Video Games
Second ‘We Happy Few’ DLC Due Out on July 30th
Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few will be receiving their next DLC, Lightbearer, on July 30. Not only that, in celebration of the game’s one-year anniversary, for a limited time, publisher Gearbox are offering the We Happy Few Time Capsule for $79.99 USD, which also includes a free copy of the game on Steam.
The Time Capsule includes the following:
- Free We Happy Few Standard Edition game download for PC
- Replica Bobby mask and stand
- “You Look Smashing” sign lamp
- Uncle Jack alarm clock
- We Happy Few soundtrack vinyl
- “How To Be Happy” guide book
- Warning sign sticker sheet set
- Propaganda posters
Back to Lightbearer, this second piece of Season Pass content has Wellington Wells’ most beloved rock star, Nick Lightbearer, return for a brand-new drug-filled story. Nick Lightbearer is adored by legions of fans – but clearly not all seems well with Nick claiming his “purples” made him a monster.
You can grab the DLC as part of the We Happy Few Season Pass for $19.99 USD, or it can be purchased individually for $7.99 USD.
We Happy Few is currently available on PC (including GOG.com), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Overshadowing the announcement of Ninja Theory’s third entry in the Hellblade series earlier this month were reports that the developer was facing possible closure by Microsoft, alongside South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games and Double Fine. Now according to a new story by GamesBeat, another developer under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella is potentially facing closure in Undead Labs, who are currently working on State of Decay 3.
Earlier this month, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had announced that Microsoft was in the process of ‘resetting’ Xbox. That resulted in a report by Bloomberg during Summer Game Fest that revealed that multiple developers were negotiating with Microsoft to spin off of Xbox to avoid closing down. Now, according to the GamesBeat report, Undead Labs is now part of that group of developers negotiating to be bought to avoid layoffs.
The article states that Undead Labs could lose 110 jobs if it were shut down, while Compulsion could lose 90 jobs, Ninja Theory could lose 135 jobs, and Double Fine Productions could lose 100 jobs.
Other developers and publishers at Microsoft also reportedly face cuts, including Blizzard, id Software and Bethesda.
Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft back in 2018, with State of Decay 3 being announced in 2020. News on the development of the game was quiet until 2024, when a new trailer was released. Updates on the game again were hard to come by until last January when then-Xbox Game Studios lead Craig Duncan revealed that development was still very much alive. That was followed up this month with an official announcement that State of Decay 3 would be coming next year to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store.