In recent weeks, our Evil Dead attention has been directed toward the upcoming movie Evil Dead Rise – which is set to reach theatres on April 21st – since the trailer (embedded above) arrived online. But Evil Dead: The Game is also still alive and well, and the game’s developers have just revealed that the character Ruby, who was played by Lucy Lawless on the Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series, will soon be added to the game as a playable character! You can see the video announcement in the Twitter embed below. Ruby will be added to Evil Dead: The Game on February 2nd.
As described by Boss Team Games, Evil Dead: The Game is the blood soaked co-op and PVP experience you’ve been waiting for. Step into the shoes of iconic horror hero Ash Williams (voiced once again by Bruce Campbell himself!) or join up to three of your friends in an over-the-top melee-shooter featuring wild weapons and crazy characters that only Evil Dead could cook up. You can also play as the vile Kandarian Demon and haunt the world in spirit form to terrorize survivors, spawning Deadites and controlling items throughout the environment! You can even possess players and control their characters while they fight to save their souls!
Evil Dead: The Game‘s voice cast includes Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo from Ash vs. Evil Dead as their characters Pablo and Kelly, Marcus Gilbert as Lord Arthur from Army of Darkness, and Ellen Sandweiss and Richard DeManincor (a.k.a. Hal Delrich) as their characters Cheryl and Scott from the original The Evil Dead, with “special appearances” by The Evil Dead‘s Betsy Baker and Theresa Tilly (a.k.a. Sarah York). Evil Dead II‘s Annie Knowby and Ed Getley, Ash vs. Evil Dead‘s Amanda Fisher, Evil Dead 2013’s Mia and David, and The Blacksmith from Army of Darkness are also playable characters.
The game is available to play on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. The game is the result of a collaboration between Saber Interactive, Boss Team Games, Renaissance Pictures, STUDIOCANAL, MGM, and Lionsgate.
What do you think of the news that Ash vs. Evil Dead‘s Ruby is going to be added to Evil Dead: The Game? Are you looking forward to playing as this character? Let us know by leaving a comment below.