Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Turok: Origins Reboots Dinosaur Shooter as Fast, Three‑Player Co‑op

Hands-on demos at Summer Game Fest reveal arcade-style combat with distinct class roles, modern conveniences, and platform performance likely to need optimization.

Overview

  • Saber Interactive is developing and publishing Turok: Origins as a fresh reboot of the Turok series, presenting it as a standalone title rather than a continuation of past entries.
  • The game is built for one to three players in short, linear missions that emphasize quick, twitch shooting and cooperative tactics rather than deep RPG progression.
  • Players choose from three named classes—Bison (tank), Cougar (power/DPS), and Raven (ranged)—each with unique weapons, abilities, and upgradeable skill trees to encourage team roles.
  • Hands-on demos showed modern conveniences such as instant first- and third-person view switching, enemy scanning for weak points, pinging for teammates, and healing or ammo pickups tied to interactive plants, and featured large boss fights including a T‑rex.
  • Reviewers praised the simple, satisfying combat but warned the Nintendo Switch 2 build they played ran at about 30 frames per second and felt sluggish, indicating Saber will likely need to optimize performance before launch; no release date has been announced.