Capcom Announces Dinosaur Battling Action Game Exoprimal [IGN]

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No, what we watched at the opening of Sony’s State of Play was sadly not a new Dino Crisis game. But it was a brand new IP about fighting dinosaurs from Capcom, called Exoprimal.

The trailer gave us a look at a futuristic city where portals keep dumping massive piles of dinosaurs into the metro area, and groups of futuristic soldiers called Exofighters in high-tech armor must take them down. A disclaimer at the bottom of one section of the trailer notes that there’s online multiplayer involved, so you’ll be able to team up with your friends and fire a bunch of futuristic guns at hundreds of dinosaurs.

In a closer look in the PlayStation Blog explains that Exoprimal takes place in 2043, when mysterious vortexes have been opening up and ejecting armies of dinosaurs into the modern world. Exofighters must wear Exosuits in order to be able to take them on, with each suit having unique abilities and specialization. Players can change their suits at any time during a mission and change up their powers and team compositions on the fly.

Exoprimal is focused around multiplayer, cooperative play, and it’s expected that teams will shift their suits often as different dinosaurs and challenges appear in front of them. In a further update on the official Twitter, it’s been revealed that Exoprimal matches will consist of two teams of five players fighting against the dinosaurs, with only one winner.

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Exoprimal is headed to PS5 and PS4 sometime in 2023. You can catch up on everything else that was announced at today’s State of Play right here.

Update 6:04 pm: Exoprimal is also coming to Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and Steam.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.