Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core Launches in Early Access As Roguelite Deep Rock Galactic Spin-Off

Ghost Ship and Coffee Stain Publishing officially launched Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core on May 20 as the next instalment in its co-op, sci-fi, action, FPS series, this time with a roguelite twist to the gameplay. Rogue Core builds on the foundations of Deep Rock Galactic's sci-fi setting, dwarven mining characters, and co-op FPS gameplay but switches things up to make things more fast-paced and intense. Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core places greater emphasis on the combat, upgrades, and build diversity, thanks to its roguelite mission structure, and at the time of the early access launch, it offers players five classes to choose from to enable greater choice and build diversity. Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is available on Steam for $29.99. The character choices are Guardian, a tanky support class with concussive attacks; Falconer, who uses a drone to execute long-range attacks and offer support to teammates; Retcon, a character with the ability to rewind time to restore ammo and health in order to escape and recover from danger; Spotter, a classic marksman with toxin-based damage and built-in wall hacks; and Slicer, a melee-focussed character with an energy blade and a highly mobile,

In Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core, players take up the mantle of the Reclaimers, the corporate security force of Deep Rock Galactic, and take on timed missions in which they start off each mission with only basic equipment and have to collect upgrades throughout the mission. While gear and upgrades collected on each mission are lost when the mission completes, there is meta-progression and class customization baked-in, allowing players to change the dynamics on a more permanent basis. More classes are also on the cards, but no commitments have been made as to what they will be or when they will be added. Each mission has various optional and mandatory objectives to complete, and players will have to weigh the risk of running out of time with the rewards from the optional objectives. The developer says that each run should take around 45-50 minutes. Since the game launched, community feedback has already started to shape the future of Rogue Core, with the dev team already shipping a hotfix with improvements to the tutorial missions, difficulty tweaks, and bug fixes, with more in-depth updates and mechanics changes coming in future updates. The Early Access launch trailer for Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is available below.