RoboCop’s new game is giving Dredd vibes

2023’s beloved RoboCop: Rogue City is getting a sequel later this year. Developer Teyon revealed a follow-up to its love letter to Paul Verhoeven’s original RoboCop on Thursday, and the studio’s new game is giving big Dredd energy.

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business, described as a “standalone extension set after the events” of Rogue City, will send players into a towering, OCP-built housing complex which has been taken over by heavily armed mercenaries. RoboCop must fight his way to the top of that deadly fortress in his ongoing mission to protect the innocent and uphold the law.

Unfinished Business will feature the same first-person gameplay from RoboCop: Rogue City, but will introduce new enemies and weapons. RoboCop must now face flying drones and anti-personnel turrets, as well as armored creeps wielding massive miniguns. Also new? Katana-wielding cyborgs and jet packs, according to the game’s official description, which could potentially retraumatize franchise fans who have seen RoboCop 3. ED-209 is also back, of course.

Robo will have new tools to take down his targets, however, including a Cryo Cannon — and apparently some exploding icy barrels — with which to literally freeze his foes.

While the main component of RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business appears to be inspired by action movies like Dredd and The Raid series, there appear to be other missions included in the new game. Players will also take on the role of Alex Murphy, before he became RoboCop, in “unique missions with familiar faces which reveal more of the storyline of Unfinished Business,” Nacon says. Peter Weller is back to voice Murphy/RoboCop.

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business, is slated for release on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X this summer. As a stand-alone game, it won’t require owning the original RoboCop: Rogue City, which is currently on sale for $9.99.