Planned Release Date: 2027

About This Game

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, CHALLENGER!

Live from Arena Station 9, broadcasting to four billion viewers across the galaxy: you walk in weak. You walk out a monster. Or you don't walk out at all, and the audience loves that too.

NEXT CHALLENGER! is a fast-paced first-person bullet heaven roguelite. Every run starts small: one weapon, a few hard-light holograms, a sarcastic host. Level up, pick your upgrades, evolve your weapon, and before the final round the whole arena is melting under your firepower.

START WEAK. BECOME THE MONSTER.

• Level up mid-fight and pick from sponsor-approved upgrade cards.
  
• Stack absurd builds with dozens of legendaries, over a hundred items, fusions and runes.
  
• Evolve your weapon into a completely new beast when the time is right.
  
• Watch the numbers explode as a careful start turns into total chaos.

LOTS OF CONTESTANTS, LOTS OF WAYS TO PLAY

Every contestant has their own weapon, skills, stats and a quirk that bends the rules:

• Rex Rookie chains punches into a crowd-launching uppercut.
  
• Big Rig Rhonda builds momentum until she rams through everything.
  
• Duke Maximus lives and dies by the ratings meter.
  
• Kage, the Stage Ninja swaps between katana and kunai for guaranteed crits.
  
• Mr. Bones throws his own skeleton at enemies, then picks it back up.
  
• Grim, the Reaper has exactly 1 HP. Every hit kills. Good luck.

...and more to unlock, if you can figure out how.

IT GOES DEEP

• Dozens of arenas across many biomes, from alien plains to volcanoes, candy worlds and crystal caverns, each with its own set pieces, hazards and headliner boss.
  
• Secret stages and hidden routes that only open if you do something special.
  
• Secret bosses and completion marks for every contestant.
  
• A galaxy-sized meta map with dozens of stars to light up, plus a gym to train every contestant.
  
• Runes, weapon stats and a huge prize wall to fill between runs.

YOUR HOST: JOHNNY PARSEC

Charming. Ruthless. Contractually obligated to comment on every one of your mistakes. Johnny reacts to your runs, your deaths and your questionable life choices, live, in front of the whole galaxy.

FEATURES

• Fast first-person bullet heaven combat
  
• Short, replayable runs with permanent progression
  
• Lots of different contestants with unique mechanics
  
• Hand-crafted arenas, bosses and secrets
  
• Fully playable in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Turkish
  
• Accessibility options: color vision assist, adjustable screen shake, reduced flashes, HUD and subtitle size

Next challenger, step up. The galaxy is watching.

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