Risk of Rain Arrives on PS4 and Vita This Year

<p><em>Risk of Rain <&sol;em>was released back in 2013 for PC by Hopoo Games and was met with critical acclaim&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;riskofrain&sol;risk-of-rain">Funded through Kickstarter<&sol;a>&comma; the game will now make its way onto PlayStation 4 and Vita in early 2016&period; Along with this release will be some unique features specifically made to make the console experience more stream-lined and multiplayer-centric&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"vjIJevomQy0" title&equals;"Risk of Rain - Gameplay Trailer &vert; PS4&comma; PS Vita"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;vjIJevomQy0"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;vjIJevomQy0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Risk of Rain - Gameplay Trailer &vert; PS4&comma; PS Vita"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The biggest feature to be implemented that makes playing multiplayer for <em>Risk of Rain <&sol;em>a lot less painful than it was with the PC version is that it now supports matchmaking&period; Instead of having to input an IP address or do any port forwarding&comma; you can now be placed into a lobby with other players with ease&period; This is but one of the many new features added to help encourage online play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game also features the ability to play with a friend on your couch&comma; as well as online at the same time&period; Two people can share the same machine&comma; while also being online with two other people&period; Additionally&comma; cross-platform support has been added&comma; which will make it so players can start a lobby with Vita and PS4 owners&comma; regardless of which platform they&&num;8217&semi;re on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you are not already aware of what <em>Risk of Rain <&sol;em>is&comma; you can watch the gameplay trailer above to familiarize yourself with the game&period; It is very much a game focused on survival and revels in its permanent death feature&period; A Vita released <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;shahidkamal&sol;status&sol;433345803487178756">had been confirmed back in 2014<&sol;a>&comma; but little was said about it and no release date had been given until now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;23&sol;risk-of-rain-heading-to-ps4-ps-vita&sol;">PlayStation Blog<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;