Final yr’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 newest 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 fairly meaty video that debuts new animation that options bosses and imposters alike, and in case 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 count on Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly to drop on that December 18 date. Nonetheless, Nintendo Swap and cellular should 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 challenge in an FAQ on its web site. As may’ve observed within the trailer, Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly provides 9 characters, 15 weapons, 20 in-game unlocks, and naturally, a brand new stage primarily based on the world of Amongst Us. Furthermore, Poncle guarantees to incorporate “a ton of references and components” from the social gathering sport property, including that gamers unfamiliar with it will possibly nonetheless have a great time regardless.
“No realm or airplane of actuality is off limits within the universe of Vampire Survivors, so for this one we’re off to the Polus Duplicate,” 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 buildings are completely secure. We won’t make any guarantees to stop sabotage or suspect goings on throughout gameplay, nevertheless.”
Crossover occasions like Vampire Survivors: Emergency Assembly can present fascinating alternatives to mix standard franchises collectively. Nonetheless, the enjoyable typically comes at a worth.
“When getting into licensing territory, all companies, particularly massive ones, have totally different tips and situations to comply with to be able to make a collaboration occur,” Poncle says. “Which means 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 out there to everybody.
Nonetheless, 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 out there 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 shall be six new music tracks to jam to.
“We’re pals 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 remainder 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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