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Gaming News #27

3 September 2026

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Extraction shooters Shacknews

Dead by Daylight's Studio Shows How Exterminauts Plays: Co-Op Bug Hunts With Power-Tool Guns

A September 1 hands-on preview detailed how Exterminauts plays, the co-op extraction shooter from Behaviour Interactive (the Dead by Daylight studio) and publisher Level Infinite. Three players drop onto the mining planet Tian, run 20 to 30 minute missions repairing gear through minigames and fighting alien bugs, then extract before encounters spiral out of control. Combat centers on power-tool weapons: an ice gun, electric gun, anti-gravity gun, and foam gun. It targets PC, PS5, and Xbox Series in 2027.

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Discussion Topics

  1. A PvE-only extraction shooter: safer fun, or does removing rival players kill the tension?
  2. Behaviour made Dead by Daylight. Can they nail a co-op shooter?
  3. Power-tool guns like an ice gun and a foam gun: creative or gimmicky?
  4. Is 2027 too late to enter the extraction race, or smart timing after ARC Raiders cools off?