Second Extinction: World Premiere Gameplay Revealed

We've gotten our first extended look at multiplayer mutant dinosaur shooter Second Extinction, from drop-pod landings, to objective completions, to evacuations - all accompanied by some very noisy gunplay towards some very evil lizards. Revealed exclusively at IGN Expo today, the world gameplay premiere looks appropriately over-the-top for Systemic Reaction, a new developer from Avalanche studios (Just Cause, Mad Max, Rage 2). You can watch the gameplay and an interview with lead producer Brynley Gibson below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/10/11-minutes-of-second-extinctions-evil-mutant-dinosaurs"] The pre-beta footage shows how players will ride drop-pods to to the Earth's surface, collect objectives by blasting them into the atmosphere, and fight off hordes of horrific dinosaurs with increasingly powerful weaponry (including mini-guns, cluster grenades and environmental hazards). It's absurdly gory (these dinosaurs fall apart nice and easily), and explosions take a leaf out of Just Cause's book - not just spectacular, large, and frequent, but incredibly noisy to boot. The interview above also covers everything from weapon upgrades, to how dinosaur mutations were chosen, to objectives (both necessary and optional), and the game's approach to contained maps, rather than an open world. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=second-extinction-13-screenshots&captions=true"] Systemic Reaction is currently collecting sign-ups for a PC closed beta this summer, and you can apply now. Confirmed for PC, Xbox Series X and Xbox One (with no set release date right now), Second Extinction allows for 3 player co-op in its "short but intense combat operations" against everything from electric raptors to freakishly enlarged T-Rexes. There's much, much more to see from today's IGN Expo, and we're running the Summer of Gaming throughout June – here's the Summer of Gaming full schedule. All month, we're supporting some incredibly important causes – the World Health Organisation and The Bail Project – if you are able, help us support them too at donate.ign.com. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter.