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Painkiller reboot confirmed for launch on October 9

The Painkiller reboot from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms is now confirmed for release on October 9 with a new trailer.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/painkiller-reboot-confirmed-for-launch-on-october-9/

Painkiller - Pre-Order Trailer

[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]Demons fight dirty. Better bring backup.[/h3][p][/p][p]Painkiller is available for pre-order now![/p][p][/p][p]Pre-order to secure your place on the front lines of this epic conflict and unlock the exclusive Iron Crusade skins pack. Don these legendary armaments, and let your enemies know that you stand ready to face their worst.[/p][p] [/p][p]The exclusive medieval-themed Iron Crusade skins pack includes:
[/p][p]Character skins:[/p]
  • [p]Apostle Knight (Ink)[/p]
  • [p]Sage Vizier (Sol)[/p]
  • [p]Iron Berzerker (Roch)[/p]
  • [p]Hollow Jester (Void)
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[p]Weapon skins for:[/p]
  • [p]SMG[/p]
  • [p]Electrodriver[/p]
  • [p]Shotgun[/p]
  • [p]Hand Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Stakegun[/p]
  • [p]Rocket Launcher[/p]
[p][/p][p]Mark your calendars, for the day of reckoning draws near.[/p][p]
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Painkiller - Closed Technical Test Incoming

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⛧ We are opening the gates on a Closed Technical Test from June 4-16. This is your chance to dive in early and help us test the carnage, so join up and experience a slice of unfiltered mayhem!

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Painkiller - Weapons Trailer

👿💥 Welcome to raw, reckless, demon-obliterating firepower! Get ready to dive into a brutal lineup of devastating weaponry, some newly forged, others ripped straight from the old-school playbook.

From flesh-shredding shurikens to limb-launching rockets, this arsenal is built for turning your enemies into gristle & gibs!

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In Painkiller, you’ll unleash hell with seven destructive weapons, each offering primary and alternative fire modes, elemental effects such as fire, ice, electro, and kinetic, and upgrades of different abilities to provide unique bonus effects:

  • Electrodriver: Barrage enemies with rapid-firing shurikens that bounce off hard surfaces.
  • Stakegun: Hurls high-damage stakes that can impale foes from long-range.
  • SMG: Unleashes loads of ammo in short, rapid-fire bursts.
  • Handcannon: Decimate enemies from long range with deadly precision.
  • Shotgun: Spits destructive pellets at short range that can damage and stagger multiple foes.
  • Rocket Launcher: Discharges a rocket projectile with a devastating blast radius that can stagger even heavy enemies.
  • Painkiller: a versatile weapon with a brutal melee attack that hooks onto enemies, shreds them to pieces, and refills your ammo.

Action-shooter Painkiller is set to return in 'fall 2025'

Coming from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms, the classic FPS is back. Painkiller has been announced to release sometime in "fall 2025".

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/action-shooter-painkiller-is-set-to-return-in-fall-2025/