Final 12 months’s addictive monster-slaying sport, Vampire Survivors, is collaborating with Amongst Us for a brand new DLC referred to as Emergency Assembly that’s set to drop on December 18, 2023.
Developer Poncle introduced the newest addition to its indie hit as a part of right this moment’s Day of the Devs presentation, revealing the brand new content material with a trailer. It’s a reasonably meaty video that debuts new animation that options bosses and imposters alike, and in case you keep tuned to the top, you’ll even catch a glimpse of some Crewmate gameplay.
PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X | S gamers can anticipate Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly to drop on that December 18 date. Nevertheless, Nintendo Swap and cell must wait a bit longer. Poncle apologizes for the delay and solely guarantees to launch the opposite variations “quickly.”
The group shared extra in regards to the indie meet-up mission in an FAQ on its web site. As would possibly’ve seen within the trailer, Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly provides 9 characters, 15 weapons, 20 in-game unlocks, and naturally, a brand new stage based mostly on the world of Amongst Us. Furthermore, Poncle guarantees to incorporate “a ton of references and parts” from the celebration sport property, including that gamers unfamiliar with it might probably nonetheless have an excellent time regardless.
“No realm or aircraft of actuality is off limits within the universe of Vampire Survivors, so for this one we’re off to the Polus Reproduction,” Poncle describes. “How did the forged of Vampire Survivors get there? That is not the query, however we will guarantee you the gravity is ok, no person will float off, and the prefab constructions are completely protected. We won’t make any guarantees to forestall sabotage or suspect goings on throughout gameplay, nonetheless.”
Crossover occasions like Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly can present attention-grabbing alternatives to mix standard franchises collectively. Nevertheless, the enjoyable generally comes at a value.
“When getting into licensing territory, all companies, particularly massive ones, have totally different pointers and circumstances to observe in an effort to make a collaboration occur,” Poncle says. “Which means that typically collab DLCs can be dearer than regular.”
“We’re additionally attempting to be cheeky and discover methods to make sure collabs to be obtainable to everybody.
Nevertheless, the Vampire Survivors group provides that they’re engaged on extra for the longer term, too: “We’re additionally attempting to be cheeky and discover methods to make sure collabs to be obtainable to everybody without cost although, finger crossed we handle to get there!”
Whereas there aren’t any new achievements in Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly, there can be six new music tracks to jam to.
“We’re buddies with the fantastic Amongst Us builders, Innersloth, we had a bit of chat in regards to the idea of doing a collaborative DLC, did a bunch of paperwork, then a bunch of growth work, and the remaining is historical past that you can play quickly.”
In our Vampire Survivors 1.0 evaluation, we praised Poncle’s concoction of simplistic gameplay and smorgasbord of instruments, including that it managed to suck away “over 100 hours” of our time. Extra just lately gamers have been handled to replace 1.8, which add extra roguelike content material to maintain monster hunters coming again.
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