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Cursed Possessions Update For ‘Phasmophobia’ Available Now
After the not-so-subtle teases last week, Kinetic Games has updated Phasmophobia to 0.5.0 with a bunch of new goodies, including a selection of cursed items to use in your ghosthunting activities. Each location in the game will now feature one of the six Cursed Possessions, which all feature a unique benefit, but at a cost.
A Cursed Possession will be randomly chosen at the start of each contract, with several spawn points for each item in the location. Cursed Possessions trade sanity for information, but can also cause an additional negative effect, so act wisely when you use them.
In addition to the Cursed Possessions, some ghost types have received new abilities, passives and other adjustments to make them more in line with the most recently added ghosts. Also, ghosts will now only use their physical form during hunts, instead of shadow or translucent forms, and all ghost abilities have been adjusted to make them happen more often and more consistently.
There are also more changes and fixes in the game, which can be found on the game’s Steam page.
GSC Game World will be bringing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl fans the first expansion next month when “Cost of Hope” launches on August 20. The release will coincide with a new 2.0 update for the game. The devs will release more info on the expansion and the update in the coming weeks.
In Cost of Hope, players once again step into the role of Skif — the protagonist of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — as a mysterious PDA signal draws him into events unfolding alongside the main game’s story. Players will explore uncharted locations, encounter unexpected allies and enemies, discover powerful weapons, and experience a new story. With dozens of hours of content, your choices will shape the future of the Zone in this major new chapter of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. saga.
Launching in line with Cost of Hope will be a “massive” Update 2.0 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Available as a free update to all owners of the game, the update will upgrade the game to a new version of Unreal Engine 5, as well as bring a variety of new content and improvements.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will launch for PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG.com, the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.