Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game series developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. Critically acclaimed for its immersive atmosphere, sound design and full-frontal scares, the series soon became the leading horror game experience of its generation. The rules of the Outlast universe are simple – run, hide or die trying.

Outlast, the original release, begins with an intriguing anonymous tip that leads you to explore the dark heart of Mount Massive Asylum, home to the secret experiments of the Murkoff Corporation. Whistleblower, the DLC continuation, tells the backstory to the atrocities found in Outlast and stretches past the events of the first game to show the final bloody chapter in Mount Massive Asylum's story. Outlast 2 places you deep in the wilderness where you discover the residents of Temple Gate and a corruption so profound that going mad may be the only sane thing to do.

While not a direct sequel to the other critically acclaimed Outlast titles in the series, The Outlast Trials will be set in the same thrilling universe: more precisely, right in the middle of the Cold War era where players take on the role of test subjects abducted by the shadowy Murkoff Corporation.

Developer Red Barrels announced the first major update for The Outlast Trials, adding an all-new villain, the mother’s-milk-loving mobster: Franco Barbi.

For the first time in the Outlast trilogy, players will face a gun-wielding villain. Franco comes armed with a sawed-off shotgun that will strike Reagents from a distance, making the chase all the more challenging for players. Franco will find his victims in the new map “The Docks,” where the new Trials take place.

The Outlast Trials' new content will be available July 16, 2024 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam / Epic Games Store).

This latest update introduces a new villain, a new map, a new game mode, a new player ability (Rig), several new Trials and MK-Challenges, difficulty options for players, overhauls to matchmaking, menu UI, daily and weekly tasks, and a new in-game economy.

Project Lupara is the first of a number of upcoming major updates for Red Barrels' growing live service game, which has sold over 2 million copies to date.

New Update Content & Features:

• New Prime Asset: Franco “Il Bambino” Barbi
  • The perverse son of New Orleans mafia don Salvatore Barbi. Franco is driven by craven entitlement, greed, and psychosexual violence fueled by his impotence and insecurities, a freakish ‘big baby’ obsessed with his ‘Pacifier’; the titular boom stick he sucks on when he’s
    not using it to blow someone to smithereens.

• New Map: “The Docks”
  • Enter “The Docks,” Franco’s drug manufacturing domain from which he infantilizes the world, dragging weak and powerful alike to his level. Solve its deadly puzzles and escape Franco’s tantrums to escape alive.
• New Trials & MK-Challenges:
  • Poison the Medicine: Reagents will come face-to-face with Franco in the new story Trial, “Poison the Medicine”, which will transport players to “The Docks,” a brand-new map and Barbi’s home turf.
  • Mansion Escape: Return to the final Trial, Farewell Mansion, for a completely new experience; Mansion Escapes now evolves in difficulty as you release Reagents. Witness an all-new Ending when you succeed.
  • Fuel the Release: Justice requires power, and power requires fuel. Carry the fuel, power the court, and secure your liberty.
  • Teach the Police Officer: Defining laws creates crime; replace the precinct’s training film with Murkoff’s reels and make future crimes your own.
• New Game Mode: Escalation Therapy
  • Reagents partake in a new rogue-lite game mode pitting them against a never-ending series of randomized Trials with variators until they succumb to a Permadeath and begin anew.
  • Reagents will begin with nothing and build their loadouts from Murkoff’s limited selection of upgrades.
  • The longer you can survive, the bigger the reward.
• New Player Ability: The Barricade
  • This Rig can be used to block paths, giving Reagents the time needed to complete their objectives while pursuers are forced to bash their way through or take the long way around.

• Introduction of Difficulty Options
  • Players can choose from four difficult settings: Introductory, Standard, Intense, and Psychosurgery.
• New Lobby Mini-Game: Stroop Effect Test
  • The stroop effect is the delayed reaction time people have when viewing conflicting stimuli; the Stroop Effect Test asks participants to correctly select the colour of a word, where the word spells the name of a different colour. For example, the word RED written in blue text, or the word BLUE written in yellow text.
• Introduction of Daily &  Weekly Tasks:
  • Accomplishing tasks gives Reagents a sense of pride, and earns them various rewards.
• Introduction of Catalogs:
  • Behavioral Attire shapes your persona on the path to rebirth. Complete tasks. Earn Stamps. Become a better you.
  • Standard Catalog “A New You”: A collection of previously available and new cosmetics.
  • First Deluxe Catalog “Project Lupara”: A collection of brand new cosmetics to go along with this update.

New Limited Time Event:

• The Bambino Special Event will run for the first four weeks following the update.
• Franco Barbi appears in certain Trials and MK-Challenges, alongside Mother Gooseberry or Sergeant Coyle, and in Trials and MK-Challenges set in The Docks map.
• The event will have two parts (each split into two weeks) where Franco will appear in different Trials.

New DLC, “The Exotica Pack”:

• Travel the world from inside your cell! This new exclusive set includes four legendary outfits, E.S.O.P.s , cell items, cell posters, and player icons to customize your horrific journey. Available on July 16 for USD $19.99.

New MURKOFF COLLECTIONS Comic Book Chapter:

• Chapter 3 of the Murkoff Collections releases July 12, bringing with it the chilling backstory of our latest Prime Asset, Franco 'Il Bambino' Barbi.

Imprisoned in a secret Murkoff facility, players will be thrust into a series of physical and mental ordeals, tormented by iconic characters, and challenged alone or in teams to survive with their sanity intact. In a world of distrust, fear, and violence, your morals will be challenged, your endurance tested, and your sanity crushed. All in the name of progress, science, and profit.

The Outlast Trials will allow players to face the horrors of the trials by themselves or cooperate with up to three other test subjects. After all, it's always better to shit your pants with some friends!

The Outlast Trials is a terrifying game set in the same universe as the previous titles, available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam / Epic Games Store).