Last year’s addictive monster-slaying game, Vampire Survivors, is collaborating with Among Us for a new DLC called Emergency Meeting that is set to drop on December 18, 2023.
Developer Poncle announced the latest addition to its indie hit as part of today’s Day of the Devs presentation, revealing the new content with a trailer. It’s a pretty meaty video that debuts new animation that features bosses and imposters alike, and if you stay tuned to the end, you’ll even catch a glimpse of some Crewmate gameplay.
PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S players can expect Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting to drop on that December 18 date. However, Nintendo Switch and mobile will have to wait a bit longer. Poncle apologizes for the delay and only promises to release the other versions “soon.”
The team shared more about the indie meet-up project in an FAQ on its website. As might’ve noticed in the trailer, Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting adds nine characters, 15 weapons, 20 in-game unlocks, and of course, a new stage based on the world of Among Us. Moreover, Poncle promises to include “a ton of references and elements” from the party game property, adding that players unfamiliar with it can still have a good time regardless.
“No realm or plane of reality is off limits in the universe of Vampire Survivors, so for this one we’re off to the Polus Replica,” Poncle describes. “How did the cast of Vampire Survivors get there? That’s not the question, but we can assure you the gravity is fine, nobody will float off, and the prefab structures are perfectly safe. We can’t make any promises to prevent sabotage or suspect goings on during gameplay, however.”
Crossover events like Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting can provide interesting opportunities to blend popular franchises together. However, the fun sometimes comes at a price.
“When entering licensing territory, all businesses, especially large ones, have different guidelines and conditions to follow in order to make a collaboration happen,” Poncle says. “This means that in most cases collab DLCs will be more expensive than normal.”
“We are also trying to be cheeky and find ways to make certain collabs to be available to everyone.
However, the Vampire Survivors team adds that they’re working on more for the future, too: “We are also trying to be cheeky and find ways to make certain collabs to be available to everyone for free though, finger crossed we manage to get there!”
While there are no new achievements in Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting, there will be six new music tracks to jam to.
“We’re friends with the wonderful Among Us developers, Innersloth, we had a little chat about the concept of doing a collaborative DLC, did a bunch of paperwork, then a bunch of development work, and the rest is history that you’ll be able to play soon.”
In our Vampire Survivors 1.0 review, we praised Poncle’s concoction of simplistic gameplay and smorgasbord of tools, adding that it managed to suck away “over a hundred hours” of our time. More recently players were treated to update 1.8, which add more roguelike content to keep monster hunters coming back.
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