It's a Dino Crisis for Capcom as It Abandons New Exoprimal Content Just a Year After Launch
Capcom’s co-op dinosaur mech game Exoprimal will not receive any new content, the company has announced just a year after the game came out.
The shooter launched in July 2023 as a brand new intellectual property from Capcom and an attempt to create a successful live service. Despite various updates and crossovers with other Capcom franchises, such as Street Fighter, that attempt has not been as successful as hoped. According to SteamDB, Exoprimal had a 24-hour peak concurrent player count of just 66 on Valve's platform, with only 41 concurrent players at the time of this article's publication.
Capcom said that with the release of Title Update 4, all planned Exoprimal seasonal content has been finished. After Season 4, which concludes on July 11, Season 1 will return, marking the beginning of a recycling of already released content. From there, a new season will begin on the first of each month. In addition, Season Passes 1 to 3 will be available for sale again. “This will allow players to obtain items from all seasons,” Capcom explained. Essentially, Exoprimal will be put on a Season 1 to 4 cycle going forward.
Capcom insisted all online services will continue to be available, so Exoprimal will remain available to play despite the company essentially walking away from the game. All gameplay modes will remain available to play, including the main Dino Survival mode, as well as endgame content such as Savage Gauntlet and Time Loop Rebellion.
If you're playing alone or match with only a few other players, Bots will still be added “so that you can fully enjoy the Hammerheads' story and reach the ending,” Capcom added.
“The Exoprimal team appreciates your interest and support, and we hope to see you in the wargame!”
Exoprimal’s announcement back in 2022 was seen as a death knell for a potential Dino Crisis revival, but Capcom teased fans recently when it tweeted out a solitary image to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the much-loved dinosaur survival horror game.
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