News - Rage 2 Release Date Confirmed With New Trailer At The Game Awards

Rage 2 Release Date Confirmed With New Trailer At The Game Awards

<p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/rage-2/">Rage 2</a>, the long-awaited sequel from Id Software and Avalanche, finally has a release date. At The Game Awards 2018, publisher Bethesda officially confirmed that the single-player post-apocalyptic shooter is launching on May 14 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.</p><p>Bethesda also released a new trailer for the game showing off some of the crazy things you'll be able to do in the open-world. Check it out in the embed above.</p><p>The game is set 30 years after the events of the <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/rage/">first Rage</a>, which was released in 2011 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The Earth has started to recover after being ravaged by a global catastrophe, and plant and animal life have begun springing up around the planet.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-ref-id="2300-6447620" data-src="/videos/all-the-big-news-from-the-game-awards-2018-gs-news/2300-6447620/" data-width="100%" data-height="100%"><iframe src="/videos/embed/6447620/" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rage-2-release-date-story-gameplay-vehicles-and-ev/1100-6463699/">Rage 2</a> is in development at Just Cause studio Avalanche Studios, while original developer id Software is also contributing to the project.</p><p>For more on all the big announcements from The Game Awards, check out <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-game-awards-2018-news-next-far-cry-new-obs/1100-6463731/">GameSpot's roundup here</a>.</p><p> </p>