Gaijin Entertainment Announces PvP Shooter ‘Active Matter’

War Thunder publisher Gaijin Entertainment and Team Matter have announced Active Matter, a new PvPvE first-person shooter with creepy horror vibes. In Active Matter, players operate as soldiers stuck inside of a time loop, where dying brings them back to the same point in time.  Solo or alongside friends, they’ll travel into quantum zones to harvest a special resource known as active matter, while fighting against otherworldly beings inside the zones and enemies from other timelines.

Active Matter’s new Steam page discusses other details on the newly announced title:

PvPvE extraction-style raids – Players go solo or in small squads inside the quantum unstable zones in their quest for active matter and other loot. Active matter can be harvested by killing AM-transformed creatures, taken away from other players or picked up directly from active matter clusters. Join this never ending hunt to improve your chances to find the way out of the time loop.

Realistic weapons and gear – Active matter randomly brings things from other timelines to the quantum unstable zones and allows you to replicate a specific item from other timelines in the safety of your base. Despite the mysterious origin of your weapons, your arsenal is always rooted in real-world military technologies and tactics, as war seems to be the only constant in this chaotic multiverse.

Gameplay-influencing active matter effects – Mind-bending anomalies that change gravitational force and space topology right in front of your eyes. Thrilling encounters with eerie SCP-inspired objects would send shivers down your spine, and creatures transformed by active matter would attack you on sight.

Intense Player-Versus-Player Battles – Syndicates of operatives fight over control of a passive source of active matter, using all the weapons and other gear they can bring into battle or craft on site. Join player-versus-player battles you like and make a real impact on the fate of the multiverse!

Fascinating Maps – Battles take place at locations that exist outside of space and time boundaries. Active Matter features a variety of maps, including a huge island with rusty Soviet industrial complexes and cryptic science labs that were among the first to study this new phenomena. Explore these places to find hints on the origin of active matter.

Currently, Active Matter has no confirmed release date. However, players can register for a chance to enter a closed beta test if they’re interested.

Active Matter is currently scheduled to release for Steam, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5.