Crossout

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Publisher: Gaijin Entertainment
Developer: Targem Games
Release Date: May 30, 2017

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'Crossout' (ALL) Gets Gfx Engine Update, Clan Battles Changes And More

by Rainier on Feb. 4, 2019 @ 6:46 p.m. PST

Set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by an alien invasion and human genetic testing gone awry, Crossout is a new team based multiplayer vehicle combat game.

Crossout tests players’ creativity in building, upgrading and customizing deadly armored vehicles to destroy enemies in open player vs player combat.

No two vehicles in Crossout are the same, as players can create any kind of combat vehicle from the speediest buggy to the heaviest of off-road vehicles to reflect their warrior sense of gameplay. Offering complete customization, Crossout gives players thousands of possibilities to design their vehicle, including shape, armor, weapons, support systems and, cosmetic enhancements. Visit your own garage to build new advanced mechanisms and sell them via the in-game auction system. 

Players also have multiple options when it comes to mass destruction - combat vehicles can be equipped with an explosive range of weapons from chainsaws, power drills and machine guns, to rocket launchers, flying drones and stealth generators. Featuring an advanced damage model, destroy any part of an enemy machine and it will affect that vehicle's performance.


In a major update (v0.10.20) to the game’s engine, new lighting effects see once familiar landscapes significantly transformed. A realistic scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere, volumetric clouds in the sky, and dense fog forming in the lowlands are some of the changes that will make players see the world of Crossout in a completely new light. These improvements also lay the groundwork for the change of time of day and weather on different locations, which is planned for further updates to make the gameplay feel even more diverse.

Crossout’s new implementation of atmospheric scattering emulates real world light physics, creating in-game effects close to real-life - e.g. a denser layer of air being visible in front of distant objects, realistic blue sky and both the color of the sky and the brightness of the sun corresponding to the time of day at the given location. Clouds are also dynamically illuminated now, with the shadowing and color of clouds depending on the location of the sun, the time of day and weather.

New fog effects now shroud locations in a mysterious atmosphere, getting denser in deeper terrain and smoothly dissipating at elevation. The new implementation allows for a variety of distinct weather phenomena, from humid air above the water, to haze due to smog or gas pollution, sandstorms and more.

Heavy emphasis has been put on optimization, to prevent issues where the new graphic fidelity negatively impacts the performance of the game.

In addition to the graphical improvements, the new update brings changes to Crossout’s Clan Battles: Now, battles continue until two victories have been achieved by either side, and the amount of positions on the ladder receiving rewards has been increased. Uranium ore, the rare resource required for the crafting of Crossout’s most powerful weapons, will now be distributed among the first 60 positions on the tournament ladder.

Key Features:

  • Unique vehicles, crafted by the players using a wide range of available parts: from nimble buggies to heavily tracked off-road vehicles or combat platforms on antigrav fields.
  • Complete freedom of creativity and thousands of possible combinations. Create vehicles of any shape using dozens of parts, wide variety of armour and weapons as well as support systems.
  • Advanced damage model: destroy any part of an enemy machine and it will affect the vehicle's performance immediately.
  • Huge arsenal of weapons. From chain saws, power-drills over machine guns to rocket launchers, flying drones and stealth generators.
  • Your own workshop: create new, advanced parts and auction them at the in-game marketplace.
  • Trading options between players: every piece that you have gethered in the battle can be sold to other players
  • Choose your own battle strategy! The only thing matters is the Survival and Victory!

Crossout is now available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.


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