Painkiller Reboot Will Unleash Hell Early October

Boomer shooters aren’t going out of style, and the new reboot of 2004’s Painkiller is cementing that with its plethora of crazy guns in tow.

Publisher 3D Realms (back in business making boomer shooters like last time) and developer Anshar Studios have announced the release date of Painkiller: 9th October for PC, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5. The game will come in two editions, ready for pre-ordering:

• Standard Edition (US$39.99) – Includes the “Iron Crusade” skin pack as a pre-order bonus, featuring skins for all four characters—Ink, Void, Sol, and Roch—along with skins for six weapons: the Electrodriver, Stakegun, Shotgun, SMG, Hand Cannon and Rocket Launcher. Physical pre-orders of the standard edition on consoles will come with the retail-exclusive “Burnished Pride” weapons pack, which includes additional gold skins for those six weapons.
• Deluxe Edition (US$49.99) – Includes the “Iron Crusade” pre-order bonus skin pack, as well as three additional post-launch downloadable contents, each including six weapon skins and four character skins.

This reimagining of the 2004 game features cooperative play and full offline support. You still kill demons in Purgatory while wielding badass weapons of mass destruction, with your reflexes in toe and your trigger fingers to help you out. Hopefully your weapons this time retain the primary/secondary fire that hits hard.

Check out the key features and trailer below:

Features

• Purgatory is Your Playground – Jump, dash, and hook across vast biomes while fighting enemies with a host of new and classic Painkiller weapons.
• Grotesque Terrors Await – Challenge a variety of enemies ranging from hordes of smaller demons to titanic terrors.
• Unleash the Pain – Utilize tarot cards to enhance your abilities and combine them with other players to obliterate your foes.
• Unique Characters – Choose between four characters: Ink, Void, Sol, and Roch, whose abilities range across energy, health, power, and damage.