To kick off today's Sony State of Play, Firewalk Studios made an appearance with a new cinematic trailer for its 5v5 first-person shooter Concord, alongside a look at gameplay and yes, a release date: August 23, 2024. The cinematic trailer takes place in Crater City, where a crew of misfits is on a mission: collect a little robot guy referred to as the "Blue Buddy" and get out. Through a very Guardians of the Galaxy-esque conversation, we learn that events have already not gone as planned, and a hot sauce-fueled firefight ends with the protagonists escaping the planet, off to their next adventure.
The gameplay turns the cinematic storytelling of the first trailer into multiplayer action, with five-person teams of "freegunners" duking it out to complete missions on different sci-fi-inspired worlds. Concord is a multiplayer first person shooter designed to inspire social play, as a new adventure begins every time a player logs on and "every match is an opportunity for a new story", according to As we learned today, each new gameplay session is kicked off with a new cinematic vignette, further developing the characters and story. "It’s these ideals that define Concord, its unique universe of vibrant worlds, and its rich cast of colorful characters.
" He added: "The Firewalk team is driven by the type of exciting, unexpected moments, and shared experiences that multiplayer games create." Concord was revealed during alongside the likes of and Bungie's Marathon, but has remained f.
