No More Room in Hell 2 News

Prepare yourself for the terrifying 8 player co-op action horror experience of No More Room in Hell 2 - coming Halloween 2024 from Torn Banner Studios.

View the announcement trailer, first revealed during Summer Game Fest 2024:
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No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense permadeath co-op journey into the eerie darkness of zombie-infested zones. As an emergency responder you must survive, scavenge, stockpile and fulfill your mission - then repeat, each time in an ever-changing experience.

No More Room in Hell 2’s original developer, Lever Games, was acquired by Torn Banner, the studio behind Chivalry 1 & 2, and the original “Age of Chivalry” mod. Led by a core team of veterans from Torn Banner and Lever Games, the majority of the previous No More Room in Hell 2 team continues to work at the studio on the sequel.

A commercial release in the same world as the 2011 award-winning Source mod, players start isolated in the dark, find their friends, and try to survive in a dynamic, endlessly replayable zombie apocalypse. With enemies and map locations inspired by classic horror cinema, No More Room in Hell 2 will instill terror into players while offering fresh, tactical gameplay, high-stakes permadeath, and intricate combat design that rewards teamwork and grit.




Find your way to your teammates with proximity voice chat and grow together in power. Each match, you’ll go from spawning in the darkness with a flashlight, to forming a fully stocked 8-player co-op squad with assault rifles and explosives. An ever-present threat remains: if a responder dies, all of their progress is lost.

“No More Room in Hell 2 continues the dark, grounded aesthetic and intense action horror approach of the original game while expanding its vision dramatically,” said Steve Piggott, CEO and creative director at Torn Banner Studios. “We’re excited to be the new shepherds of a franchise we adored as fans and we’re thrilled to take up the mission of capturing the iconic horror of classic zombie cinema. We want to blow people away with our first co-op game, pushing Torn Banner’s skill in multiplayer action to a whole new level.”

Powered by Unreal Engine 5, No More Room in Hell 2 is a co-op game with consequences coming to early access on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store this Halloween.


We look forward to sharing more with our community over the next month with more details coming during the PC Gaming Show on June 9th, a Torn Banner Studios Twitch livestream on June 11th, plus multiple blogs exploring details of No More Room in Hell 2.

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Watch yourselves out there, Responders

It's a little weird to get an "announce trailer" for a game we've known has been coming for years. Heck, a teaser trailer for Torn Banner's co-op zombie sequel appeared way back in 2016...
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Hello Survivors! Welcome to May’s Development Blog where we have survivors looking forward with cautious curiosity, and preparing to take a swing at whatever lies ahead for them.



Your sweaty hands slip on the handle as you attempt to look around the corner for what is coming next. The way your heart jumps into your throat as you speculate what that sound could be, maybe another survivor? Someone who can help? Hope vanishes as you hear a gurgle and ripping sound, and the heart that was in your throat drops as you shift your grip on your fire axe.

Not a survivor.

When it comes to horror there is a lot of emotion that is carried by the unknown. Behind the scenes we are aware of what we want our players to be experiencing, to be questioning every sound, every shadow, every movement at the corner of their eye. Concept Art is vital to sharing how we can deliver that feeling. It's in the lighting of the scene, the placement of bodies, where an encounter takes place, and even how many players we think will be around. They also cover how a location should be laid out for players

What story do you see?

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There are very few weapons that can tell the story of survival in the early stages of an outbreak like a Fire Axe can. A useful tool that could open doors to save others, it doubles as a weapon one can shove or swing with when dealing with the undead scourge as it awakens. For a survivor looking to get out of urban centres, a fire axe can help clear the way of former occupants.

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In No More Room in Hell 2, the Fire Axe can be helpful to shove zombies back, and strike as an overhead head with a powerful 2-handed grip. Unlike the hatchet, the Fire Axe swings slower but with an extended reach, and a harder hit. Along with being a classic weapon against zombies for crowd control, it is also great to deal with any doors and barricades you come across.

Keep it sharp, practice your swings, and you may find that a Fire Axe becomes your new favorite tool in your arsenal.

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What’s around the next turn? The call to leave, get out, to run is so strong, but running makes noise, noise attracts attention, attention brings trouble, and you cannot always outrun trouble.

What happens when trouble finds you?

The uneasy feeling is replaced by something more terrifying, more sinister that embeds itself in your chest, clawing upwards, aiming for your brains. The infection takes over.

On that note, see you in June, Survivors!

Happy April!
As the No More Room in Hell 2 development team continues working on the game, we have new assets to share with you! The shuffle scrape, shuffle scrape outside the window catches your attention. Something is outside, making steady progress towards you. Your breath catches, hopeful that you have not been spotted. An assessment of the room gives you a crowbar, and you go cautiously to check…

Your senses play an important role in your survival against an enemy that is relentless in their pursuit of you. Zombies do not care about the weather. They do not get tired or dehydrated, but they are starving. It can be too easy to forget that your enemy isn’t just the zombie at your doors, scratching, scrapping, and pursuing you. It’s the environment around you.


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The Zombie Survival Guide advises would-be survivors to take care of their firearms and know what weapon will work best for you. When it’s you or them, zombies will not stop, they will not freeze up. They will not be scared of a bolt-action Hunter 85.

Know your weapons.
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With the Hunter 85 bolt-action rifle every shot has to count in the Zombie apocalypse. Players will need to take the time to aim and conserve their ammo. Use wisely and take care - having a firearm in an outbreak can be both a blessing and a curse.

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For a survivor in No More Room in Hell 2, the Hunter 85 rifle is a high damage rifle that fires over a long range with precision. However, it is limited with the number of rounds in a mag, and fires slow. High Risk, High Reward.



The air is weighted, heavy, and your every step echoes your own heartbeat as you try to outrun that which will never cease…
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Uneasy. Agitated. Tense. The pressure on our players builds with each location they explore, each survivor they search for, and each zombie they encounter. In No More Room in Hell 2, we want you to feel that weight on your shoulders, that voice at the back of your mind screaming at you to not open that next door, to not go into those dark woods, to not explore that abandoned place… and you will anyway. Because that is what a survivor does.

See you in May!

Welcome to March!

Development on No More Room in Hell 2 continues behind the scenes, and here we are to share a part of that development process. Let’s pull back the curtains on what we can show and celebrate the amazing progress by our hard working team!

Let’s raise a tower to our environment artists! This month's asset highlight is a guard tower that was to be rolled out and raised during the initial outbreak to keep an eye on the Dead as they encroached on the living. Though, they were probably unhappy to be stuck in there when the Dead realized fresh food was in a to go container.



The door gives a creak and swings open with the lightest pressure on it. There is a wet, drip sound, a squish. Frightened eyes assess the room for a weapon or an escape. In the doorway, their eyes are empty. They haven’t seen you.

Yet.
With No More Room in Hell 2, that uneasy feeling will accompany you across the map, through your objectives, and could determine whether you would survive in a zombie apocalypse. Our concept art is key to bringing that feeling into all we do, all we see, and all we experience.


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This month's audio file presents a pulsing deep unsettling experience and a stark reminder of the dangers present in No More Room in Hell 2, whether you can see them or not. Stay on your guard, listen with eyes open…

What do you see when you hear it?