Ridden Hives are essentially maze-like caverns that players can encounter in the middle of different missions. There are new Warped Ridden to deal with (like the Shredder) along with normal Ridden emerging from the ceiling and walls. New cars are available to unlock along 12 new weapon skins. There are also eight premium skins that provide different colored Hazmat suits.

For non-expansion owners, there’s “No Hope” difficulty which provides even more of a challenge than before. Back 4 Blood is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. Check out our review for the base game here.

New PvE areas called Ridden Hives are being introduced and there will be seven to explore. These are sprawling underground mazes where Ridden can emerge from the walls, the ceiling and so on. Some of the new Warped Ridden include Urchin, Shredder and Ripper, each with their own unique attacks. The Ripper, for instance, can send out a line of spikes upon smashing the ground.

Players will have new cards to even the odds though. Non-expansion owners can also partake of the new content as long as at least one person in the party owns it. In terms of free content, a new difficulty called “No Hope” is also being added and should provide some additional challenge for long-time players.

Back 4 Blood is currently available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. Check out our review for the base game here.

Meanwhile, it’s also been confirmed that the game’s first expansion, called Tunnels of Terror, will launch on April 12, and it’s promising to bring quite the meaty chunk of new content. For starters, players will be able to play as two new Cleaners– axe-wielding firefighter Sharice and “tough as nails” restauranteur Heng. Three new varieties of Warped Ridden are also being added with the Shredders, the landmine-doting Urchins, and the damage-specialist Rippers.

Another major new addition is a new PvE activity in the form of Ridden Hives. These will task a team of up to four Cleaners with exploring seven different dungeons below Evansburgh, each teeming with the aforementioned Warped Ridden (which will also be available in the PvP Swarm mode). As you’d expect, Ridden Hives will also have exclusive rewards and loot.

Plenty of other additions are also included in the expansion, including eight new character skins, twelve weapon skins, seven new legendary weapons, and new cards. Meanwhile, for those of you who want Back 4 Blood to put up even more of a challenge, a free update launching at the same time will also add the new “No Hope” difficulty option.

Back 4 Blood is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

Tunnels of Terror will be coming to Fort Hope on April 12th, 2022. Here's a little sneak peek on what to look forward to! pic.twitter.com/AOrigv2UuK

— Back 4 Blood (@back4blood) March 1, 2022

In December, new Supply Lines, a Ridden Practice Area and a holiday seasonal event will go live. This is in addition to features like solo offline with campaign progression, brand-new cards and a new card type. In 2022, a new difficulty, new player and corruption cards, updates to melee and a new co-op mode will release.

Next year also marks the launch of the first major paid expansion which is called Tunnels of Terror. Expansions 2 and 3 are also slated for 2022 but are still unnamed. New Cleaners, Ridden, weapons, cards and a new activity type will be added in the expansions among other content.

Back 4 Blood is currently available for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC. Check out our review for it here.

Cleaners, the future is lookin' bright! Here's a roadmap of what's to come for Fort Hope. #Back4Blood pic.twitter.com/IHCvGqZXO0

— Back 4 Blood (@back4blood) November 8, 2021