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Early Access Features and More Revealed for ‘Dune: Spice Wars’
After the brief reveal at The Game Awards, Funcom and Shiro Games have revealed a bit more info on about their upcoming strategy title based on Frank Herbert’s Dune in Dune: Spice Wars. The info comes from the newly updated Community FAQ page on Spice Wars‘ Steam page, which details the game mechanics, as well as what players can expect during the game’s Early Access phase.
According to the FAQ, Spice Wars will be a hybrid of real-time strategy and 4X strategy (think Civilization). The game will be in real time, but have a slower pace than in a typical RTS. “The game also features exploration, territory control, economic growth, combat, politics and spying, features that make it a true 4X game but do not detract from the core RTS experience that players would expect.” That being said, Spice Wars will feature base building, though you won’t be manually placing buildings on the ground.
As for the Houses that players can choose to play as, at the moment, House Harkonnen and House Atreides have been announced as the playable factions. Shiro is planning to have two other factions at launch, followed by a fifth faction during Early Access. The post also alludes to additional factions in the future.
At the moment, Spice Wars is a single-player focused game, although Shiro plans on adding multiplayer during Early Access. The team states that they’re choosing to focus on the core gameplay first, given the chunk of development time needed to fully realize the game.
As for when we’ll be able to play the game, Shiro plans on having the game out on Steam later this year. “We’ll also look at other potential distribution platforms in the coming months.”
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Season 4 Update “Operation: Shadow Hunter” Now Available for ‘Killing Floor 3’ [Trailer]
Following March’s seasonal update, Killing Floor 3 has its fourth seasonal update, “Operation: Shadow Hunter” , available now for free for a limited time on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, the PlayStation 5 and the XBOX Series. And to celebrate the game’s first anniversary since its launch, Tripwire Interactive has made Killing Floor 3 free-to-play for a limited time on all platforms from July 23 through July 27.
Operation: Shadow Hunter sees Nightfall specialists venture to the Nordic North Sea to explore a mire-infested oil rig and the horrors it has unleashed. Joining the team to explore the new map is the highly-anticipated Gunslinger perk, which includes an armory of dual-wielded pistols and high-tech gadgets for dispatching Zeds and the second phase of dual-wield support for the remaining sidearms.
The update also introduces the elusive Dr. Moorcroft as a new boss and adds a ‘Suicidal’ difficulty level, giving players a challenge between ‘Hard’ and ‘Hell-on-Earth” currently in-game. Players can also expect a Supply Pass refresh with free and paid tracks, performance optimizations, new achievements, quality of life improvements and more.
As for the free-to-play period, new players will have access to the full game, including the latest seasonal update, and all other updates including the recently added Onslaught map and text chat support. All progress will be saved and available after purchasing the game, with all three editions and Seasonal DLC Passes on all platforms discounted 50% off their regular price.
Tripwire also revealed the latest roadmap for Killing Floor 3, detailing the content ahead, including the return of popular seasonal events and a first look at plans for mod support across all platforms.
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