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Vampire Survivors: Final Fantasy homage trailer + free Space54 update out now! (new character, stage & more)
Free new update released today.
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February 29, 2024
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poncle :
Studio poncle have launched a very nerdy surprise: a loving recreation of the Final Fantasy VII teaser trailer from 1997 – with every detail, naturally, swapped out for something from Vampire Survivors.
As if that wasn’t enough, the team has also released a free new update today. The far-out Space54 update adds 2 characters, 4 weapons, 1 stage and 1 relic. The update is out today on PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and mobile.
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About the Space54 update
Launching today for free, the Space54 update takes players on a tour through the delights and dangers of the cosmos! The update is a tribute to the Phaser framework, which was the original engine of Vampire Survivors.
7 New Achievements
2 New Characters:
Bat Robbert – When falling below 20% health, he gains +16 MaxHP (max +400) and recovers 30% health. This ability recharges every time the character is fully healed.
Space Dude – Every few seconds fires all weapons regardless of their Cooldown. The cooldown of this ability is affected by the Cooldown stat.
New Weapons:
Pako Battiliar – May retaliate when losing health.
Phas3r – Pew Pew! Generates thin damaging zones. High Amount scaling.
New Stage
Space54 – A cosmic trek through horrors and delights.
New Relic
Allows to enable random level up choices.
About Phaser
Originally launched in 2013, Phaser is a free software for developing HTML5 games on desktop and mobile, and was the original engine of Vampire Survivors until the 1.6 update. The characters and setting of Space54 are a tribute to Phaser’s adorable retro sci-fi mascots. Pew pew!
“On this note, big thanks to Phaser!” says Luca Galante, founder of poncle. “I had a lot of fun building Vampire Survivors with Phaser and can highly recommend it if you are interested in making wild games pretty fast!”
About Vampire Survivors
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters thrown at you.
The genre-defining “be the bullet hell” action game is a multi-million seller, was the highest-rated Steam game of 2022 (over 200,000 reviews, 98% overwhelmingly positive), is one the most played games on Steam Deck, won 2 Baftas (including “Best Game”) and was featured on the New Yorker’s “Best Video Games 2022” list. Vampire Survivors is currently available on PC, Mac, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS and does not feature any vampires.
About developer poncle
‘poncle’ is a small game dev studio founded by Luca Galante, based in London. After cutting his teeth (fangs?) on a series of HTML5 projects, Luca developed Vampire Survivors as a pandemic pastime, hoping to improve his skills as a developer. The game was an unexpected smash hit and has gathered a massive cult following. Today poncle is a merry band of programmers, designers, artists and other game-making folks, working in dialogue with their community of players to make Vampire Survivors the best it can be.
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