Uh Oh, Get Ready To Scare Yourself Senseless Again As Red Barrel Confirm Outlast 2

Last year's ultimate scare-fest Outlast has a sequel in the works, although it’s early days so there's no word yet on how long fans will have to wait for Outlast 2. The first person survival horror launched on PC and was followed up with with PS4 and Xbox One versions this year.In a recent interview Philippe Morin, co-founder of developer Red Barrels studio, stated that the company is looking to expand the scope of the series from what was seen in the first Outlast. The developers are keen for Outlast 2 to not just be a repeat of the original outing, which took players deep into a not-so-abandoned mental asylum. Despite not revealing much about where Outlast 2 will actually take the franchise, Morin confirmed the next installment will take place in a different setting and feature a new protagonist.
The storyline of the original Outlast centered on investigative journalist Miles Upshur, who enquires into an isolated mental asylum following a tip off from an anonymous source regarding extremely inhumane experiments taking place on site. What follows is a truly pant-soiling experience in which players get trapped inside the asylum and must find their way, all the while being hunted by a host of deranged patients and doctors in the facility.Earlier this year Red Barrels released a DLC titled Whistleblower that served as a prequel to the storyline of the main game. The plot centered on a former employee of the asylum whose information led to Miles Upshur making his ill-judged journey to the hospital.Despite featuring many horror cliches, Outlast caught on with fans of the genre due to providing players with no ability to fight at all. Armed only with a notebook and a camcorder it’s a game based purely on hiding and running away. Inspired by found-footage style movies, players are often forced into using night vision mode on their camera to get around whilst they watch the limited battery power drain away!No word yet on when Outlast 2 will be released, but don’t expect it anytime soon as it looks like the developers are still in quite early developmental stages.