Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting DLC is Out Now

Steam Next Fest bought us endless demos this year and highlighted the coolest indie games we would otherwise be clueless about. But one game that slipped by my radar has an absolutely irresistible pitch: what if Tony Hawk’s gnarly tricks were inserted into Vampire Survivors' roguelike structure?

Resident Evil 4 is out now on iPhone 15 Pro, as well as iPads and Macs running on M-series chips. The game supports universal purchase on Apple’s platforms, which means that players only need to buy the game on one of the platforms to be able to play it on other devices as well.

Mark my words; we’re about to be buried under a deluge of clones of Vampire Survivors. Right now, it’s already a drizzle, but it reached indie game escape velocity, and that means everyone will be trying to burn the same fuel.

Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting adds a plethora of new content to the base game, including characters, items, and a map. But the new items aren’t that easy to unlock, requiring players to locate them on the new map and hit specific milestones.

Announced and released in the space of a week, the free God of War Ragnarok DLC Valhalla is out now on PS5, PS4. It'll be delivered via an update to the base game; you don't need to search the PS Store for it. Set aside roughly 8GB for the base game patch, and then you'll download the rogue-like mode on top.

Total War developer Creative Assembly has permanently dropped the price on the new Pharaoh installment to the strategy series and doled out a fair bit of money to players in response, partially as a refund and also in the form of once-paid DLC, while simultaneously deleting the game's pricier deluxe and Dynasty editions.  

Escape Simulator has added a free virtual escape room based on Among Us, letting you puzzle your way out of the backstabby party game’s spaceship The Mini Skeld in a bit of crossover DLC.

Starbreeze Studios’ first paid DLC for Payday 3, Syntax Error, is available now on all platforms. Available with the Silver and Gold Edition (and standalone), it adds a new heist, Weapon Pack and Tailor Pack. Check out the release trailer below.

The first major DLC for Darkest Dungeon 2, The Binding Blade, is out now on PC. Available on Steam and Epic Games Store for $9.99, the DLC brings with it two new heroes, as well as a new wandering mini-boss, among other new content. Check out the launch trailer below.

Wild and weird action roguelike Picayune Dreams released from Early Access recently, meaning it's definitely time to enjoy this thing if you're a fan of horde survival roguelikes, bullet hells, or games that get all meta and screwy. Populated by a cast of surrealist 3D renders that look like rejected 1990s clipart and backed up with a very serious drum and bass breakcore soundtrack, this is an indie that's decidedly, committedly into a specific aesthetic.

Metal: Hellsinger is a neat rhythm shooter, in which you blast demons in time to the beat of heavy metal. This week brought the release of new Purgatory DLC, which adds new tracks and a bow weapon, but also the launch of a free Horde mode update. The latter lets you fight escalating waves of enemies in different arenas, with between-wave powerups and permanent upgrades to unlock.

Metal: Hellsinger's Purgatory DLC and free Horde Mode Update are available right now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.