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Gunhead

Gunhead is a fast paced open world FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel.

8 November 2023

Gunhead is an adventure developed by Alientrap Games Inc, released 8 November 2023 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gunhead is

Gunhead is an adventure game developed by Alientrap Games Inc and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gunhead is a direct sequel to Alientrap’s previous game Cryptark - taking it's strategic fast paced gameplay and expanding it to an roguelike FPS experience. Board and neutralize procedurally generated alien starships Fast paced jetpack-enabled FPS gameplay with 4 guns ready and loaded. Each enemy ship is it’s own unique challenge. Set your loadout based on over 50 weapons and items before strategizing a plan of attack to take out the complex interconnected enemy security systems.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Gunhead launched on 8 November 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and The Talos Principle II. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, The Talos Principle II.

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When did Gunhead come out?
Gunhead was released on 8 November 2023 for PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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