Final 12 months’s addictive monster-slaying sport, Vampire Survivors, is collaborating with Amongst Us for a brand new DLC known as Emergency Assembly that’s set to drop on December 18, 2023.
Developer Poncle introduced the most recent addition to its indie hit as a part of right now’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 when you keep tuned to the tip, you’ll even catch a glimpse of some Crewmate gameplay.
PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection 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 crew shared extra concerning the indie meet-up venture in an FAQ on its web site. As would possibly’ve observed 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 occasion sport property, including that gamers unfamiliar with it could nonetheless have a great 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 solid of Vampire Survivors get there? That is not the query, however we are able to guarantee you the gravity is ok, no person will float off, and the prefab constructions are completely secure. We will not make any guarantees to stop sabotage or suspect goings on throughout gameplay, nonetheless.”
Crossover occasions like Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly can present attention-grabbing alternatives to mix widespread franchises collectively. Nevertheless, the enjoyable generally comes at a value.
“When getting into licensing territory, all companies, particularly giant ones, have totally different pointers and circumstances to observe with a purpose to make a collaboration occur,” Poncle says. “Because of this most often collab DLCs shall 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 crew provides that they’re engaged on extra for the long run, too: “We’re additionally attempting to be cheeky and discover methods to make sure collabs to be obtainable to everybody without spending a dime although, finger crossed we handle to get there!”
Whereas there aren’t any new achievements in Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly, there shall be six new music tracks to jam to.
“We’re mates with the great Amongst Us builders, Innersloth, we had a bit of chat concerning 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’ll play quickly.”
In our Vampire Survivors 1.0 assessment, 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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