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First DLC Outfit Packs for ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Available Now, Featuring New Leatherface from Greg Nicotero
The wait is finally over for Gun Interactive’s first batch of DLC for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which sees the release of the game’s first cosmetic packs. That includes a new Leatherface outfit pack that features a new mask design by Greg Nicotero, a new saw design and sound, and a new universal kill that can be equipped to any Leatherface.
As Gun Interactive’s Wes Keltner explained previously, this new skin does not come with new abilities for Leatherface. Instead, it adds a new aesthetic to those who play as Leatherface. “It’s the same as the Pretty Woman or Old Lady skins for the base LF. However, we did give this LF a new saw with new recordings. It’s a deeper, growling saw that can be heard and identified immediately before you even see LF.”
Meanwhile, there are six other cosmetic packs for players to choose from. With the Slaughter Family Bloody Skins pack, players can choose to use a bloody variant of Leatherface, Hitchhiker, Cook, Johnny, or Sissy, while each Victim has a dedicated outfit pack with one new outfit and six color swaps. For example, Connie has a brand-new strawberry t-shirt, Sonny an authentic 70’s short sleeve button-ups, and Julie has matching two-piece tops and bell bottoms.
The Nicotero Leatherface pack can be had for $15.99, while each of the outfit packs for the Slaughter Family and Victims can be snagged for $4.99 each. Or, if you want, you can snag all five Victims outfit packs in a bundle for $19.99.
These outfit packs coincide with a new patch for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which you can read up on via the game’s official Reddit.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is out now on PC via Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
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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.