New video game previews highlight extraction shooters and AI integration

Recent previews from Gamescom highlight new developments in specialized gaming genres, including the extraction shooter and the bullet heaven genre.

Royal Crow is developing Waste the Fallen, an ambitious extraction shooter centered on cosmic horror. The game follows a high-stakes loop where players cooperate with allies to loot maps and fight computer-controlled enemies or rival players. Success requires extracting with gathered items, as death results in the loss of all collected gear and equipped equipment.

In the bullet heaven genre, the Chinese title R. I. P. (Reincarnation Insurance Program) is attempting to differentiate itself by incorporating hack-and-slash mechanics. Notably, the game utilizes generative AI for significant portions of its creative process. While featuring flashy animations, early demonstrations showed performance issues, such as low frame rates during testing.