As the announcement points out, the update essentially brings a fast-travel system to Gloomwood, despite the game not having any sort of in-game menu, HUD or UI once you start playing.

Along with the addition of The Mirror Realm, the update also brings with it improved lightmaps, as well as imporovements to various item and weapon textures throughout the game.

The update also brings with it completely optional new content celebrating Christmas in the form of levels with falling snow, where players can even pick up snowballs to throw. The update also adds festive hats to various creatures and enemies all over the game.

Released back in September 2022, Gloomwood is heavily inspired by classic immersive sims like Thief. The game features a hand-crafted city that allows for freeform exploration, including rooftops and even hidden passages.

Gloomwood is currently available on PC as an Early Access title.

While the 30-second clip doesn’t show off too much, it does show that the unnamed RPG will feature an interface quite similar to that of Fallout and Fallout 2, and its aesthetics also seem to borrow quite a bit from the art deco movement.

The clip also shows off one major change from the Fallout games. While staying turn based, New Blood’s RPG will feature combat from a first-person perspective, similar to classic dungeon crawling games.

Oshry has also revealed that the game’s art is being handled by Alexander Berezin, its music is being composed by Mark Morgan, and the game isn’t set to release for a while.

New Blood is known for its work in publishing indie games that evoke classic PC gaming. The publisher is currently enjoying the success of recent releases like Gloomwood and Ultrakill.

Since today marks the 25th anniversary of #Fallout, maybe it's time we show you how we're changing the perspective of combat in @NewBlood's CRPG – and how it differs from our main inspiration. pic.twitter.com/ytFau23hqc

— John NewBlood (@DaveOshry) October 10, 2022

Heavily inspired by classic immersive sims like Thief, Gloomwood puts players in a Victorian English setting where they have to sneak around and use their tools and the environment to survive.

Gloomwood was originally unveiled with an Early Access trailer back in June during the PC Gaming Show. The game has a focus on stealth that goes alongside its more traditional combat. Its stealth system uses a combination of light and sound systems.

The game also features a hand-crafted city that allows for freeform exploration. Players can explore various rooftops, and even find hidden passages.

Gloomwood also has a decent arsenal, including a canesword as the stealth option, a six-shot revolver, a folding shotgun, traps, and a rope-slinging harpoon.

Taking heavy inspiration from the seminal Thief franchise, Gloomwood has a focus on stealth alongside its more traditional combat. Even the game’s art style is based on the original Thief.

Like its inspiration, Gloomwood will allow players to interact with the game’s environments in meaningful ways, like being able to eavesdrop by leaning closer, or peeking through door cracks.

Gloomwood features a hand-crafted city allowing for freeform exploration. It allows players to explore various rooftops, and even find hidden passages. To work with the exploration, Gloomwood employs a stealth system that makes use of both light and sound.

A player’s arsenal in Gloomwood will include a canesword as the stealth option, a six-shot revolver, a folding shotgun, traps, and a rope-slinging harpoon.

Retro FPS Dusk may have released in 2018, but developer David Szymanski and publisher New Blood Interactive have never stopped working on it, and today, New Blood announced several updates that will be coming to the game this year (and beyond) in a post on the game’s Steam page.

The updates start with the game’s latest patch, which was just released. You can now delete your saves in-game from the main menu, and a new Continue option will allow you to go through the entire game without having to return to the main menu after every episode (Dusk was originally released episodically) . There’s also a new Max Loadout button that will allow you to begin every level with a full arsenal. These are all fairly small quality of life changes, but they do make a difference.

But still more is coming, though we don’t have an exact release date. Many of these changes revolve around the upcoming Nintendo Switch version, and will be added to the PC version “simultaneously.” The team has completely “completely redone the world map and loadout menus to be easier to read and navigate with a controller, keyboard, mouse and eyes,” and added a new weapon wheel to make the game easier to play on a controller. The best upcoming addition, though, is undoubtedly the Classic HUD, which looks like it was ripped straight out of Doom. It just needs a little Doomguy face.

The final version of Dusk will add co-op and Steam Workshop support sometime in the future, and the team has “basically rebuilt the entire game to be 100% moddable at this point.” Puzzle de-make Dusk ’82, which was initially revealed as a April Fool’s joke, is also apparently a real game with more than 30 levels and a level editor, and will be releasing “soon.” New Blood also said to “let us know if you’d buy a Game Boy Advance version. We’re not kidding.”

