Team17 have announced that Marauders will be entering Early Access soon, and will receive a series of small-scale technical tests next month.

Marauders will enter Early Access sometime in October for Windows PC via Steam. The game will also receive technical tests from September 6th through the 14th, allowing players to put the game through its paces before its Early Access launch.

Marauders is a looter shooter set in an alternate 1990s where The Great War never ended. In the decades since the World War began, humanity has ruined Earth, forcing many to migrate to space. The war followed humanity to the stars, and now teams of mercenaries and privateers raid starships belonging to rival nations to steal valuable salvage and technology.

You can find a new trailer below:

You can find a rundown on the March-announced game below:

Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer shooter set in an alternative 1990s where The Great War never ended, Earth has been industrialised to its breaking point, and many have fled to the stars. As space mercenaries known as ‘Marauders’, players will gear up and pilot their ships through hostile galactic reaches to salvage anything they can and survive by any means necessary. Throughout each match, players will be able to upgrade their gear on-the-fly as they uncover troves of loot from daring raids on hulking frigates and embark on tense touchdowns on moving asteroids. They’ll also have to keep a close watch for others looking to do the same and end their expedition with a bullet.

Key Features

• Gritty diesel-punk world: Discover a brutal dystopia where The Great War never ended and survival is in looting and exploring among the stars
• Raid, loot, escape: Plunder a sci-fi battleground and embark on daring raids for troves of valuable loot, then get out alive to claim your spoils and turn a healthy profit
• Tactical first-person combat: Work alone or with up to three other players to survive intense combat encounters with realistic bullet simulation against enemy teams and AI opponents
• Persistent gear and XP: Keep your best gear match-to-match and tweak your favourite weapons with mods while using XP to unlock new items and increase your chances of survival
• Upgradeable spaceships and explosive sci-fi dogfights: Upgrade your ship’s armaments; build a brand-new craft with scavenged resources; or take someone else’s by force