The Outlast Trials News

New Update | Escape the Facility! Under Surveillance pt.2 & more

Reagents!

Amelia has succeeded in creating a brief means of ESCAPE! Reagents can now attempt their own getaway from the Sinyala Facility!

Murkoff won’t let go without a fight. Doubling down on the highteneded surveillance already embedded in the Trials, the risk of being exposed to the all-seeing eye is greater than ever before in the newest update of The Outlast Trials now available on all platforms.

[h2]This update includes:[/h2]

New Gameplay Event: “It’s time to Escape!”
Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event pt.2
Reagent Reborn Experimental Changes

New Gameplay Event: “It’s time to Escape!”

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“It’s time. I’ve gimmicked the Trial Shuttle to take you to the escape; you can call it from the terminal. Act like nothing’s out of the ordinary, I’ll keep this running as long as I can, but Murkoff’s going to realize something is wrong. Go now!”

The Escape

Reagents, this will likely be the only chance we’ve got… Now is your chance to Escape the Sinyala Facility!

With the help of the schematics that were collected, Amelia was able to hack Murkoff’s Trial Terminal. Interact with the Terminal in the Sleep Room to commence your Escape.
Assemble your group! You can attempt the Escape with up to 4 Reagents.
Don’t miss your shot at freedom, it may never come again.

[h2]Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event pt.2[/h2]

“For reasons solely based around your safety during therapy, we have temporarily heightened surveillance in our Trial environments. Falling under the scrutiny of our all-seeing eye will alert staff to any nearby hazards.”

Continue your progress by completing Part II of the Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event as Murkoff tries to fight against Amelia’s Escape plan.

[h3]Secondary Objectives[/h3]

Find the Escape Plans scattered throughout the Trials to help Reagents escape the Murkoff Institution.
Find the Television Broadcast and watch the Amelia’s Escape message before Murkoff does.

[h3]New Tasks: “Distract them…” [/h3]

Continue to help Amelia by completing her next batch of Tasks.

[h3]Limited-Time Catalog: Amelia ENDS April 22[/h3]

Show your support to Amelia by unlocking and wearing the exclusive cosmetics available in the Amelia Catalog.

Acquire Event Tokens by completing Under Surveillance Trials and certain Tasks.
Make sure to use all acquired Tokens before the event’s completion on April 22nd. All remaining Event Tokens will be lost.

[h2]Reagent Reborn Experimental Changes[/h2]
Since our 1.0 Launch, Reagents have amazed us by completing over 1.3 million Rebirths! As we mentioned in our previous Blog Post, the Season 3 update will be coming April 22nd and the Sinyala Facility will usher in some changes to its Reborn scientific experiment/Rebirth initiative in order to improve the Therapy. As of the Season 3 update on April 22nd at 10am ET, access to the Rebirth hallway will be closed off for the near future while we retool the Reborn procedure.

Now is the time to test your resilience and attempt becoming Reborn! Remember that you can obtain exclusive Legendary Outfits when you become Reborn, as well as Trophy Cell Items when you hit 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 Reborns.

If you encounter any issues in-game, feel free to join our 18+ Official Outlast Discord Server and create a ticket to speak with our support team.

Catch you all in the Sleep Room...

- The RB Team

Hotfix Patch Notes | Under Surveillance - March 27

Greetings Reagents,

We are deploying a small patch to fix some issues that have been reported since our latest update!

[h3]The issues our team has fixed in this patch:[/h3]

Fixed the Pitcher not spawning.
Fixed an issue where the player could crouch jump infinitely.
Fixed an issue where room clues for Kidnap the Mistress were localized to the language set in-game therefore not matching the way it is labelled within the Downtown map. All room clues will now be labelled in English for clarity.
Fixed an issue where Night Vision Goggles were misaligned after players equipped them in their Sleep Room Cell.
Fixed an issue where some players were unable to complete or claim their Weekly Task rewards. We have reset all Weekly Tasks and players can now complete them again for extra rewards.
And various other minor bug fixes.

