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Hope you're not afraid of insects. Concept artists Tian Gan and Amilcar Fong gives us a look at bee concepts, from an early design to more recent models, seen here without their bio-luminescent wings.

"Did you see that?" Senior Concept Artist Tian Gan is back with early designs for Sniper Bots. With enhanced vision and hardwired weaponry, these concepts illustrate the team's vision of a bot that can snipe you from across the map.

Senior Concept Artist Tian Gan brings the heat with a look at Rocket Bot concepts and launcher models. Drawing on the bulky, powerful look of 4:LOOP's alien technology, Tian delivered a design that makes these deadly threats clear from a distance.

Behind the Drills: concept work by Lead Concept Artist Lucas Zung. Lucas's concept explores multiple designs for the invaders' drills, from standalone units to tethered machines. The colossal structure from Lucas's final design can be seen towering over many of the gameplay maps, cutting an imposing skyline as you fight to save the world.

Hours after the attack, the Invaders started digging. Searching for something buried miles underground.

Who's hungry? Concept artists Tian Gan and Luke Starkie share images that show the Maw's growth from early sketch to in-game terror. While not *quite* as large today as in some of these initial concepts, the Maw's still big enough to gobble you up if you're not careful.

The Maw has a big appetite and even bigger teeth. Get grabbed by one of its tentacles, and a teammate will have to shoot you free.

A WHOLE LOTTA BUCKSHOT The shotgun bot hits like a truck and is just as tanky. To make its gameplay function clear, our concept team developed unique looks for both their armor and their weapons.

Reinforced armor, Thermal vision. Smoke grenades. The Shotgun Bot was engineered to hunt you down.

DEATH FROM ABOVE Concept artists Lucas Zung and Tian Gan share concepts for Scout Bots and Drop Pods, which together form one of the unique gameplay systems in 4:LOOP. Scout Bots swarm the map, searching for players. Once they find you, they'll call down a Drop Pod full of Killbots.

Scout Bots might seem harmless — until they call down a Drop Pod full of Killbots. Take them out before it's too late.

All of the Killbots in 4:LOOP are deadly, but none more so than the "Heavy." Armed with a minigun and a bulletproof hull, the Heavy requires teamwork and a whole heap of firepower to go down.

Two tons of terror in a bulletproof hull. Teamwork might just take it down - if its minigun doesn't tear you apart first.

Check out early concepts for KILLBOTS, the main threat you and your squad will face off against in 4:LOOP.

The Invaders' first line of defense. Anything that gets in their way is dealt with. Swiftly.

In 4:LOOP, it all comes down to FLUX. Senior Concept Artist Tian Gan shares several concept explorations of the mysterious substance buried deep beneath Earth's crust. From how Flux appears in the environment, to how it behaves in missions, to how players carry it, the team wanted Flux to feel volatile, powerful, and out of this world.

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Flux. It's what the drills are digging for. It's why they came. And it may be the only thing we can use to stop them.

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