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‘Elden Ring’ Receives Free “Colosseum Update” DLC Today [Trailer]
In what could be seen as prep for The Game Awards tomorrow night, Bandai Namco and developer From Software have finally announced new DLC for Elden Ring. Best of all, it’s available today for free! The “Colosseum Update” brings new Player versus Player features to Elden Ring, as well as all-new cosmetic options.
According to the press release, the Colosseum Update adds three new arenas to Elden Ring. Located in Limgrave, Caelid and Leyndell, each arena comes with its own sets of rules and will be “theatres of fierce Player versus Player confrontations.”
The Limgrave Colosseum features two modes: United Combat and Combat Ordeal.
- In United Combat, players will be divided into two teams to fight in timed battles with the ability to respawn. Each death and respawn grants points to the adversaries, offering victory to the team with the higher score.
- In Combat Ordeal, it’s all out war. Combatants in this mode can also respawn until the timer hits zero, and the one with the most points gets the win.
The Royal Colosseum in Leyndell features Duel Mode. Two Tarnished will face off in a duel to the death, without the ability to respawn. Lastly, the Caelid Colosseum features all of the aforementioned modes, with the addition of being able to summon Spirit Ashes to fight by players’ sides. Players can fight on their own, or use group passwords to match up with or against friends.
As for the cosmetics, players get an additional five new hairstyles. Yeah, it’s not much, but the obvious draw here for Elden Ring players is the PvP combat in the Colosseum.
Elden Ring is up for Game of The Year honours at tomorrow’s Game Awards, alongside A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The show airs tomorrow night at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.
Elden Ring is available on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and the Xbox Series.
Retroware surprised everyone last year with the announcement that they’re working on a throwback beat-’em-up based on the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. Grab your mop and get ready: the side-scrolling beat ’em up game is heading our way later this year.
Toxic Crusaders is now available to preorder on Steam, with the game set for Fall 2024 release. Exact date TBA.
Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the characters from the 1991 cartoon “Toxic Crusaders” back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players.
In the game, “When the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, Earth’s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four-players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
“Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!”
Considering this is set in Tromaville, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see more Troma characters beyond the Crusaders here. Toxic Crusaders will also feature fully voice-acted motion comic cutscenes, featuring voice acting by TeamFourStar, industry veterans, and of course, Troma actors.
Check out the gameplay demo below for a closer look at the Toxic Crusaders in action.
Toxic Crusaders is coming soon to Xbox Series X + S, Playstation 4 + 5, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store. But you can wishlist on Steam in the meantime.
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