It is preposterous to me that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is seven years previous, when that is so clearly the size of time that has handed since Left4Dead 2 launched. Sadly, Steam, the calendar, and certainly the universe all state that I’m unsuitable, so I suppose I will simply must go together with Fatshark’s celebration of its cooperative Skaven-smasher’s seventh birthday.
Headlining the anniversary festivities is the return of the occasion “A Quiet Drink”, a novel, restricted time mission through which the Ubersreik 5 head out into Helmgart in quest of a pint (or extra particularly, an entire casket of Bugman’s brew). Evidently, this hunt for a laid-back beverage proves something however enjoyable, and chaotic, bloody shenanigans ensue. Though this can be a reintroduced stage slightly than a brand new one, gamers who full it’s going to web themselves a elaborate portrait body themed round one thing terribly disagreeable being executed to a pig.
Arguably extra fascinating is the addition of a brand new Versus map, A Grudge Served Chilly. It is a reworked model of an present cooperative map to make it appropriate with aggressive play. “As at all times, the Versus model of the map has seen some changes to make it match Versus higher, together with new targets and adjustments to sections of the extent,” Fatshark explains.
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Vermintide 2’s nonetheless getting free maps added to it, with the newest being an elven temple and a warpstone nuke manufacturing unit
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Now you can leap throughout ranges as a Rat Ogre in Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Whether or not you embark on both of those actions, or pursue one thing else fully, you may get double XP to your characters. The grindy component of Vermintide 2 was one of many issues I preferred much less about it, so in the event you’re of the same thoughts and drifted away from the sport due to it, now could be the perfect time to leap again in.
These main options are bundled with a patch that makes quite a few tweaks and changes to varied weekly occasions and expeditions, which you’ll be able to learn in full right here.
Fatshark additionally used the announcement weblog to handle a considerably uncommon state of affairs concerning an upcoming weapon pack for the sport. Apparently, the studio has been teasing this pack in different blogs and bulletins, even displaying a prototype at one level. The pack was supposed to come back out sooner or later in 2025, however Fatshark writes that “we remorse to tell you that it will not be popping out this 12 months.”
Usually one thing as mundane as a weapon pack getting delayed would not be that noteworthy. However because it’s solely March, one thing dramatic will need to have occurred for Fatshark to state definitively that the brand new weapon pack will not be doable between now and December. What this might be, I could not presumably speculate, however no matter the issue is, it would not seem to have killed the weapon pack utterly: Fatshark nonetheless appears intent on releasing it sooner or later. “We’re wanting to get these weapons into your fingers,” the studio writes. “And can hold pushing to make that occur!”
Vermintide 2’s seventh anniversary occasion is playable now, operating till Sunday March 16.
