Hell Let Loose | |
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Developer(s) | Expression Games (2023–present) Cover 6 Studios (2023–present)[1] Black Matter (2018–2023)[2] |
Publisher(s) | Team17[2] |
Director(s) | Maximilian Rea[3] |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4[4] |
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Genre(s) | Tactical shooter, first-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Hell Let Loose is a 2021 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game[5] developed by Expression Games and Cover 6 Studios and published by Team17.[6][7] Players fight in iconic battles of the Western, North African and Eastern Fronts of World War II at the platoon level.[8]
The game was originally created and developed by Australian studio Black Matter[9] who first announced it via a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017,[2] where it had raised US$220,000.[4] It was initially released for Microsoft Windows as an early access title on 6 June 2019,[10] and fully released in July 2021. It was later released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 5 October 2021.[11] In January 2022, the ex-developer Black Matter sold the game to its publisher Team17 for £31 million with a potential additional £15 million based on performance,[12] with the company founding Cover 6 Studios in the beginning of 2023[13] believed tasked with creating the next title in the series. In April 2023, Team17 contracted UK studio-for-hire Expression Games for the continued development of the game.[14]