If you experience any in-game issues feel free to join our Official 18+ Outlast Discord Server and create a ticket to speak directly with our support team. We thank everyone for taking the time to reach out to us with your issues and feedback on The Outlast Trials. Our team values your input!

Catch you all in the Sleep Room...

- Team RB

Bold and brutal, if you haven't played The Outlast Trials yet, now is the time

When it arrived back in 2014, Outlast felt raw and nasty, a horror game with a distinctive aesthetic and a fantastic gimmick. The game doesn't make you, but armed with a handheld camera, you feel responsible for documenting the terrors of Mount Massive - as well as staying alive, there's this implicit pressure to capture every monstrous twist. Though it's extremely different in terms of structure, The Outlast Trials, which even after 53,000 player reviews boasts a 'very positive' rating on Steam, is true to the original's visual style. Now, just over a year since its 1.0 launch, the new Outlast Trials update makes it a more tempting proposition.

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New Update | Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event, New MK-Challenges & more...

Reagents!

The Trials are under heightened surveillance due to the rumors of someone escaping from the Sinyala Facility. Don't believe them! Experience the new Limited-Time Event: Under Surveillance and more in the newest update of The Outlast Trials now available on all platforms.

[h2]This update includes[/h2]

New MK-Challenge: Kidnap the Mistress
New MK-Challenge: Stash the Contraband
New Limited-Time Event: Under Surveillance
New Limited-Time Catalog: Amelia
New Tasks: “Help me…”
New Tasks: 1-Year Anniversary
Bonus Page in the Project Breach Deluxe Catalog
Other additions, improvements and fixes

[h2]New MK-Challenge: Stash the Contraband[/h2]

Economies based on narcotics crumble without their primary market. Steal the drugs, hide them securely, and we will let you out.

[h2]New MK-Challenge: Kidnap the Mistress[/h2]

Prostitutes receive more honest confessions than priests. Identify the pervert by his tastes, kidnap his dominatrix, deliver her for interrogation, and we will let you out.

[h2]New Limited-Time Event: Under Surveillance[/h2]
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“For reasons solely based around your safety during therapy, we have temporarily heightened surveillance in our Trial environments. Falling under the scrutiny of our all-seeing eye will alert staff to any nearby hazards.”

Murkoff is fighting back the rumors of Amelia trying to communicate with the Reagents. They have installed surveillance cameras in all Trials to observe the Reagents whereabouts
Pay close attention while navigating the Trials and you might catch a peek at Amelia…
Observe the new Graffiti in the Trials, they hold important information…

[h3]New Secondary Objectives[/h3]

Find the Schematics scattered in the Trials to help Amelia hack the sleep room Terminal.

Find the Broadcast Television and watch the message from Amelia, before Murkoff finds it.

[h3]New Tasks: “Help me…”[/h3]
Amelia is preparing for something, help her by accomplishing specific Tasks in the Trials to obtain exclusive rewards during the Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event.

[h3]New Limited-Time Catalog: Amelia[/h3]

A brand new Catalog is available for the duration of the Under Surveillance Limited-Time event. Show your support to Amelia by unlocking and wearing special cosmetics!

Players can spend their acquired Event Tokens in the Limited-Time Amelia Catalog to unlock these exclusive cosmetics.
Once the Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event ends on April 22nd, the catalog will be removed, and any unspent tokens will be lost.

[h2]One Year Anniversary Tasks[/h2]

Join us as we celebrate one year since Murkoff officially welcomed all Reagents to start their therapy at the Sinyala Facility!

Receive exclusive rewards for The Outlast Trials' one year anniversary launch through a special set of Tasks that are available to complete from March 25th to April 22nd.
The one year anniversary items up for grabs include: an E.S.O.P. skin, a Player Border, a Player Icon, a Legendary 1 year cake Cell Item, Epic Night Vision Goggle skin, one Epic shirt, one Epic pant, and an Epic Headpiece.

