Concord will remain in Amazon’s Secret Level despite its sudden cancellation, IGN has learned from a source close to production.
Secret Level, a series of 15 standalone short stories featuring a host of video game properties, initially included Concord in its announcement during gamescom. Its inclusion was thrown into doubt by PlayStation’s decision to take Concord offline, seemingly spelling the end of the troubled live service game.
Prime Video has yet to publicly announce whether or not it will remain in Tim Miller’s anthology series, but IGN understands that the episode featuring Concord is indeed still slated to air this season.
In addition to Concord, Secret Level will include stories featuring God of War, Mega Man, Unreal Tournament, and other properties from throughout video game history. Keanu Reeves is among the actors said to be starring in the series.
Secret Level garnered attention at gamescom not just because of its large numer of familiar franchises, but because of Miller’s involvement in popular anthologies such as Love, Death and Robots. It’s currently slated to stream on Prime Video on December 10.
Concord, for its part, is slated to go offline this week — less than two weeks after its initial release. Concord’s low sales and tiny concurrent numbers seemingly doomed the shooter, though it’s unclear whether Sony plans to bring it back as a free-to-play release. In the meantime, players are throwing themselves off cliffs in an attempt to max out their level and get a coveted platinum trophy.
In our Concord review we wrote, “Concord isn’t the most innovative or content-heavy hero shooter you could play, but with such fantastic competitive gameplay, 16 compelling characters to master, and 12 well-designed maps, it’s got the makings of something that could go the distance in the months and years to come. In fact, it’s a testament to its FPS chops that even while it has a virtually nonexistent story and a serious need for a signature game mode, I still found myself losing dozens of hours to its PvP charms.”
Concord is scheduled to go offline on September 6.
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