Directive 8020 launches October 2 on PS5

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Welcome to the mission! 

Hi, I’m Will Doyle, the director of Directive 8020 at Supermassive Games. We’ve just revealed our action-packed story trailer during State of Play and announced the game will launch October 2 on PS5. I’m thrilled to take you deeper into the dangers that you’ll face onboard the Cassiopeia. The team at Supermassive Games has worked tirelessly to craft a narrative experience that melds sci-fi exploration with spine-chilling horror, where every choice could lead to a disastrous death.  Today we’re unveiling some new layers to our story, exploring fragile alliances, unseen threats, and the limits of human resilience when faced with our deepest fears. We’re venturing into uncharted territory: the unsettling abyss of space.  

Earth is dying, and humankind is seeking a new home in the stars. The Cassiopeiais the initial survey ship sent to scout our chosen planet.Think of it as a test run: the Cassiopeiais fully outfitted as a colony craft but is flying with a vastly reduced crew. Their mission is to test every procedure onboard without ever touching down on the planet they’ve been sent to orbit. However, people familiar with our games will know that our characters never have it easy and in Directive 8020 it will all start to go wrong very quickly and with very deadly consequences.   

The crew awakens from their four-year hyper sleep to a hull breach, a murder, and some extremely suspicious crew activity – all of which culminates in the ship crash landing on the planet. Across the game, you’ll explore the claustrophobic, stranded wreck of the Cassiopeia. It is a dark, terrifying location that is slowly being consumed by something entirely alien. You’ll navigate broken rooms, desolate corridors and vents, and even negotiate the inhospitable terrain of the planet itself, never knowing what lurks round the next corner. 

In the trailer we reveal that the ship is infected with an alien organism. Unfortunately for our crew, this organism can transform