Apparently the team at Red Barrels thought the same, so they were quick to comment on their own post with a simple “the game is not VR.” Without spoiling any more than I already have, Project MK Ultra and its crimes against humanity play a role in the first Outlast game.Īll three subjects on the teaser poster (not counting the off-screen subject represented by a reaching hand) are wearing goggles of some sort, which may allude to the game having some sort of VR functionality. The project was controversial for a multitude of reasons, one of which was the use of unwitting test subjects. Project MK Ultra was, in real life, a CIA mind control program that took place from the early 1950s until the early 1970s, wherein the agency experimented on test subjects with psychoactive drugs, electroshocks, hypnosis, and more. The tagline, coupled with the post referring to the players as “test subjects,” seems to imply that the game will explore the early tests of Project MK Ultra. It’s officially a prequel, set “in the era of the Cold War.” Thanks to a post on the official Red Barrels Facebook page, we now know that the game in question is The Outlast Trials, a 4-player cooperative experience set in the Outlast universe. There was also the tagline “where freedom ends,” which one would guess is a reference to the plot-centric (and real-life inspired) MK Ultra project. Someone is clearing holding on for dear life, which seems appropriate for the series. The hands aren’t interlocked in a fun, romantic Sunday stroll sort of way. The teaser consisted of nothing more than an image of the interlocked hands of two people set to the dingy gray/green/black color palette that’s synonymous with Outlast imagery. Back in early November, developer Red Barrels teased a possible new entry in their terrifying Outlast series.
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