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Ready or Not launched for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles

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Ready or Not launched for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles
The console port of Ready or Not by VOID Interactive has launched for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Built on hyper-realistic gameplay using Unreal Engine 5 for palm-sweating tension, the tactical first-person shooter depicts SWAT police units in a modern-day urban environment.

Equipped with authentic weapons and gear, the player takes on the role of SWAT commander to defuse dangerous scenarios—from hostage situations to bomb threats.


Laced Records of London has published the Ready or Not deluxe double vinyl soundtrack album. Noir-industrial music is by lead composer Zack Bower, with collaborator Dan Liston.

The album ships on two traditional black heavyweight LPs, containing 14 tracks from the score, with sleeve artwork is by VOID Interactive. The digital edition of the soundtrack album can be purchased via Bandcamp and Steam, with streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music Unlimited.


From the Steam product page:
Music is integral to maintaining the game’s sense of tension and release. Lead composer Zack Bower, along with collaborator Dan Liston, delivers a score that simmers with oozing ambience and low-lit industrial murk. Just like the game, tracks can switch on a dime from creeping anticipation to feverish intensity, with breakbeats exploding out of the haze.

The soundtrack blurs the lines between environmental sound design and musical score, subtly blending rich instrumentation with warped samples. Footsteps echoing on metal patiently build into insistent rhythms, while synthesizers flicker and spark like the lights of an underground meth lab. The subtle contrasts in the musicscapes create the feeling of a gritty, tangible world — a world of light and dark, lethal action and reaction.
Apple Music - Ready or Not (Original Soundtrack)