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Overload

A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics, and the best zero-G robot-blasting combat ever devised.

75 31 May 2018

Overload is a shooter developed by Revival Productions, released 31 May 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What Overload is

Overload is a shooter game developed by Revival Productions and released in 2018. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2017.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics, and the best zero-G robot-blasting combat ever devised.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Overload holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support, 4 GB RAM and DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.

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What it launched against

Overload launched on 31 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Overload — frequently asked questions

When did Overload come out?
Overload was released on 31 May 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Overload?
At minimum, Overload needs SSE2 instruction set support, 4 GB RAM, DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.
Does Overload have multiplayer?
Yes. Overload supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online.
How many GB is Overload?
The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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