<s>
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
was	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
and	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
planned	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
by	O
developer	O
Lukewarm	O
Media	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
their	O
2012	O
asymmetrical	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
story-driven	O
,	O
single-player	O
game	O
divided	O
into	O
four	O
episodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
development	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
around	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
disagreements	O
within	O
Lukewarm	O
Media	O
about	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
large	O
scope	O
and	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circle	O
5	O
Studios	O
subsequently	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
instead	O
released	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Extinction	I-Application
,	O
an	O
update	O
and	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
would	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
,	O
taking	O
place	O
on	O
an	O
island	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
would	O
differ	O
significantly	O
compared	O
to	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
,	O
which	O
plays	O
as	O
an	O
asymmetrical	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
would	O
only	O
feature	O
a	O
single-player	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
and	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
with	O
puzzle-solving	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
the	O
player	O
hack	O
into	O
security	O
panels	O
,	O
by	O
playing	O
a	O
mini-game	O
using	O
the	O
touch	O
pad	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lukewarm	O
Media	O
had	O
considered	O
releasing	O
the	O
original	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
dropped	O
such	O
plans	O
upon	O
learning	O
of	O
the	O
upcoming	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
eventually	O
deciding	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lukewarm	O
Media	O
announced	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
indie	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
announced	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
also	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Trespasser	B-Application
,	O
Dear	B-Application
Esther	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Far	B-Application
Cry	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
episode	O
had	O
been	O
scheduled	O
for	O
publication	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
disagreements	O
within	O
Lukewarm	O
Media	O
about	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
series	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
deeming	O
Genesis	O
too	O
large	O
in	O
scope	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
handle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lukewarm	O
Media	O
publicly	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2014	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
backburner	O
while	O
the	O
company	O
focused	O
primarily	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
original	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
split	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
property	O
were	O
a	O
complicated	O
situation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
did	O
not	O
resume	O
development	O
of	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
,	O
viewing	O
it	O
as	O
too	O
ambitious	O
for	O
the	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
Circle	O
5	O
completed	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
update	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Extinction	I-Application
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Primal	B-Application
Carnage	I-Application
:	I-Application
Genesis	I-Application
remained	O
on	O
hold	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
open	O
to	O
reviving	O
the	O
project	O
if	O
Extinction	O
should	O
prove	O
to	O
be	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
