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Latest Update for Sci-Fi Survival Title ‘Serum’ Adds Custom Difficulty, New Traps
Still in Early Access on Steam, Game Island and Toplitz Production’s Serum has received a new update. The latest patch for the survival adventure title is the biggest so far, adding a custom difficulty mode, combat traps and more.
Update Patch 6 adds in customized difficulty to Serum, allowing players to set their desired competitive level of challenge in their gameplay. The bigger addition are the combat traps, with slashing, piercing and blunt force variants. These aim to give players another tactical approach for surviving the mutated creatures that roam the world.
In addition to the new content, and performance tweaks, the devs have also been able to implement multiple fixes to the game as well, such as item storage, Inventory, missing localized text, UI and visual elements and more.
Beyond this latest content update, the team is sticking to the Early Access roadmap, with plans to bring a 4-player co-op mode later on this year, as well as a challenging new level for survivors to explore in the form of a canyon biome, complete with new mutated creatures and more revelations about the mutagen that is central to the game’s main story and questline.
The Ultimate Edition for Serum is also available to buy on Steam, and includes a Serum story codex, Serum digital cocktail book and Serum official guide. The Guide Edition includes the official guide and provides expert insights and strategies.
Torn Banner Studios and Green Man Gaming have announced that their 8-player zombie co-op shooter No More Room In Hell 2 will see an August 11 exit from Early Access on Steam and the Epic Games Store, launching in full. The game will also be launching on the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5, with pre-orders kicking off on July 28 for Xbox Series (with a 20% discount), with launch-day offers available from August 11 with 35% off on Steam and the Epic Games Store, and 20% off on Xbox and PlayStation Stores.
This milestone release delivers a wealth of new content and gameplay overhauls, capping off two years of continuous Early Access refinements. Along with community-driven bug fixes and performance optimisations, 1.0 introduces vital quality-of-life upgrades including overhauled difficulty tiers, match reconnect, an ‘Unstuck’ button, an improved UI and more.
Fans of the permadeath co-op can expect the permanent addition of the action-packed Survival Mode. Originally previewed during the Free Weekend event earlier this year, this deadly new game mode pushes squads to their limits as they defend strategic speaker towers from an ever-growing horde of the undead, buying precious time for civilian evacuations.
Designed to offer a smoother onboarding experience, new tutorial grounds and re-tuned difficulty tiers give first-time players room to learn the ropes. The update also introduces an all-new Solo Mode, providing opportunities for veterans and newcomers alike to master map layouts at their own pace – completely free from the brutal threat of permadeath – before braving the high-stakes co-op progression.
“Reaching 1.0 is a monumental milestone for No More Room in Hell 2,” says Steve Piggott, CEO & Creative Director at Torn Banner Studios. “Throughout Early Access, we’ve worked hand-in-hand with our community to refine, polish, and expand the game into the ultimate high-stakes co-op horror experience. This launch brings the definitive version of the game we always envisioned. We are so excited to finally bring the brutal, 8-player survival nightmare to life, and we can’t wait to see how squads handle the horror when they step into the zone.”
Designed with feature parity at its core, the title’s console debut ensures PlayStation and Xbox players will experience the exact same gameplay systems, survival mechanics, and in-game achievements as PC players. Full cross-play integration unites PC, PlayStation, and Xbox into one shared player pool, delivering faster matchmaking and total freedom to team up on any platform.
“We are incredibly proud to support the debut console launch of No More Room in Hell 2,” says Chris Jones, EVP of Publishing at Green Man Gaming. “Hardcore, tactical horror has traditionally been a PC-dominated space, leaving console players largely underserved when it comes to high-stakes survival. But with this launch, we are thrilled to finally open the quarantine zone to console audiences and offer them a truly uncompromising survival horror challenge.”