The Outlast Trials
WHAT GOES BUMP: A New Limited-Time Halloween Event for The Outlast Trials Adds Bigger Jump Scares, New Challenges
Posted October 29, 2024Montéal, Québec. October 29th, 2024–Indie horror developer Red Barrels is adding a new limited time event with unique rewards to the world of The Outlast Trials, just in time for Halloween, as the scientists at the Murkoff Corporation test new hallucinatory therapies on the completely-willing volunteer participants of PROGRAM GEISTER. The Outlast Trials is on-sale for 33% off during Halloween across Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation®, and Xbox®.
Based on the real-world brainwashing experiments that took place in Montréal in the 1950’s and ‘60s, The Outlast Trials features multiplayer co-operative escape room-style tests in an underground psychiatric facility that give way to twisted nightmares. With up to four players, complete tasks and solve puzzles while evading the psychotic killers that lurk within the facility.
PROGRAM GEISTER features new Trial variators, new tasks, new limited-time player rewards, improved jumpscares, a new MK-Challenge, and a new lobby minigame. Part 1 takes place from October 29th–November 12th, and Part 2 follows from November 12th–November 26th.
- New MK-Challenge “Eliminate the Past” – Shred documents detailing Murkoff’s history of war crimes to secure your escape.
- Improved Jumpscares – When your sanity wanes, receive a visit from the Skinner Man…
- New PROGRAM GEISTER Variators:
- EXTRACT ORGAN SAMPLES. Find deceased Reagents and extract organ samples for analysis.
- HALLUCINATIONS? Are they side effects from Murkoff's therapies, or is something more nefarious at play?
- MORE IMPOSTERS. More Imposters in the Trial: Violent adversaries that look like your teammates and mimic their nameplates.
- NO PLAYER NAMES. Player names are hidden, making Imposters more potent and harder to detect. (Intensive and Psychosurgery Difficulties)
- ENRAGED ENEMIES. Enemies are on high alert! (Intensive and Psychosurgery Difficulties)
- New Tasks: Tasks are divided into two parts, with each task rewarding Event Tokens, Stamps, and a random Geister item. Complete Part 1 of the Geister tasks to unlock Part 2.
- New Sleep Room Minigame: Tennis, the first digital video game created by Murkoff and offered exclusively to facility residents.
- New “GEISTER” Event Catalog: With event currency earned during PROGRAM GEISTER, players can unlock unique cosmetics for their Reagents and their sleep chambers
In addition to the new content, Red Barrels has implemented a number of fixes and balancing tweaks, enhancing player experience with new animations, improved Amp abilities, and more. For the full patch notes, including all updates, click here.
