Regardless of its delisting and the upcoming shuttering of its servers, followers of Friday the thirteenth: The Sport have cause to rejoice, because of a fan venture.
Friday the thirteenth: Resurrected is a free-to-play modded construct of Friday the thirteenth: The Sport, and the workforce behind the venture introduced yesterday that it plans to disclose the discharge date for the mod on Monday, April 15. Together with offering devoted multiplayer servers, Resurrected additionally guarantees to introduce a roster filled with unique fan-made content material, comparable to new characters and skins.
The time has come campers… Look out for Friday the thirteenth: Resurrected launch date reveal coming April fifteenth, 2024.
We’ll see you SOON. pic.twitter.com/sDwNkRG32v
— Friday the thirteenth: The Sport | Resurrected (@F13Resurrected) April 1, 2024
Final yr, writer Gun Interactive introduced it was delisting the sport on December 31, 2023, because of the writer shedding the Friday the thirteenth license. Whereas the servers are nonetheless up and working, the identical assertion additionally revealed that the servers would shut down on December 31, 2024.
Naturally, this mod has restricted entry in the event you didn’t purchase Friday the thirteenth: The Sport earlier than its delisting final December. Nonetheless, it is a good win for followers of horror video games and people who loved what Friday the thirteenth: The Sport provided.
Friday the thirteenth: The Sport was launched in 2017, although its total life cycle was stricken by authorized disputes over the possession of the enduring slasher horror franchise. The authorized disputes bought so unhealthy that the developer needed to halt the event of latest content material for the sport in 2019 earlier than in the end canceling the post-launch content material altogether in 2021. The brand new content material that was purported to be added to the sport features a werewolf mode impressed by gameplay present in Interior Sloth’s Amongst Us.
In our overview of Friday the thirteenth: The Sport, IGN wrote: “Lopsided gameplay and egregious bugs virtually kill the temper of Jason’s homicide spree in Friday the thirteenth: The Sport.”
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You’ll be able to comply with her on Twitter @TayNixster.