- Railbreak DX Launch Stream! Fighting Force! MGS4! Shades of Horror! - 4 September 2026
Railbreak DX Launch Stream! Fighting Force! MGS4! Shades of Horror!
- TAILBREAK is now available on Steam, PS5, and XBOX! - 7 August 2026
TAILBREAK is now available on Steam, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Play Anywhere!Experience an alternate retelling of DINOBREAK with a brand new fully voiced adventure as Alex and Rin try to escape Cypress Ridge in the midst of a dino invasion! Pull up to the arcade cabinet, pop in a quarter, and start shooting!Once you're through the story, things get... messy. Level up Alex's arsenal in the Arrange Mode by beating your high scores, and venture into harder difficulties in the semi-procedurally generated Mutation Matrix where the entire game is remixed!Oh, and did we mention? The undead came to play too! In all non-story modes you can choose to face dinos, undead, or a mixture of the two!It's a ridiculous romp through the destruction of Cypress Ridge. Have fun and don't let the dinos bite!
- Tailbreak Launch Stream! Shades of Horror Summer Update! - 3 August 2026
On this Friday, August 7th, Tailbreak will launch for XBOX Series X|S & XBOX Play Anywhere, PlayStation 5 & PlayStation 5 Pro, and Steam. Ahead of this release, we will have a special pre-launch Tailbreak stream TONIGHT on our Twitch channel at 7:15pm ET. We'll open up with some Halo before jumping into the main event: Tailbreak! We welcome you to come by and hang out to get a taste of the fun!Later on in the stream, we'll be playing some Outbreak: Shades of Horror and showing off the new summer content update!! We'll be going until around midnight ET, so make sure to stop by and hang out with us!Thanks for playing, and we'll see you soon Survivors!
- Tailbreak Pre-Launch Stream! Shades of Horror Summer Update! - 3 August 2026
Tailbreak Pre-Launch Stream! Shades of Horror Summer Update!
- Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.28 Released! FREE Summer Event is LIVE! - 5 July 2026
Hey Survivors!'Tis the season and Cypress Ridge is bringing the heat! Our massive summer update is LIVE including new cosmetics and scenarios inspired by the season. But that's not all, the Tailbreak and Railbreak DX crossover event is now live, and with it comes brand new challenges inspired by these upcoming on-rails shooters!Hold up, did you know? Shades of Horror supports cross-platform online co-op across PC and console!?That's right. We try to point it out as much as we can, but don't forget. You can play with friends on PC and any console where Shades is available in cross-platform online cooperative play! Mix and match console and PC players so you can experience the nightmares together no matter where you want to play!Before we get too far... PATCH NOTES!Outbreak: Shades of Horror has been updated to 1.0.0.28. This major update includes:Introduction of the Tailbreak and Railbre…
- Tailbreak & Railbreak DX Debut Trailers! Finishing Directive 8020! - 30 June 2026
Tailbreak & Railbreak DX Debut Trailers! Finishing Directive 8020!
- Directive 8020! Leon Must Die attempts! - 24 June 2026
Directive 8020! Leon Must Die attempts!
- New Announcements! Directive 8020! - 10 June 2026
New Announcements! Directive 8020!
- Leon Must Die! Directive 8020! Shades of Horror! - 13 May 2026
Leon Must Die! Directive 8020! Shades of Horror!
- Happy Rose Day! We're BACK! - 30 April 2026
Happy Rose Day! We're BACK!
- Shades of Horror @ PAX East Booth 16105! Mar 26-29! - 25 March 2026
Outbreak: Shades of Horror and Dead Drop Studios are at PAX East Booth 16105!Come visit the team and play the exclusive PAX East special Story Mode preview demo for Outbreak: Shades of Horror live on the show floor!We're going to have awesome giveaways (including a Nintendo Switch 2 System), plus limited edition merch, and of course all of our games digitally and physically on beautiful art cards, Limited Run Games releases, and the launch of our Retro Survivor Series designed to look and feel like a full long box Sega Saturn-style release! Come visit the team and have fun with us! We have a lot of great swag waiting for you!
