| Concord | |
| Developer: | Firewalk Studios |
| Publisher: | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Director: | Ryan Ellis |
| Released: | August 23, 2024 |
| Genre: | Hero shooter |
| Modes: | Multiplayer |
| Engine: | Unreal Engine 5 |
Concord is an upcoming first-person hero shooter game developed by Firewalk Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5 and Windows on August 23, 2024.
Concord is a sci-fi player-versus-player hero shooter video game played from a first-person perspective.[1] The game features a variety of alien characters, each with different abilities such as robot legs for high jumps and diamond skin for enhanced damage absorption. One of the groups within the game is known as the Freegunners, who are mercenaries.[2] Some of the game mechanics include special equipment like healing pads and trip mines, which persist not only between deaths but also across rounds.
Five playable characters unveiled are: Vale, Haymar, Star Child, Lennox, and the robot 1-Off. At launch, the game will feature 16 characters.[3] The game will also have free post-launch updates that will add more characters, maps, vignettes, and more. Every week, the game will feature new vignettes that will show what Concord‘s characters are up to outside of gameplay in the Concord galaxy. The vignettes will tell an ongoing story, with characters receiving their own narrative arcs.
Concord is the first game developed by Firewalk Studios, which was founded in 2018. Firewalk initially developed Concord in collaboration with its parent company, ProbablyMonsters, until the studio was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in April 2023.[4]
Firewalk Studios officially announced Concord during the PlayStation Showcase on May 22, 2023, with a CGI trailer.[5] The game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5 and Windows on August 23, 2024. A beta for the game was released in July 2024 to underwhelming player numbers.[6] [7]