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New ‘Vampire Therapist’ DLC in “Couples Therapy” Available Now
Little Bat Games has given Vampire Therapist fans some new content ahead of Valentine’s Day with the new “Couples Therapy” DLC. Couples Therapy will explore themes of revolt, duty to humanity, and the complications that can arise from age gaps, though no therapist has ever encountered an age gap of several centuries before.
As the name implies, protagonist Sam Walls, now a vampire therapist extraordinaire, now seeks to help two vampires, battling with both domestic and personal struggles, as well as social discontentment following their demises during bloody revolutions in France and Iran.
On top of assisting the couple, this new content takes place during the annual Bachfest in Leipzig — home of Johann Sebastian Bach— where a ghost of Leipzig haunts the streets. It’s Sam’s job to track down the troubled soul between therapy sessions.
On top of the new content provided by Couples Therapy, the developer has fixed “a good number” of minor bugs in Vampire Therapist, including character positioning cleanups and correcting some font issues.
As for future plans, Little Bat Games announced that they’ve started pre-production work on their next title, though are keeping things close to the chest for the time being. As for Vampire Therapist, the team will have some “exciting” news in the near future.
If you haven’t checked out Vampire Therapist yet, a demo is still available on Steam.
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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.