5 Things You Need to Know About DEATHLOOP

A desperate man trapped on a mysterious island, destined to repeat the same day over and over unless he can find a way to break the cycle.

During our 25th annual QuakeCon (and first-ever QuakeCon at Home) Game Director Dinga Bakaba and Sebastien Mitton took to the digital stage to discuss the story so far in DEATHLOOP. Check out the DEATHLOOP portion of the QuakeCon at Home Welcome below. DEATHLOOP will launch on console exclusively for PlayStation 5, and will also be available on PC at the same time.

5 Things You Need to Know About DEATHLOOP

• The Hero: Colt, a man who wakes up every day the target of a manhunt on the chaotic island of Blackreef.
• The Catch: Every day is the same thanks to a mysterious timeloop that has Blackreef and all its inhabitants living in an endless cycle. In order to break the loop, Colt will have to get his hands dirty and eliminate eight key targets. But he only has 24 hours to kill all eight or the loop resets.
• The Who: The eight Visionaries responsible for maintaining the loop won’t be easy to take out. Colt will have to use the loop to his advantage as he learns the Visionaries’ routines and schedules – where they’ll be and when – in order to manipulate the island to his advantage.
• The How: By any means necessary. As Colt loops, he’ll discover new paths, learn more secrets, and grow stronger. Armed with an arsenal of powerful weapons and devastating abilities, he’ll sneak, shoot, stab, and sabotage his way through Blackreef’s murderous citizens.
• The Hunter: Among the eight targets is the true antagonist of this story – the clever and lethal Julianna Blake. Her number one goal is to put an end to Colt’s mission and protect the timeloop. As stylish as she is deadly, Julianna has plenty of tricks up her sleeve to go head-to-head with Colt. Be sure to stay on your toes, because unlike the other NPC targets, Julianna could be another player breaking into your game to make trouble.

BONUS

• The Switcheroo: While Colt’s single-player journey is the main focus in DEATHLOOP, if you’re feeling particularly devious you can switch things up and take on the role of Julianna and sneak into another player’s game to cause some chaos.

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Learn even more about DEATHLOOP and check out the gameplay reveal trailer from the PlayStation 5 Future of Gaming event here. And be sure to keep an eye on Arkane20.com next week as we drop even more celebratory Arkane goodness.

QuakeCon Streams

Want to see more of the team at Arkane Lyon? Check out these streams throughout the weekend of QuakeCon.

Friday, August 7 @ 5:00pm EST – Representation in Video Games
Join Gordon Bellamy (Gay Gaming Professionals), Evan Narcisse (Narrative Design Consultant, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales), Susan Kath (Arkane Austin), and Dinga Bakaba (Arkane Lyon) for a discussion on the importance of representation and character diversity in video games.

Saturday, August 8 @ 8:00am EST – Arkane 20: Dishonored with Elly the Geek + Arkane
EllytheGeek (@EllytheGeek) takes on the original Dishonored with two of the game’s creators, Dinga Bakaba and Daniel Todd.

For the full lineup of stream content, check out our QuakeCon at Home stream schedule here.