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‘Fear The Wolves’ Leaves Early Access February 6 With Massive Update
According to their latest Steam post, Vostok Games’ battle royale FPS Fear The Wolves (which we previewed here) is set to bust out of Early Access on February 6. Accompanying the launch will be a “massive update” featuring a bunch of new goodies.
The update is expected to go live on February 6 with the full launch of the game, but Vostok is mulling the idea of a “soft launch” a few days earlier to ensure that everything is working properly.
In addition, Fear the Wolves will be free to play from February 6-12 to give those who are undecided a chance to see if they like what the former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. team has been able to cook up. The game will also be on sale during that time, so if you like it, grab it.
So, what’s in that update, you ask? The big addition is a new artifact system. Artifacts are rare items that you can obtain by killing a new mutant known as the wolf matriarch to obtain its heart, or in the new radioactive lockdown areas. The matriarch heart allows you to summon friendly mutant wolves twice to help you fight enemy survivors. Another artifact is the spore artifact. This one gives you an enhanced vision mutation, allowing you to briefly see nearby enemies through walls.
You can check out the other tweaks, such as the new anomalies, AI tweaks, a new prematch system, the new Unified mode and more from the post.
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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