Killing Floor 3 announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC

thesixthaxis.com:

Tripwire Interactive has announced Killing Floor 3, a big new sequel to their popular co-op zombie horde shooter. Killing Floor 3 is ‘coming soon’ to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Set in the year 2091, it’s 70 years after the events of Killing Floor 2, and the world is now beset by a new undead menace. Thanks to megacorp Horzine producing an undead army of Zeds, the only thing that will stop the end of humanity is the rebel group known as Nightfall.

Killing Floor 3 will allow teams of five to battle through a war-torn dystopian setting, unlocking skill and weapons as you survive the wave after wave of Zeds.

Over 28 million people have played the Killing Floor series to date, across the 2009 original and the 2016 sequel, with Tripwire having committed to those games with plenty of free and premium post-launch content. Killing Floor 3 will hit a reset button of sorts, but bring plenty of big advantages through the use of Unreal Engine 5 and the latest generation of console to deliver a dystopian blend of action and horror.

“It’s hard to believe that Killing Floor is almost 15 years old now,” said Alan Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO at Tripwire Interactive. “We’ve provided free support to the player base all that time, through two incarnations, so now we’re beyond excited to start showing you what mayhem the next iteration of the franchise will bring you!”

Looking back on the second game as it launched in 2016, I wrote in our Killing Floor 2 review, “If you’re looking for a new horde mode game to enjoy with friends (or randoms), you can’t go too far wrong with Killing Floor 2. I feel it misses out on some of the deeply ingrained teamwork of other co-op survival games, especially on lower difficulties, but if you want a