Space shooter Boundary comes to PlayStation 4 this year

Boundary, the first console game from Sony’s China Hero Project, is set to be released this year

One of Sony's China Hero Project games is coming to the West. Boundary, a first-person shooter set in space (like the Sandra Bullock film Gravity… but with guns) from Shenzhen-based studio Surgical Scalpels is coming to PlayStation 4 in the US this year.

Boundary is one of a number of Chinese games developed with assistance from Sony. It's part of the China Hero Project, an initiative to boost the number of Chinese-made games on PlayStation. Due to the country's long-lasting ban on consoles, most Chinese developers specialize in mobile or PC games, a trend Sony is trying to reverse.

We got a taste of Boundary last year, and found the zero-gravity element was a unique twist on a familiar genre -- but also added a steep learning curve. There's currently no specific release date for Boundary beyond that it's coming this year.

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