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While Vampire Survivors has plenty of references to other games and media, the freshly released Emergency Meeting DLC is its very first actual crossover. So instead of simply having a bean-like character run around acting all 'sus' or whatever the youngins shout these days, the Emergency Meeting DLC has brought with it a whole host of characters and weapons directly based on Among Us.
In gameplay terms this means there's nine new characters to mess around with, fifteen new weapons of which seven are evolutions, as well as a thematic new stage to explore. There's also a brand new Adventure, a couple of new music tracks, and most importantly of all for Vampire Survivors veterans, a good chunk of new achievements to hunt down!
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In announcement that I don't think anyone could've ever predicted, the Poncle team have revealed that Vampire Survivors will soon be getting an Among Us inspired DLC! And when I say soon, I really do mean that as Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting will be launching on December 18th, 2023 for PC and Xbox, while the Switch and mobile versions will be coming at a later date.
As is tradition, this announcement was followed by a somewhat insane, albeit still awesome animated trailer. Have a gander, it's quite a fun one:
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The Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy team has recently launched Update #2 with it a whole bunch of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. While its name and contents might seem quite unassuming, Update #2 is actually rather significant as it also brings with it a highly important and often requested feature - crossplay!
Thanks to Update #2 you're now able to join games and play together with your friends regardless of which PC storefront or console they might have the game on. And in order to make sure private games can function under the new system, consoles have also been given a virtual keyboard to facilitate password input. It's a little bit clunky, but it sure beats having random people barge in!
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After a couple of quality-of-life focused updates, the Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge has now finally released some new content to explore. The freshly launched The Pale Reach expansion brings with it a bite-sized story about a monster lurking deep beneath the ice, a chilly new biome filled with all sorts of new fish, a variety of new equipment to help you catch said fish, as well as a few other bits and bobs to spice up your playthrough.
What all of this looks like in action, that you can check out through the launch trailer below. Have a gander, it's quite a pretty one:
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In celebration of Risk of Rain's tenth anniversary, Hopoo Games have now unleashed Risk of Rain Returns. This comprehensive remaster brings with it greatly improved visuals, three new Survivors, dozens of new stage variants, a brand new challenge mode, as well as a whole bunch of new items and enemies to mess around with.
Besides all of the new content, Risk of Rain Returns has also freshened up a bunch of the old stuff. You can look forward to a revamped multiplayer mode, alternate abilities for all of the original Survivors, extra lore to uncover, and perhaps most importantly of all, a large array of quality of life changes to make everything just a bit smoother.
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If you were looking forward to diving into the narrative driven and Fallout inspired CRPG Broken Roads this November 14th, I'm afraid I have some good and bad news to share. Well, it's the same news really. In order to ensure everything is polished up and ready to go, the Drop Bear Bytes team has just pushed the release date back to early 2024.
“Since 2019 the Drop Bear Bytes team has been pouring their hearts & souls into Broken Roads, spending countless hours designing, troubleshooting, and adjusting to player feedback”, reads the brief update. “While Broken Roads is still coming, we've made the decision to delay the release to allow for additional polish time and QA manpower plus resources to ensure a higher quality bar for the thousands of permutations that can arise.”
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Given that four years have gone by since Underrail's lengthy expansion Expedition arrived, I figured that was it for the Fallout inspired CRPG. However, in an unexpected though definitely not unpleasant twist, the Stygian Software team has now suddenly returned with yet more goodies!
The freshly released Underrail: Heavy Duty DLC isn't a story and exploration focused expansion like its predecessor, but more of a victory lap for veteran players. As such, it brings with it a new class of heavy weapons which covers things like machine guns and miniguns, grenade launchers that are a part of the Guns skill, a variety of new feats, as well as a highly challenging new mission that will have you face off against hordes of elite robotic enemies.
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[Update]: It took a while, but Dredge has now launched its very first expansion - The Pale Reach!
In order to help tide everyone over until the first big DLC arrives later this year, the Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge has now launched a small update containing a highly requested feature - the ability to customize your boat's appearance! You can also look forward to a couple of new mutated crabs, a rebalance of crab pots as a whole, as well as a bunch of new shipwrecks to loot throughout the world.
As for the customization options, those can be unlocked once you've acquired the dredge crane as a part of the main story, so fairly early on. Once you have it a brand new NPC situated at Little Marrow will offer you a limited selection of paint options to mess around with, while more and more stuff will become available as you explore the world.
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[Update]: Broken Roads has been delayed until early 2024 in order to ensure it launches as well polished as it can be.
If Baldur's Gate 3 has gotten you into a bit of an RPG mood, you might want to keep an eye on the upcoming Fallout inspired and narrative driven RPG called Broken Roads. As you might imagine given its inspiration, Broken Roads will have you chat up a variety of unique and interesting characters, undertake lengthy quests all across a post-apocalyptic version of Australia, solve dilemmas based on your character's philosophical leanings, and naturally, fight against all sorts of enemies in turn-based combat while looting everything that isn't nailed down particularly well!
What all of this looks like in action, as well as what sort of tone Broken Roads is going for, that you can check out through one of the trailers below. Have a gander:
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[Update]: Slay the Princess has now arrived, and I'm pleased to say it's looking quite good!
Following in the footsteps of games like The Stanley Parable, Slay the Princess is a comedy/horror adventure where you simply have to slay the princess in order to save the world. Naturally, things don't remain very simple for very long as the story quickly spirals into a myriad of different directions, time loops and utterly bizarre series of events.
Trying to talk about all of this through words alone is basically impossible, so instead allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of what Slay the Princess looks like and what it's trying to achieve. Have a gander: