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‘Killing Floor 2’ Update “Halloween Horrors: Monster Masquerade” Launched Today on PC and Consoles
New map! New zombies! New weapons!
If you’re looking for straight up, super intense and ultra gory zombie-killing fun, you need look no further than Killing Floor 2, which remains a personal favorite of mine. It’s always fun when the game adds holiday content, which always includes brand new maps and zombie re-skins, and Tripwire has just unleashed this year’s Halloween event.
“Halloween Horrors: Monster Masquerade” has launched today, on PC and consoles!
Today’s free content update introduces the brand-new Monster Ball map, full Halloween makeovers for all zeds and bosses with all-new models, effects, and sounds. All this comes in addition to new weapons, limited-time items, matchmaking improvements, and more.
Key Features include…
New Map: Monster Ball
- Test your mettle in this brand-new map with limited-time event objectives and rewards.
New Looks: Halloween Makeover
- Celebrate Halloween with a full makeover for all enemies and bosses with new models, visual effects, and sound effects.
New Tunes
- Lend us your ears for new main menu tracks, action tracks, and trader time tracks.
New Weapons
- MKB42 – Commando
- HZ Medic Assault Rifle/Grenade Launcher – Field Medic/Commando
- FN-Fal – Sharpshooter / Commando
Check out the “Monster Masquerade” launch trailer below and get to killing zombies ASAP!
Video Games
Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.