{"id":1158793,"date":"2026-02-09T21:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/XbsoAJRb3aLQsHubjZ7bc9"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:08:24","slug":"the-outlast-trials-puts-its-already-paranoid-players-under-surveillance-for-a-time-limited-story-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-outlast-trials-puts-its-already-paranoid-players-under-surveillance-for-a-time-limited-story-event\/","title":{"rendered":"The Outlast Trials puts its already paranoid players under surveillance for a time-limited story event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are only so many times a horrible naked screaming man can scare you before it becomes a little rote. Just yesterday, our own Kara Phillips took a deep dive<\/a> on the difficulties faced by horror games in keeping players engaged and susceptible to a good scare. And with the release of yesterday’s big new update for stealthy co-op frightfest The Outlast Trials<\/a>, the studio’s solution isn’t doubling down on the jumpscares, but more to get players hooked on the growing tension of the game’s ongoing live story.<\/p>\n

The new update, Under Surveillance, has tensions escalating between the comically evil Murkoff corporation and Amelia, a test subject who has escaped into the back-rooms and maintenance tunnels of the facility, and appears to be working to undermine the entire operation.<\/p>\n

And, of course, you probably <\/em>want in on that action, on account of the aforementioned horrible naked screaming people that keep trying to scare and\/or murder you.<\/p>\n

Update 2.1 continues the Project Breach storyline and adds a mix of new MK challenges (shorter missions) to the game’s growing list of ‘therapeutic’ excursions to undertake in the facility. The new tasks include live-fire roleplaying exercises where you steal and hide drug stashes, and one where you ‘kidnap’ a ‘dominatrix’ (a mannequin torso) and deliver it to an unmarked van for ‘interrogation’.<\/p>\n

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