It has some side effects, though, such as causing an entirely absurd mutant outbreak. A new energy drink from FizzCo is released called OverCharge Delirium XT. The entire game takes place in Sunset City, where your highly-customizable character is just trying to get by. They’re also the legends behind the Ratchet & Clank franchise. The tubular title is made by Insomniac Games, who recently found another titanic success with Marvel’s Spider-Man on PlayStation 4. If you’re unfamiliar with Sunset Overdrive, I’ll give a brief synopsis. All they needed to do was wait for the Xbox-exclusivity deal with Microsoft to run its course. They could have easily thrown a small team at this as a side project or hired a third party.
There has been no official word on this from Insomniac yet, but they have expressed interest in a PC version previously. The latter seems more likely, as no such efforts have been made to remove the ESRB rating.Īssuming this is all legit, it likely means the PC version has been in the works for a long time. It could mean they added this listing in error, but it’s just as likely that Steam is covering their tracks. Unfortunately, since Wario64 made his tweet, Steam has removed or hidden the database info (though the cover art for the game is still visible). Thanks to him, we can see that a listing for it popped up on the Steam database, as well as on the ESRB site. The newest evidence, though, came yesterday from Twitter user Wario64. In the past year or so, there have been several hints dropped of a PC port for Sunset Overdrive.
In addition, the game runs extraordinarily well, and that same optimization could mean that even lower-end PC players could run the game at higher settings.
That sounds fun all on its own, but such games are also great for high-end PCs and custom mods. I mean, it’s an action game based on exploring a vibrant city by parkouring. Why release a PC version now? Well, fans have been clamoring for Sunset Overdrive to come to other hardware since the game’s initial 2016 release for a number of reasons. Nothing is confirmed at the moment, but some pretty decent evidence has emerged that says Sunset Overdrive will receive a Steam release soon. And yet it’s looking like that might be changing. I’ll be honest, out of all the early Xbox One exclusive games, I never would’ve expected Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive to come to PC.