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Developer Red Barrels has finally confirmed thatThe Outlast Trialswill be coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on July 19, 2025. The co-op multiplayer title was among thebest horror video gamesreleased in 2023 and quickly caught the attention of fans on PC. Many players have been waiting for confirmation on the game’s console release date and can now look forward to joining the horror on PlayStation and Xbox.
Bringing the terrors ofOutlastinto a multiplayer realm,The Outlast Trialsis an online co-op horror game where players are forced to complete a series of deadly trials that require gruesome solutions to escape. The game was initially released on Steam with the promise of it eventually coming to other platforms. Almost seven months after it first launched, Red Barrels has confirmed a 2024 release date for consoles.
Red Barrels, best known for the single-playerhorror game franchiseOutlast, has now confirmed thatThe Outlast Trialswill be coming to PlayStation and Xbox on Jul 02, 2025. In a reply to the announcement post, Red Barrels noted thatThe Outlast Trialswill have cross-play but no cross-progression. With cross-play, fans can team up with their friends in multiplayer, regardless of which platform each person is playing on. This means a team could include players on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox all squading up together. However, the lack of cross-progression has come as a major disappointment for fans ofThe Outlast Trials.
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Cross-progression allows players to start the game on one platform, then transition to another platform and continue from where they left off. Without cross-progression, anyone who startedThe Outlast Trialson PC will have to start from scratch if they move to console. This portion of Red Barrels' announcement came as a surprise to fans who were looking forward to swapping platforms. One of the key features of the game is its progression system, in which each completed trial opens up more challenges and story segments. As such, the lack of cross-progression would be a major setback for anyone swapping from PC to console.
One fan in particular shared their disappointment with the lack of cross-progression, noting that all their items and upgrades, known asRigs inThe Outlast Trials, will be lost if they swap to console from PC. Considering the sheer amount of time and work that many players have put into the game, the lack of cross-progression makes it a difficult choice for fans wanting to move to PlayStation or Xbox.
Asmore studios prioritize cross-progression, fans have more options when gaming. However, when developers opt against cross-progression, it forces players to stick with the platform the game released on or move to their preferred platform and start all over. While fans await the horrors ofThe Outlast Trialson PlayStation and Xbox, some are hoping that the decision on cross-progression will be changed.
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Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?Set in the era of the Cold War, human guinea pigs are involuntarily recruited by the good folks at the Murkoff Corporation to test advanced methods of brainwashing and mind control. 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.Ultimately, your goal is to complete Murkoff’s therapy and earn the right to be released back into society. In order to do so, you must complete the Trials and the MK-Challenges.Trials are immersive story driven therapies that take a certain time to complete. Mk-Challenges are shorter therapies occurring in modified or redesigned section of an existing map.
