#Into the Hive is out in November – Destructoid
The second we’ve (properly, I’ve) been ready for is nearly right here. Rooster Police: Into the Hive, the sequel to 2020’s Paint it Crimson, will probably be launched for PC on November 7, 2025. The PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Change variations will be a part of “quickly” after.
I’m very enthusiastic. I truly named Into the Hive as my most anticipated recreation of 2024. Rooster Police: Paint it Crimson left an enduring affect on me once I performed it (late) again in 2021 with its lovingly developed characters and attention-grabbing worldbuilding. Additionally, the photomanipulation used to create the characters and environments is virtually hypnotic. Don’t let me oversell it, it’s a closely narrative visible novel that may be gradual and nearly too detailed, however that’s a part of what I really like about it. Its creators are clearly very keen about its world, and that will get mirrored.
Whereas there are a selection of spin-offs which are cropping up inside the “World of Wilderness” universe primarily based across the Rooster Police (that I’m additionally excited for), however Into the Hive is the direct continuation. Some time again I obtained to play the demo of the sport early, however discovered {that a} brief morsel simply wasn’t sufficient for me. Nothing that diminished my pleasure, however I felt I wanted extra of a style.
This journey will put the eponymous law enforcement officials within the midst of a plot involving the also-eponymous Hive, a slum of Clawville the place its insect inhabitants is remoted. Whereas the video games are stylized as movie noir, there’s a wholesome heaping of humor maintaining all of it afloat. I nonetheless are inclined to quote the primary recreation every so often. Additionally, if you happen to don’t dig the black-and-white look of the sport, Into the Hive introduces a technicolor mode that colorizes all the pieces in a strikingly garish palette. You possibly can swap between the 2 types at any time.
The Hive was talked about (and glimpsed) in Paint it Crimson, and Zipp’s Cafe serves as a prologue, so the groundwork has been amply fertilized for this narrative. It must be a superb one. If not, I’m positive I’ll be hopelessly crushed.
If that’s the case, there are, as I stated, spin-offs taking place. One of the crucial attention-grabbing is a turn-based technique recreation the place you pull off heists as a staff of criminals. W.I.L.D. Ways, which at the moment doesn’t have a launch date. There’s additionally an upcoming journey recreation known as Moses & Plato – Final Practice to Clawville that includes the titular rivals of the Rooster Police. I dig the ambition and stay up for seeing the place this all goes.
Rooster Police: Into the Hive is out November 7, 2025 on PC. PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Change variations will arrive someday after.
