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Poncle, the UK-based developer of the popular roguelikeVampire Survivors, has provided more information regarding the title’s upcoming ports to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.Vampire Survivors' latest expansion, as well as its most recent update, were both released in May.
Fully launched in December 2021,Vampire Survivorsis a top-down shoot ‘em up that pits players against near-endless waves of monsters. The critically acclaimed game received a Nintendo Switch port following its initial release, and it was announced in April thatVampire Survivorswould also make its way to the PS4 and PS5 this summer. As the season has started in Poncle’s home country, the developer has given an update on these upcoming PlayStation versions.
Vampire Survivorsstill does not have an exact release date for the PS4 and PS5, but this will be revealed as soon as possible, Poncle recently announced in a series of Twitter posts. Work on the ports has taken longer than usual because this is Poncle’s first time going through the PlayStation submission processes, the studio explained. Poncle is also doing some trial and error on PlayStation’s Trophies system to ensure that the indie developer gets achievements on Sony’s consoles right.Vampire Survivors, one of thehighest rated games on Steam, currently has more than 200 achievements on the PC game distribution platform.
Vampire Survivors PS4, PS5 Release Window
Several Twitter users thanked Poncle for their transparency regardingVampire Survivors’ upcoming PlayStation releases. Others, meanwhile, told the developer that they were excited to get a platinum trophy for the game when it comes out. These tokens are rewarded for unlocking all the achievements in a title, and they can be seen as badges of honor for anyone who has fully finishedPlayStation games that are hard to platinum.
Operation Guns, aVampire SurvivorsDLC based on Konami’sContrafranchise, was released on May 9. In addition to providing players with new biomes inspired byContralevels, the expansion also added 11 new characters and 22 fully automatic weapons to Poncle’s shoot ‘em up. It includes classic tracks from Konami’s legendary series of run and gun games as well.
An update that made tweaks to the new content featured inOperation Guns, Hotfix 1.10.105, was released a week after the latest DLC’s release on May 16. The small patch also addressed several bugs in both theVampire Survivorsbase game and the most recent expansion.
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Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements.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 that get thrown at you.Hell is empty, the devils are here, and there’s no place to run or hide. All you can do is survive as long as you can until death inevitably puts an end to your struggles. Gather gold in each run to buy upgrades and help the next survivor.The supernatural indie phenomenon that lets you be the bullet hell!
