Asteroids Outpost Announced

The game is a PC online survival game coming via Steam Early Access.

Atari has announced Asteroids Outpost, a re-imagining of the classic 1979 game for PC. It's a MMO survival game, Outpost is launching in March on PC through Steam Early Access.

The game is set in the "distant future," players are put into a space environment.

In Outpost, you play as a deep space miner, struggling for survival in an asteroid belt. Atari describes Outpost as an open-world game with sandbox and survival elements.

"Asteroids is one of the most iconic titles in Atari’s portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, and we're looking forward to ushering the game into today's digital gaming era," Atari CEO Fred Chesnais said in a statement. "We're paying homage to the original Asteroids by incorporating classic features such as asteroid blasting capabilities, while introducing a completely new premise and gameplay. Asteroids: Outpost will appeal to both fans of the classic Asteroids as well as enthusiasts of immersive survival games and expansive MMOs."

Outpost is being developed by Salty Games.