- Outbreak Shades of Horror PAX Demo! More RE9! - 18 March 2026
Outbreak Shades of Horror PAX Demo! More RE9!
- PS5 Launch Day! Cross-platform multiplayer! PAX East 2026! - 6 March 2026
Hello Survivors!We have been down in the trenches working hard on Outbreak: Shades of Horror, and now that plans are solidified, we'd like to update you on what's coming next. First, the game is now available on PlayStation 5! Since Outbreak: Shades of Horror fully supports cross-platform multiplayer, you can immediately team up with your friends in up to four-player online co-op even if they’re playing on Xbox Series X|S and PS5! If you are playing on PlayStation 5 Pro, you'll find that the game is PS5 Pro Enhanced! You will be able to take advantage of extensive hardware ray tracing. This beefs up reflections, shadows, global illumination, and overall lighting quality while maintaining solid performance. For Xbox users, the game now supports Xbox Play Anywhere. If you own the Xbox Series X|S version of Outbreak: Shades of Horror, you will now have access to the game on Windows PC and…
- Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.22 Released! - 28 February 2026
Spring is coming! Next week, we launch our major Spring Update for Shades of Horror with brand new levels, costumes, cosmetics, and much more!But! To prepare for the Spring weather, we're releasing a patch today with a lot of great updates visible and under the hood to prep!Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.22 is released! This patch includes:Massive performance improvements for all platforms across the title, especially in 4-player co-op and other multiplayer settings.Additional options in the settings menu to tailor graphics and framerate caps based on the number of players in the game automatically.The introduction of the active radar system, which shows the area around you in real-time to assist with navigation when you are WALKING or in STEALTH only. If you aim, jump, run, or do any other major movement, the radar short circuits for a short time.Numerous fixes to systems across the…
- Resident Evil Requiem! Shades of Horror Co-op! - 27 February 2026
Resident Evil Requiem! Shades of Horror Co-op!
- Big Shades of Horror News! RE6 Co-op Play! - 18 February 2026
Big Shades of Horror News! RE6 Co-op Play!
- Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.21 Now Available! - 17 February 2026
Spring Blooms Soon...Hey Survivors,The ice is beginning to melt and we're planning for some very rapid expansion here at Cypress Reel. This major update includes a lot of great improvements and fixes, but more importantly lays a lot of framework for our upcoming major Spring seasonal event, upcoming launches for PlayStation 5 and unannounced platforms, and more so everyone can play Shades of Horror together. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for updates on our roadmap, including the first peeks at Story Mode.Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.21 has been released. This major patch includes the following updates:Cross-platform multiplayer now works with all console and PC versions of Shades of Horror, including upcoming releases for PS5 and other platforms in the very near future. Stay tuned for news and updates, but it's all coming very quickly.Player invites through the Steam backend, inclu…
- More RE5 Co-op and Outbreak: Shades of Horror! - 11 February 2026
More RE5 Co-op and Outbreak: Shades of Horror!
- Showing Off New Shades of Horror Patch! RE6 Co-op Campaign! - 4 February 2026
Showing Off New Shades of Horror Patch! RE6 Co-op Campaign!
- Patch 1.0.0.20 Released! Cross-platform multiplayer + perf + gfx + more! - 4 February 2026
Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.20 released! This MAJOR update includes:Cross-platform multiplayer across Steam and Xbox. Additional platforms will follow as Shades of Horror comes to new platforms in 2026 and beyond!Significant performance boost for all players across the game, especially users who use high end ray tracing features. You should notice a much better framerate in chaotic scenes, and the title will work better on more memory constrained machines now.Significant graphics update with tweaked textures, meshes, and more across the title including turning on some new bells and whistles in Unreal Engine 5.7.1!Improvements to the multiplayer HUD including a team overview on your hud (which can be disabled in the Settings menu), as well as a lot of new settings to control HUD elements and visual FX during gameplay that you may want to hide or show.Significant improvements to many…
