Avalanche Studios’ Announces Online Co-Op Experience Contraband

Developer Avalanche Studios during the Sunday-host Xbox-Bethesda E3 Showcase unveiled a new online, cooperative title, Contraband. The team responsible for the Just Cause series and 2015’s Mad Max presented a cinematic trailer for the game with a brief synopsis over on Xbox Wire to accompany the announcement.

You can watch the announcement trailer in the video below:

“Contraband is a co-op smuggler’s paradise set in the fictional world of 1970s Bayan, and our most ambitious and spectacular game to date. We’re taking everything that we’ve learned from 18 years of being at the forefront of creating beautiful, vast open game worlds filled with stunning vistas and incredible emergent gameplay moments,” Omar Shakir, Contraband Game Director explains.

“To fully deliver on our vision for Contraband, we have an amazing team at Avalanche Studios that are pushing the boundaries with the next generation of our Apex Engine, the technology behind all our games, including the Just Cause series. We built the engine to unlock the creativity of our developers and we’re excited to take full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X|S.”

Shakir went on to disclose that the inception with the project began back more than three years with Xbox Game Studios part of the discussion. Previously, Avalanche Studios pursued a similar online, co-op experience with Generation Zero back in 2019. You can read the full report by heading here.

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Contraband is listed for Xbox Series X|S & PC.

Source: Xbox Wire