Surgent Studios Swaps Metroidvania Melancholy for Chaotic Co-op in FixForce
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Surgent Studios, the team behind Tales of Kenzara: ZAU, has announced FixForce, a chaotic cooperative extraction platformer focused on improvising repairs with random junk.
Surgent Studios made waves with Tales of Kenzara: ZAU, a deeply emotional narrative adventure that explored grief through action platforming. For its next project, the studio is taking a sharp turn into purely chaotic territory. According to IGN South Africa, the developer has just announced FixForce, a cooperative extraction platformer that trades solemn storytelling for the frantic energy of building and repairing machinery using whatever random junk you can scavenge.
FixForce drops up to four players into a robotic crew tasked with fixing broken machines while navigating high-pressure extraction environments. Instead of carefully planned loadouts, success depends on improvising with whatever chaotic parts happen to be lying around the level. It is a refreshing shift in tone for a studio known for heavy narrative themes, proving that the team wants to lean into purely fun, social gameplay loops that bring friends together on the couch or in online lobbies.
Extraction mechanics have dominated shooter spaces for years, but applying that same tension of risk and reward to a cooperative platformer is an intriguing evolution for the genre. For players who treat gaming as a primary social space, FixForce looks like the kind of chaotic, emergent experience that will thrive in creator streams and late-night session rosters. We will be watching closely to see how Surgent balances that frantic improvisation with tight platforming controls as development continues.
Tags: Surgent Studios, FixForce, Extraction Platformer, Co-op Gaming, IGN South Africa
Original article: IGN South Africa