Vampire Survivors | Tides of the Foscari DLC announced

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Vampire Survivors, the BAFTA-winning bullet hell hit, is getting a new chunk of DLC, Tides of the Foscari, on 13 April.


 

Furiously addictive bullet hell roguelite Vampire Survivors is about to get a new slice of downloadable content. Called Tides of the Foscari, it includes a new stage, weapons, characters, and lots more besides.

A distinctly tongue-in-cheek affair, Tides of the Foscariā€™s story is set in and around Foscari Academy, ā€œa school where the elite of the world train their children for careers as powerful wizards, indefatigable generals, and expert spies.ā€

Exactly what fantasy series Vampire Survivorsā€™ creators might be parodying here, we canā€™t begin to imagine.

The DLC was first shown off at Londonā€™s WASD indie games expo last week, and coincides with what must be a pretty extraordinary time for its developer, Studio poncle. Vampire Survivors walked away with a Best Game award at last weekā€™s BAFTA Game Awards, beating such big-budget titles as Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök. The game also won a gong for best Game Design.

Initially created by studio founder Luca Galante as a ā€œpandemic pastimeā€ during lockdown, Vampire Survivors has gone on to become a indie sensation, with positive reviews, hundreds of thousands of players, and frequent inclusions on outletsā€™ ā€œgame of the yearā€ lists. That a retro-looking, 2D rogue-lite-shooter-fantasy hybrid can also get BAFTA recognition is proof that indie games with good ideas really can compete with the triple-A side of the industry. (And, on a more selfish note, weā€™re hoping that Vampire Survivors means 2D, bullet-hell-style action games become at least a bit more mainstream again as a result.)

Tides of the Foscari launches on 13 April for just £1.59. You can find a full list of contents ā€“ including a cool-sounding weapon called the Prismatic Missile ā€“ over on its Steam page.

Read more: Vampire Survivors review

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