This post-apocalyptic open-world game with mech suits and grappling hooks is the next extraction shooter to watch

gamesradar.com:

Sharkmob, best known as the maker of Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale game Bloodhunt, is wading into the increasingly crowded extraction shooter waters. Its next game is Exoborne, a tactical open-world extraction shooter built around mech-lite exo-rigs that'll help you compete and survive in a post-apocalyptic world beset by cataclysmic natural disasters. 

Sharkmob unveiled Exoborne as part of tonight's Game Awards live coverage. Billed as an ongoing live service game targeting PC and consoles – with no set release date yet – Exoborne promises a mix of open-world exploration, scavenging and crafting, and the winner-take-all tension of extraction shooters. 

Exo-rigs are the throughline for basically all of this, as some of the game's developers explained at an event attended by GamesRadar+. Rather than proper towering mechs a la Titanfall or Armored Core, think of exo-rigs like more skeletal mech armor of varying bulk. "We don't have any RPG mechanics," one dev said of the exo-rigs. "It's all about you and what you have." 

Rigs can bring verticality to exploration through grappling hooks and parachutes, for example. Improving your rig and unlocking new models is also a core pillar of crafting, alongside the game's fully customizable guns. The stealthy, defensive, or offensive loadout on your rig will shape your fighting style, and in turn your success out in the cutthroat world. If you die, you'll lose everything you have on you, so you'll have to decide what setup and supplies to bring based on the goals and challenges of each excursion. 

Set in a near-future southeastern United States, Exoborne picks up after the failure of the Stratos tower project which was meant to shield humanity from calamitous forces of