror is impressed by retro survival horror from the ’90s and ’00s! The title blends bleeding edge tech and fashionable gameplay mechanics with archaic ideas from the roots of survival horror, like a restricted stock, heavy useful resource administration, and crushing problem. In case you’re an outdated hat, or a lover of the previous, you will discover quite a bit to like within the janky however crushing expertise. If that is not your jam, proceed with warning as this nightmare is unforgiving!
Welcome to Cypress Ridge!
Expertise the harrowing starting of a full-scale Zombie Apocalypse because it descends on the Midwestern metropolis of Cypress Ridge. Begin from the (relative) security of the beloved native movie show, Cypress Reel. Select between a central solid of 9 characters, with masses extra on the way in which, after which enterprise out right into a metropolis basically modified with the purpose to outlive and outlast the mysterious horrors which have all of the sudden arisen?
Do You Need To Play a Recreation? Or possibly some procuring?
Between rounds of working and gunning, there may be lots to do at Cypress Reel. Store ‘til you drop at Ferret’s Emporium, the place you may earn new weapons, weapon skins, and thousands and thousands of totally different combos of clothes to customise your character simply the way in which you want. In case you are within the temper for a distinct type of sport, Cypress Reel Arcade has an unlimited array of small-scale mini modes to cleanse your palette earlier than you return to chasing zombie flesh. Are you able to survive the Boss Rush gauntlet? Will you have the ability to skip a creepy rural city in Looming Dread? Take a look at your reflexes as you escape a flooding subway tunnel in Collapse! Whereas brief and candy, these mini-games will put your expertise via drills! Plus – with adjustable difficulties, there’s all the time new challenges to face.
Previous Meets Current
Gamers may also have entry to Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Break up, the unique prologue to Shades of Horror, and an all new facet story, Trials of Hank.
Shades of Horror: Chromatic Break up Enhanced Version: Benefit from the basic, three act prequel to the principle sport, now enhanced with new weapons, gadgets, and mechanics. Can Lydia get important info from her contact within the Cypress Ridge underground earlier than it’s too late?
Trials of Hank: Whereas Lydia is traversing the underground in Chromatic Break up, fan-favorite Hank hits the rooftops on this over-the-top facet marketing campaign the place the solutions to all of life’s issues are lead, explosions, and extra lead! Will Hank full his mission, or will the monsters that hang-out the Cypress Ridge skyline be an excessive amount of for him to deal with?
Challenges and Occasions: Seasonal and game-crossover occasions start instantly with a Halloween celebration and DINOBREAK-themed content material and cosmetics. Gamers can take pleasure in enjoyable decorations within the theater, thrilling seasonal maps, particular challenges to finish, and distinctive rewards to earn. As well as, check your mettle with Every day, Weekly, Month-to-month, Crossover and Seasonal challenges.