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4:Loop dev blog spotlights the Scanner, a menacing cube-shaped boss in Bad Robot Games' co-op shooter

Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Bad Robot Games have released new details about 4:Loop's cube-shaped enemy known as the Scanner. The information came via a PlayStation Blog post authored by Mike Booth, Chief Creative Officer at Bad Robot Games and Game Director of 4:Loop, who outlined the design philosophy behind the ominous boss. The Scanner reveal builds on a prior post in which Booth described the game's core gameplay systems.

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What we know

4:Loop is a cooperative third-person shooter published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and developed by Bad Robot Games.
The Scanner is a cube-shaped boss enemy described as ominous, and is the focus of the latest developer update.
The blog post was written by Mike Booth, Chief Creative Officer at Bad Robot Games and Game Director of 4:Loop.
Booth's Scanner post is a follow-up to an earlier PlayStation Blog entry covering 4:Loop's core gameplay systems.
Gematsu independently reported on the same PlayStation Blog announcement, broadening its reach to enthusiast press audiences.