Key Takeaways
- Firewalk’s doomed shooter, Concord, will get a second chance in Prime Video’s Secret Level.
- Secret Level explores stories from various popular video game worlds.
- Despite Concord’s shutdown, Secret Level’s episode based on the game will shed light on its world in a new way.
Firewalk Studios’ Concord was controversially shut down earlier in the year after a lackluster reception, but the PS5 shooter will have a second chance in Prime Video’s new anthology series Secret Level.
Secret Level is a new animated series from the minds behind Love, Death + Robots, with each episode exploring an unseen story in a popular video game world. Some of the games set to be adapted in Secret Level include Warhammer 40,000, Mega Man, Armored Core, Unreal Tournament, and The Outer Worlds.The cast of Secret Level is stacked with stars, with actors including Keanu Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ariana Greenblatt, Gabriel Luna, and Kevin Hart lending their voice talents to the animated characters.
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When Secret Level was first announced, it was confirmed to include an episode based on Firewalk’s Concord, which was still yet to be released at the time. Following low sales and the unceremonious shutdown of Concord in September, Secret Level’s episode about the game was in doubt, but it was soon confirmed it would still be released, despite there being no way for players to access the game any longer.
Secret Level’s Concord Episode Receives Trailer
Given Concord’s short life, many may be unfamiliar with its world which is something Secret Level’s episode will seemingly shed light on. A new trailer for the Concord episode of Secret Level was released on the series’ official X account, and shows a ragtag group of heroes journeying through a sci-fi world as they attempt to pull off heists around the galaxy, in a vibe somewhat reminiscent of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy or the recent Ubisoft game, Star Wars: Outlaws. A synopsis from Amazon provides further details, revealing the episode will follow Captain Cassidy and their crew of Freegunners who undertake a massive heist and must battle through an armada and space storm to make it to freedom.
“Based on the galaxy-spanning team-based shooter. Captain Cassidy’s crew of Freegunners is about to pull off the biggest heist of their lives – now there’s only a deadly armada and a cosmos-sundering space storm between them and freedom.”
Concord was a multiplayer first-person shooter that involved battles between teams of mercenaries, with players able to choose from a variety of human and alien characters with different abilities. Firewalk intended to add new characters to the game with an ongoing series of cutscenes released each week to reveal their lore and story. But merely two weeks after its launch, Concord was shutdown and removed from the PlayStation store.
Secret Level Gives Concord A Second Chance In A Different Medium
Many video game adaptations have been successful in igniting interest in their source material, with sales of games like The Last of Us and Fallout seeing a significant boost following their TV show debuts. It’s possible Secret Level could do the same for some of the games it adapts, but unfortunately, in Concord’s case, that won’t be possible. While the game is no longer available for players to access, perhaps Secret Level can ignite interest in the IP and allow it to live on in another medium.
Secret Level will be released on Prime Video on December 10.
Amazon Prime Video’s Secret Level is an animated series that explores different gaming worlds, telling short stories within them. Some of the featured games include Armored Core, Sifu, Unreal Tournament, Concord, Ghost of Tsushima, Pac-Man, and The Outer Worlds.
- Release Date
- December 10, 2024
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger , Patrick Schwarzenegger , Kevin Hart , Laura Bailey , Keanu Reeves , Gabriel Luna , Ariana Greenblatt , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , Michael Beach , Emily Swallow , claudia doumit
- Seasons
- 1
- Production Company
- Blur Studio, Amazon MGM Studios
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video
- Streaming Service(s)
- Amazon Prime Video
- Creator(s)
- Tim Miller
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