Fans of Red Barrels’ The Outlast Trials now have some light reading while they wait on the next update for the Early Access game. Per ComicBook.com, fans can now check out the first issue of the comic book tie-in with The Outlast Trials: The Murkoff Collections.
Written by JT Petty and illustrated by GMB Chomichuk, The Outlast Trials: The Murkoff Collections focuses on Leland Coyle, the former policeman who was enlisted by the Murkoff Corporation as one of the Experimental Population or Ex-Pops. For those who haven’t played the game, the Ex-Pops are failed test subjects of the early stages of the Corporation experiments, and are one of the main antagonists in The Outlast Trials.
“I love comics that let you obsess over details, stuff like Matt Kindt and Alan Moore, where it feels as much like an investigation as a story,” says Petty. “Even in the Outlast video games, so much of the narrative is forensic-you’re collecting documents, overhearing scattered dialogue, or looking at what’s essentially a crime scene, and hopefully putting that all together into something like a story. Comics felt like the right medium to get further into the secrets inside the Murkoff Corp; I want it to feel like getting access to previously classified materials.”
The Murkoff Collections is a two-book run, with the second book set to release on September 22nd. Depending on community response, Red Barrels said more issues could be created. To check out the first issue yourself, head over to ComicBook.com from the link above.
Currently in Early Access, The Outlast Trials is available on PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store, with a release on consoles in 2024.
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