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Fans of the iconicTerminatorfranchise might want to mark their calendars for February 29, as game publisher Nacon is getting ready to show off more of its upcoming open-world survival title set in the nightmare future established by the films.Terminatoris one of the biggest sci-fi franchises out there, telling the story of an army of time-traveling, murderous robots and the brave humans fighting to stop them from conquering the world. While the sequels following 1991’s seminalTerminator 2: Judgment Dayhave all been divisive to various degrees, the series has retained its popularity across a variety of mediums.
This includes video games, as there have been countlessTerminatortie-in titles across several different genres over the years. These includeside-scrolling platform shooters based on theTerminatorfilms, arcade FPS titles that put players behind the sensors of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s infamous T-800, and even crossover appearances in games likeFortniteandMortal Kombat 11. More recently, Reef Entertainment releasedTerminator: Resistance, a divisive FPS that garnered a cult fanbase despite lukewarm reviews that criticized the game’s undercooked AI and gameplay mechanics.
NowTerminatorgaming fans can look forward to February 29, asRoboCop: Rogue Citypublisher Naconis hosting a new Nacon Connect livestream that will feature 30 minutes of new footage for a variety of upcoming projects. This line-up will includeGreedFall 2: The Dying World,Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown,Ravenswatch,Crown Wars: The Black Prince, and the yet-untitledTerminatorgame that was announced back in 2022.
Nacon’s Terminator Game Will Put Players In A Robot Apocalypse
This newTerminatorvideo game is currently being developed by Nacon Studio Milan, and will be an open-world survival title set between Judgment Day - which fans know as the nuclear strike that annihilated most of humanity and gave rise tothe supercomputer AI Skynet- and the formation of John Connor’s human resistance movement. As Nacon revealed at the time the game was announced, players will take the role of a group of survivors fighting to stay alive against the growing Terminator army. A 2022 teaser trailer featured the iconic T-800 Terminator hunting someone in a warehouse to the sound of Brad Fiedel’s iconicTerminatortheme.
This premise sounds like a promising one, and fans will finally get to see more ofNacon’s untitledTerminatorvideo gameduring the Nacon Direct livestream on February 29. This will likely include the game’s official title, as well as a possible release window to go along with some gameplay footage and more information about what players can expect while living out the early days of the war against the machines that was ominously glimpsed at in the classicTerminatorfilms.
Terminator: Resistance
This story takes place in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, nearly 30 years after Judgement Day, and stars a brand new hero in the Terminator universe, Jacob Rivers, a soldier in the Resistance led by John Connor.Despite the fact that Jacob is just a lowly private, he’ll soon discover that he’s been specifically targeted by the latest threat from Skynet and marked for termination! Skynet may be destined to lose the war, but at what cost to Jacob? Experience the events leading up to the decisive, final battle for the fate of mankind in the war against the machines!Choose what kind of action hero you want to be! Equip an epic arsenal of weaponry to run and gun or sneak and snipe through sprawling environments! The world isn’t as forgiving as it used to be, so you’ll need to find resources to help you out. If you’re able to’t find what you’re looking for, then you better make it yourself.Change the fate of mankind! Protect a motley crew of survivors, each with their own motivations and backstories. The actions you take throughout the game will impact their survival and change the ending you get.Resist against the machines! Fight against a selection of iconic enemies from the films, including the T-800, as well as a host of enemies that are brand new to the Terminator universe!
