Hey Marines!
A new major update is available now—no rest for your marines even in the holiday season! Enjoy the festivities, the game is discounted from today to January 4 for the Steam Winter Sale!
This major update to celebrate the Winter holidays comes with a limited-time Xmas event, a new weapon, the Bio-rifle, and a new enemy making its comeback: the Wunderwurm! This new content (Bio-rifle and Wunderwurm) will be permanently added to the game.
Let's try to ignore all the aliens surrounding you and enjoy the holiday spirit...
New alien
Wunderwurm: This enemy has a wide range of abilities to attack you and make you lose your mind.
- Beware of its psionic 3x3 area attack, capable of reaching you through closed doors and walls within a range of 7 tiles, inflicting physical damage, tranquilization, and shadow buildup.
- As this wasn't already hard enough to deal with, it can also heal aliens within a 7x7 area aura, including itself, to a lesser extent, while moving in it.
- On top of this, it levitates and is able to teleport. The Wunderwurm really enjoys defying conventional tactics, escaping when wounded, and avoiding hazards.
- Keep an eye on its potential shadow trails and collect the rare Asura-49 once taken down to bring back when completing the mission.
New weapon
Bio-rifle: A cutting-edge weapon crafted with care to complete your arsenal! This expensive high-tech heavy weapon, available without unlocking, is not your conventional damage dealer but a versatile tactical marvel against armor. It offers a much-welcome strategic advantage: ignoring the armor and resistances of most aliens to deal huge damage if used properly. This weapon comes with two attack modes:
- "Inject", is a free-targeted attack that deals poison damage to aliens or heals a marine within a range of 1–7 squares.
- "Cloud Spray", massively infecting a 3x3 area with biotoxin and leaving behind toxic pools that infect aliens stepping on them.
This weapon uses BioShell ammunition, you're now armed to the teeth with this new piece of weaponry!
Limited time Xmas event
We've prepared a few bloody gifts for you! This Xmas event will last a few weeks. Collect Xmas presents scattered on the map and carry them with you when finishing the mission (or extracting)! A surprise in-game reward is waiting for you once you've gathered 150 Xmas presents!
Read the full patch notes here.
Get the game at a 25% discount from today at 7 PM (CET +1) to January 4 at 7 PM (CET +1)! Equip your Bio-rifle and take down the Wunderwurm. Stay tuned for more information on the upcoming content during Early Access!
We wish you all happy holidays! We're all taking some time off and will be out of office, but don't worry, we'll be back in early January!
❄️ The USC: Counterforce team 🎁
