Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player) (10 Player Online)
- Genre
- Release Date
PlayStation 5
23rd Aug 2024 — $39.99
23rd Aug 2024 — £34.99
- Also Available On
- Tags
- Controller Support
- Feature Support
- Official Site
- playstation.com
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Concord (PS5) - Live Service Debut Beats the Hate with Stellar Presentation and Good Gameplay
Squad goals
Concord is not the disaster the discourse around it would lead you to believe. This online first-person shooter – a debut effort from Sony studio Firewalk – has outrageous production values, a fair business model, and a genuinely entertaining gameplay loop. Its biggest issue is its lack of identity: there’s no denying the developer...
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Concord Guides
Guide Concord Beta: How to Access, Start Times, and What You Can Play
All the Concord beta information you need
Looking for a Concord PS5, PC beta guide revealing how to access it, the start times, and what you can play prior to the full launch? As one of Sony's first live-service shooters to hit the market, there is a curiosity surrounding Concord that is largely going to be satisfied by an upcoming beta available...
Concord News
News Sony Trying to Silence Concord Revival Project After Fans Brought PS5, PC Disaster Back
But why?
Even a year removed from its release, it’s still difficult to process just what a disaster Concord was. It was a flop on a scale we’ve never seen before – a true unprecedented catastrophe. But – and stick with us here – it wasn’t the worst game ever made. Yes, its character designs were questionable and its overall concept...
News Concord's Disastrous Demise Could Help Push for Better Consumer Rights in UK
Sony praised for refunds
Well, at least one (potential) positive may come from Concord's unprecedented failure: the disastrous PS5 and PC shooter is now being used to push for stronger consumer rights in the UK. As reported by Eurogamer, the 2024 title, which was shut down just two weeks after launch, has been mentioned by name in the House of...
News 'We Won't Make the Same Mistakes Again': Sony Reflects on PS5's Catastrophic Concord
But will not give up on live service
Sony’s vowed not to repeat the mistakes it made with the PS5’s ill-fated live service shooter Concord, saying its “reviewed its processes […] to deeply understand how and why the title failed to meet expectations”. Speaking candidly as part of a choreographed investors roundtable, PS Studios boss...
Random Commemorative Launch Plaque of PS5 Catastrophe Concord Donated to Thrift Store
That's kinda sad
It doesn’t look like Chelsea Grace, an Outsourcing and Co-Dev Lead at shuttered developer Firewalk Games, has much love for Concord. She’s donated her commemorative launch plaque to US thrift store Goodwill, and you can now own this small piece of history. The framed piece includes the game’s box art and a copy of the PS5...
News PS5 Mega-Flop Concord Is Reaching Absurdly High Prices on eBay
World's most expensive coaster
Concord, the PS5 multiplayer shooter that no longer exists, is fetching frankly ridiculous prices on sites like eBay as its physical edition is becoming something of a collector's item. Boxed copies of the failed sci-fi FPS are being resold on the site for upwards of £300, in some cases, with several more listings...
News Secret Level's Concord Episode Has a Trailer, and It Feels Really Weird
What's Concord?
Ouch, this stings a bit. Sony released and then quickly obliterated the sci-fi multiplayer shooter Concord earlier this year, but we've yet to see the last of it; the game will be part of Amazon Prime's Secret Level anthology series. While the game itself was taken offline after a disastrous launch, the TV show — which adapts...
News Secret Level Creator Comments on Concord's Awkward Anthology Inclusion
“I honestly don’t understand why it didn’t work"
The brief but explosive saga of Sony's failed service punt, Concord, isn't over yet. Your favourite Freegunners will ride again in Secret Level from 10th December, the focus of one of the anthology series' 15 episodes. Secret Level's Tim Miller has noted the elephant in the room for the first...
News Sony Comments on Concord Disaster, Says Game Should Have Been Tested Earlier
User testing and internal evaluation needed to be sooner
Sony has claimed it should have been performing internal tests of Concord earlier than it was to spot the mistakes that led to its disastrous launch. Speaking during a Q&A session part of its latest Q2 financial earnings call, Sony president Hiroki Totoki said the firm is still going...
News Concord Cost Sony Over $200 Million, And Didn't Make a Single Cent
A price to pay
There’s been much discussion about how much money Sony wasted on gigaflop Concord, and now we have a ballpark estimate. It had previously been reported that the company had spent $400 million on the game, although this number always seemed a little high. Now Kotaku is citing two sources as saying the initial development deal for the...
News PS5, PC Flop Concord Never Returning, Studio Closed Down
Crash landing
In a devastating PS Studios update, bigwig Hermen Hulst has confirmed that following a period of consultation, PS5 and PC gigaflop Concord will never be returning and developer Firewalk Studios has been closed down. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, around 172 people will lose their jobs, although Sony does say it’s trying...
Previews
Preview Ignore The Haters, Concord Is a Good PS5 Shooter We Can't Wait to Play More Of
This one struck a Concord
Ahead of its 23rd August launch, we finally got our hands on Concord, the live service hero shooter from Firewalk Studios. Sony’s big multiplayer gamble was not met with the best of first impressions when it debuted at State of Play, but now that we’ve had some time with the game, is this shaping up to be the next live...
About The Game
Assemble your crew of Freegunner space outlaws and team up online with friends for thrilling 5v5 PVP modes across the galaxy in Concord.
Concord is a new team-based first-person shooter for PS5® and PC¹, where you have the power to be the game-changer for your team. Handpick your personal roster of Freegunners from the crew of the Northstar – a group of misfits, outlaws, and adventurers working as guns-for-hire.
PUT TOGETHER YOUR CREW
From powerful mystics and towering robots to skilled gunslingers and helpful healers, each Freegunner of the Northstar crew brings their own unique skills, personality, and abilities that cater to a wide-range of playstyles.
Create your own custom squads of Freegunners to bring an arsenal of different role types to the match or focus on your favourite characters to master their gameplay and unlock unique modifiers, cosmetics, background lore, and more – you decide when to play your characters and how you impact the match.
ADVENTURE EVERY MATCH
Each match is a new adventure as you team up with friends online and take on rival Freegunner crews to complete high-stakes jobs across the Concord galaxy in online PVP modes.
As you play, complete daily and weekly challenges from the Job Board to earn progression, unlock new items for your Freegunners, and learn more about the characters, worlds, and factions in the Concord Galaxy with the Galactic Guide. Win or lose, every match offers rewarding progression.
MODES FOR EVERY MOOD
With an array of objective and respawn-based modes with emphasis on teamplay, Concord has six different PVP modes that let you determine the level of challenge you are looking for.
NORTHSTAR CREW STORIES
As your journey in Concord unfolds, so will the stories of the Northstar crew. Each week, you will be greeted by new cinematic vignettes that premiere in-game that deliver ongoing narratives that expand upon the characters and their adventures.
AN EXPANDING UNIVERSE
The crew of the Northstar and the galaxy of Concord will grow through regular post-launch updates that introduce new Freegunners, game modes, maps and worlds, and weekly cinematic vignettes for no additional cost.
BUILT FOR PS5 AND PC
Team up with friends across both PlayStation®5 consoles and PC with seamless online cross-play support.
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