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Bandai Namco Reveal Multiplayer Functionality in ‘Code Vein’
Those wondering if Bandai Namco will have online multiplayer in their upcoming Dark Souls-inspired vampire action RPG Code Vein will be pleased to know that the game will allow friends to drop in and join in the fight.
The company announced the feature via Twitter, which seems to imply the game will have a co-op feature similar to Dark Souls. In the case of Code Vein, as you explore and attempt to complete dungeons alongside an NPC companion, you can send out a distress signal to summon another player.
According to an article by Gematsu (which translated an article in the Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu), players will be able to join your game after meeting “certain conditions”. The summoned player appears alone, but can travel with you as a party character alongside your NPC partner. Your NPC partner’s Gifts will also have an affect on the rescue player.
Code Vein is due out for PlayStation 4, XBox One, and PC worldwide later this year.
We have the Jason Universe to thank for the recent return of Jason Voorhees, with the short film Sweet Revenge and Jason’s arrival in Dead by Daylight helping to bring the hockey mask-wearing horror icon back into our lives. What else is planned, you ask?
In a chat with Variety this week, Jason Universe’s Robbie Barsamian teases that everything we’ve seen up to this point is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jason’s return.
“We’ve been busy behind the scenes laying the foundation that everyone is finally starting to see come to life, but this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Barsamian teases.
“We have a thrilling lineup of new projects that we can’t wait to share more details on soon.”
Barsamian also notes during the chat with Variety, “We want to give fans fresh takes on what they love most about Jason and continue to expand his world in authentic ways that resonate with horror fans today.” One of those expansions will take the form of the upcoming Peacock and A24 series “Crystal Lake,” which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees.
“The Crystal Lake TV series will take fans back in time to tell the story of how Pamela Voorhees came to be the mother of all slashers,” Barsamian tells Variety this week.
“Crystal Lake” premieres October 15 on Peacock.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Last year, the Jason Universe team had teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the near future. But at this time we have no updates on either front.
Stay tuned for more from the Jason Universe.
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