[h2]Bonus Page in the Deluxe Catalog Season 2[/h2]

New cosmetics are available for players seeking additional items to unlock.
These new items are costly and require a significant amount of game time.

[h2]Additions/Fixes/Balancing[/h2]

Barricade Rig: Can now play be deployed in more doorways and window frames.
Blind Rig: Base deploy decreased to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds), the upgraded is now 3s (was 4s).
Jammer: Jammer can now open automatic mannequin gates.
The nearest Revive Syringe location is now displayed to teammates when someone from the team dies.
Replay Introduction now displays a confirmation popup before launching.
The “Introductory” Difficulty has been adjusted for enemies to inflict less damages and move slightly slower.
The “Psychosurgery” Difficulty has been adjusted to slightly increase enemy speed.
The “Stay Together” Variator has been removed from Escalation Therapy.
Using the “Regroup” quick chat action now places a regroup icon on the ground at the player’s location.
Programs: A new visual indication is displayed for Trials completed in other difficulties than the one that is currently selected on the Trial Board.
Posters: Posters are now ordered by type (Weekly Programs, Events, etc.)
Settings: Added a new option to toggle mouse smoothing.

If you encounter any issues in-game, feel free to join our 18+ Official Outlast Discord Server and create a ticket to speak with our support team.

Catch you all in the Sleep Room...

- The RB Team

Year One Anniversary & Dev Update

[h3]Greetings Reagents![/h3]

The Outlast Trials has had an eventful year and the Sinyala Facility will be seeing some movement very soon. Our next update will be released on March 25 and will kick off a slew of content coming to the game. You’ve all been so patient so here is a look at what we’ve been working on which we also presented earlier this week on our One Year Anniversary Dev Stream.

[h3]The Road So Far…[/h3]

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[h2]The Road Ahead[/h2]

Prepare for some movement in the Sinyala Facility because on Tuesday, March 25th at 10am EDT our update will go live! This update will include:

New Limited-Time Event: Under Surveillance Part 1 Murkoff is fighting back the rumors of Amelia trying to communicate with the Reagents. They have installed surveillance cameras in all Trials to observe the Reagents whereabouts…

New Limited-Time Event Catalog Show your support to Amelia by unlocking and wearing special cosmetics.This catalog will be available for the duration of the event.

2 New MK-Challenges
Kidnap the Mistress

Stash the Contraband

1 Year Anniversary Rewards

To celebrate the official one year anniversary of The Outlast Trials, a special set of tasks are available to complete and receive special rewards.

Various fixes and balancing changes
And More…

The following update will mark the start of the Under Surveillance Limited-Time Event Part 2, and the execution of Amelia’s Plan, so make sure you’re ready…

Season 3 of The Outlast Trials is just around the corner and will feature:

A New Trial Map
2 New MK-Challenges
New Deluxe Catalog
New Enemy NPC
New Game Mode
And much more…

We will release more information about the features being introduced with this update closer to its release so stay tuned!

Check out our newest Dev Log featuring some of our Red Barrels team members reminiscing on the last year and foreshadowing the future of what’s to come in The Outlast Trials.

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Thank you to our talented Fan Artists who created a First Year Anniversary Zine to commemorate the last year of events and channel their love for Outlast Trials into terrifyingly gorgeous works of art! Take a look and check out all the artists involved A Celebration for the Therapy : An Outlast Trials First Anniversary Fan Zine

We want to also take the time to thank our players for the amazing year we’ve had! From Project Lupara to Project Breach, the introduction of Franco "Il Bambino" Barbi, our newest Prime Asset, new Trial Maps and Mk-Challenges, and multiple Limited-Time Events, our team at Red Barrels will continue to deliver an unforgettable experience for everyone in the Trials. We've seen over 1.2 Million Reagents become Reborn just this year and we thank all 3 million of our players for a year of screams and fond memories!

We will be in touch, catch you in the Sleep Room, Reagents!

- The RB Team