BioMutant – do you remember it? – gets a launch date for PS4, Xbox One

BioMutant finally has a launch date. THQ Nordic’s post-apocalyptic kung fu fable arrives May 25, 2021 for PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One.

Initially planned for 2018, BioMutant is developed by Experiment 101, which former Avalanche Studios Creative Director Stefan Ljungqvist founded in 2015. THQ Nordic is the publisher of the game. BioMutant, players can modify their character with bionic prosthetics, powerful mutations, and cool weapons, which amplify the game’s martial arts combat system.

We got a practical overview of BioMutant at PAX West in 2018, around the time the official Experience 101 website for the game went quiet. (He returned with a brief launch announcement on Tuesday.) The player-designed protagonist character will take on a mix of animal characteristics based on the attributes users assign to them. In BioMutantin the world, characters are not just lovable creatures; they are in fact the marked survivors of a post-apocalyptic world.

“It’s great to slide through the legs of a big enemy and surprise them from behind with a devastating combo,” wrote Mike Futter for Polygon in 2018. “Each weapon has its own style of play and a unique attack. of ‘super wushu’ that can be charged over time. “

Although playable on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 thanks to backward compatibility, BioMutant has no version or enhancements planned for the new generation of consoles.