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‘Ripout’ Gets New Early Access Goodies With Monstrous Update [Trailer]
3D Realms and Pet Project Games’ co-op sci-fi horror FPS Ripout has received its biggest Early Access update yet, complete with a new limited-time discount. Along with the usual bug fixes, the new Monstrous update for Ripout brings a new enemy in the Bulwark, a new mission type, new sidearm, new enhancement pet buffs for your living gun, performance improvements, new animations, and more.
The new Bulwark enemy provides cover for other enemies while under attack, and is fully shielded while walking towards the player. In order to dispatch the Bulwark, you’ll have to wait for it drop its shield to start up its minigun attack. Making thing s a bit easier to take down this monstrosity is the new Buckshot sidearm. As it sounds, this close-range sidearm has scaling damage output based on how close you are to the target, making it a risk/reward gamble for players willing to get up close and personal to foes.
Along with this new enemy and weapon, players have a new mission type to deal with in the recycle bin missions. This mission type requires you to clear up upcoming bio canisters getting fed into the main recycle bin. Fail to clear enough canisters and the recycler will explode and your mission will fail.
Rounding out the Monstrous update are some optimizations and sound improvements for Ripout, as well as new weapon fire animations, the Ammo feed and Module Scrap enhancement pet buffs, and a new destructible station terminal.
And if you haven’t picked up Ripout yet, the 25% discount is a pretty good incentive. The discount lasts until March 1, so you’ve got time to plan out your paycheque accordingly. Check out Harrison’s Early Access impressions if you need some help.
Ripout is currently in Early Access on Steam, with the plan to exit the service later this year.
Fans of October Games and Full Moon Features’ Puppet Master: The Game (which is free to play, by the way) have a new update to dive into today, ahead of the game’s reported Early Access exit this week. Alongside the usual tweaks and bug fixes, the Underworld Update adds a new map and a new human in Watcher, as well as grants new unlockable cell-shaded skins for the puppets and more.
The new map is the eponymous Underworld, which is Sutekh’s Egyptian temple, drawing inspiration from both Puppet Master 4 and Retro Puppet Master. Other maps—Fifth Floor, the Attic and Rick’s Lab—have all received remastered lighting and optimization as part of the update.
The new Watcher humans are the resurrected undead mummy servants of Sutekh, solely tasked with eliminating anyone who tries to steal Sutekh’s secret of life. The Watcher is equipped with the Power of Sutekh ability, which allows them to project demonic energy that detonates on impact, causing a 3-second ragdoll effect to those hit by it. The Watcher also has several cosmetic skins, which you can unlock with XP.
Puppet Master: The Game players also now have access to more weapons, this time with a bone theme in the Femur (a new melee weapon), a Skull and an explosive Ebony Skull. There’s also the new Grenade, which causes ragdolling and kills anything within its radius.
Lastly, the Underworld Update tweaks the puppets in regards to their Night Vision. Puppets now have a togglable light source attached to them that only they can see, which gives them the ability to see in the dark. And for those looking for a comic book look to the puppets, you can spend your XP to unlock Cell Shaded Comic Book skins for each puppet.
You can check out the full list of additions/tweaks here.
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