David Szymanski’s DUSK – a first person shooter inspired by old-school classics like Doom, Wolfenstein, and Hexen – has had a fairly solid run thus far. Having exited Steam Early Access in December 2018, it’s since gone on to sell 69,420 copies in total, out of which 40k were sold after its exit from Early Access. According to New Blood Interactive CEO Dave Oshry on Twitter, “We’ve since sold about 40k copies since our launch on December 10th.”

Keeping in mind the fact that the game is only available on Steam, these are some fairly good numbers. DUSK will also be coming to consoles, though which consoles in particular is yet to be confirmed. Current owners can also look forward to some nifty updates, like New Game Plus.

Co-op, new localization features, and Steam Workshop integration are also being worked on. Interestingly, DUSK will also have a “Big Box Physical Collector’s Edition” containing some named soap. And it smells like bacon. As far as sales pitches go, it’s definitely the strangest. Stay tuned for more information on DUSK’s console release in the coming months.

I was going to wait until we hit 100k to announce any sales numbers but…

DUSK has now sold 69,420 copies…

and that's about as ON BRAND for us as it gets ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) pic.twitter.com/mUx3EfSgCG

— John NewBlood (@DaveOshry) January 13, 2019

To expand on this:

DUSK sold 8,000 pre orders

We then sold another 22k copies in Early Access

We've since sold about 40k copies since our launch on December 10th

More importantly, with the exception of a 15% launch discount, DUSK has only been on Steam and never been on sale.

— John NewBlood (@DaveOshry) January 14, 2019

Depending on who you ask, 2018 wasn’t exactly the most cracking year for first person shooters. However, it was the year that David Szymanski’s DUSK finally launched out of Steam Early Access. Calling back to the old-school days of DOOM, Hexen, Quake, Blood, and Half-Life, DUSK scored strongly with players, currently holding an “Overwhelmingly Positive” score in Steam user reviews.

The developer isn’t done yet though. Producer Dave Oshry has confirmed that DUSK will be coming to consoles, along with Mac and Linux. While Xbox One and PS4 seem a given, it’s not confirmed whether a version for the Nintendo Switch is being considered.

Existing players will also have new features to look forward to. New Game Plus, Steam Workshop integration, co-op, and new localization features are currently in development. There will also be a “Big Box Physical Collector’s Edition”, which includes some DUSK soap that smells like bacon.

Don’t ask – we don’t know. Stay tuned for more information on future updates and console releases though.

It’s hard not to hanker for the good ol’ days, a time when when first person shooters like DOOM, Quake, Hexen and many more ruled the roost. Thankfully, David Szymanski’s DUSK offers a trip back in time, embodying the look and feel of old-school shooters while being entertaining in its own right. The game is out now after being initially available through Steam Early Access.

As the launch trailer below indicates, DUSK is all about moving quick and being extremely violent. The campaign sees players fighting against all kinds of monstrosities, from demons to cultists, while traveling down a rabbit hole of increasing creepiness. Three campaign chapters are available, along with 16 player deathmatch in the Duskworld mode.

DUSK is currently discounted on Steam, retailing for $16.66 until December 17th. If you’re a fan of old-school shooters and didn’t quite enjoy efforts like STRAFE, then this might be right up your alley. It’s also coming to Nintendo Switch if you prefer having it on the go, so stay tuned for more details.

Retro throwback FPS Dusk is hotly anticipated, but the game just before Christmas announced that it would be switching gears from an episodic format to a more traditional Early Access distribution. Now we know some more about the terms of this switch.

Having recently completed the first two episodes, the early access game will now include Episodes 1 and 2, Duskworld multiplayer mode and a couple of endless play arenas. According to New Blood Interactive, the move was made in response to the incredible reception of the game. If the success of a certain Battle Royale title is anything to go by, gamers aren’t that bothered by the idea of early access, done well- and developers definitely don’t mind it either, since they get more sales, more testing data and a presence on the Steam Store, all for just dropping it before it’s done.

Dusk will be avalible on Steam Early Access on January 11. Anyone who had already preordered before Christmas will be upgraded to the collectors edition free of charge.