{"id":419054,"date":"2026-02-11T01:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419054\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:55:08","slug":"awful-ps5-dino-shooter-code-violet-will-get-a-sequel-for-some-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419054\/","title":{"rendered":"Awful PS5 Dino Shooter Code Violet Will Get a Sequel&#8230; for Some Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Code Violet PS5\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/93b7e09167dd3\/code-violet-ps5.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/code-violet-ps5.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Code Violet PS5\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/code_violet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Code Violet<\/a>, the poor PS5 dinosaur shooter released last month, was a bad game.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t get a sequel, though, as Teamkill Media has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeamKillMedia\/status\/2021293486377431222\" rel=\"nofollow\">today announced Code UltraViolet<\/a>. The follow-up is possible because of the &#8220;overwhelming success&#8221; Code Violet has apparently experienced, and &#8220;the incredible support from all of you&#8221;, the developer said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Code Violet has an overall critic score of 29 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/code-violet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metacritic<\/a>, a 2.6 user score on the same site, and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/product\/UP5503-PPSA26528_00-0656994000407395\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 2.88 player rating on the PS Store<\/a> from confirmed buyers. Of almost 4,000 ratings, 36% of purchasers on PS5 left a one-star rating.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re actively progressing on several exciting projects, with more announcements and reveals coming your way very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Today, however, we\u2019re especially thrilled to share some big news with the entire TeamKill community.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the overwhelming success of Code Violet and the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUCJ3RiSL5\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CUCJ3RiSL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TeamKill Media (@TeamKillMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamKillMedia\/status\/2021293486377431222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/reviews\/ps5\/code-violet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Code Violet PS5 review<\/a>, we awarded the game a 4\/10 rating, and called attention to its technical issues, poor gunplay, and samey locations. &#8220;Code Violet is a mess. Crummy combat, tedious exploration, technical problems. The sexy costumes and horny camerawork seem at odds with both Violet as a character and the tone of the writing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bad quality of the first game, will you give Code UltraViolet a chance? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Code Violet, the poor PS5 dinosaur shooter released last month, was a bad game. That doesn&#8217;t mean it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10519,154682,59,112,138402,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-419054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-announcements","9":"tag-code-ultraviolet","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-ps5","12":"tag-teamkill-media","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}