What kind of game is Vigor?
Hello Outlanders, and welcome to Vigor - our brand new Xbox One exclusive game, powered by the Unreal Engine 4. With the recent announcement, we’d like to take a moment to go over what you can expect from this new cut-throat experience. Vigor is hide-and-seek with guns where you take risks to progress in a brutal and unforgiving world. As an Outlander in post-war Norway, you have to improve a dilapidated shelter and turn it into a home – a haven amidst a fallen civilization. This requires you to head out into a number of map-based encounters for 8-16 players to scavenge for supplies and gather resources.

What is Vigor?
Vigor is a tense multiplayer experience where you take risks to progress. As an Outlander in post-war Norway, you have to improve a dilapidated shelter and turn it into a home – a haven amidst a fallen civilization. This requires you to head out into a number of map-based encounters for 8-16 players to scavenge for supplies and gather resources.

How is Vigor different from other games?
In Vigor, you're not constricted to a specific style of play and you won’t be solely competing to be the last man standing.

Yes, a core component of the game is to survive, and yes, it is every man for himself. But survival in Vigor doesn’t have to be at the expense of someone else’s death. You don’t have to enter encounters with the mindset of “kill or be killed”. The gameplay doesn’t rely on creating a scenario where there is a definitive victor at the end of each match. Vigor is much more than that.

Enter an encounter, loot, stay alive, and get out. That’s the process in its most simplistic form. How long you stay, how much you loot, and how you choose to engage with other outlanders – all of that is up to you. With this, a large portion of the game boils down to risk versus reward. The less you risk, the less loot you’ll probably walk away with, but the less likely you are to end up dead. And dying in Vigor means you lose everything you have on you, including the gear you brought into the encounter. This constant risk of progression loss makes for an extremely tense gaming experience.

How do you feel as an Outlander in Vigor?
Deliberation is an essential part of the Vigor experience as you have to be mindful of your choices at all times. There is no kill feed and you won’t be notified when players leave the map. Therefore, you’ll never quite know just how many other Outlanders are still in the area at any given time. Do you try your luck and compete for the valuable air drop? Do you sit tight and scope out the area? Do you get out while you can and eliminate any chance of being ambushed? You have to be tactful when considering your options. Know when to engage, know when to retreat, and know when to risk everything – it’s all about getting the right balance if you want to progress in the unforgiving world of Vigor.

Where is Vigor located?
After Central Europe was devasted by nuclear war, people fled to areas which were mainly untouched by the destruction and inevitable fallout of the conflict. One of those places was Norway, and this is where Vigor takes place. However, the fight for limited resources led to a harsh mentality of “every man for himself” and now this “haven” has turned into an unforgiving land of survival.

You’ll come across a derelict shelter, and you’ll make it your purpose to improve and fortify this new home, with the aim of turning it into a sanctuary. From this shelter you’ll head out to six different locations – each with unique geography, atmosphere, and weather – to scavenge for resources.

What are your next plans?
A successful start for the upcoming Xbox Game Preview during this summer is of vital importance to us. The core game loop of Vigor is now ready, so we need to gather as much feedback from the community about the experience as we can. We are also preparing major game updates that are currently in development, so the game will continue to evolve from here on. Meanwhile, our communication efforts with the community will also continue to grow and develop. We are already preparing live streams so we can show you what’s going on with Vigor’s development, and the official website will begin to expand with new pages specifically dedicated to our community, including a roadmap, downloads, FAQs, and more