Fantastic retro FPS game Amid Evil gets expansion pack and VR edition

Love retro FPS video games that harken again to the glory days of Doom, Quake, Hexen, Heretic, and old-school Duke Nukem? Then you definately would possibly already be conversant in throwback Amid Evil from the crew at New Blood Interactive. Together with an enormous low cost within the Steam Spring sale, there’s much more on the best way with the announcement of each an growth pack fashion DLC and an Amid Evil VR launch date that sees the shooter rebuilt from the bottom up for digital actuality.

Coming from the New Blood writer collective behind video games together with Nightfall and Ultrakill, Amid Evil is simply the sort of outlandish FPS chaos that may make old-school PC gaming followers extremely completely happy. Filled with ridiculous magical weaponry to unleash upon the hordes of evil throughout a spread of beautiful, various open ranges which can be – in fact – stuffed to the brim with secrets and techniques and mysteries to find, Amid Evil is kind of merely a delight.

Now, the entire recreation has been rebuilt from the bottom up for digital actuality as Amid Evil VR. New Blood says, “This isn’t some half-baked model of Amid Evil ported to VR, that is the true deal,” and it actually appears prefer it from the trailer under. Weapons might be outfitted to both hand, permitting you to lash out at your foes with its vary of lightning tridents, spinning axe blades, vitality swords, and cyber bowling balls.

Amid Evil VR releases on April 20 on Steam and the Meta Quest retailer. It helps the Meta Quest 2 together with SteamVR, which means it needs to be suitable with lots of the finest VR headsets such because the Valve Index and HTC Vive. Extra particulars, together with the place to preorder, might be discovered on the New Blood web site.

That’s simply the tip of the iceberg, nonetheless – the unique Amid Evil is getting an “growth pack fashion DLC” titled Amid Evil: The Black Labyrinth. It’s a full prequel to the occasions of the primary recreation, the place gamers will journey to the eponymous Black Labyrinth with a purpose to defeat the keeper of the aptly named Axe of the Black Labyrinth. This growth at present has no date, though you’ll be able to wishlist it now on Steam.

These of you who’re intrigued by all the things happening right here and haven’t performed the unique Amid Evil but are in luck – the bottom recreation is at present on sale with 70% off on Steam, which means you’ll be able to choose up a contemporary basic for simply $5.99 USD / £4.79 GBP, though you’ll have to maneuver quick because the provide ends on March 23.

In case you’re involved in diving deeper, a New Blood FPS trilogy bundle provides you Amid Evil, Nightfall, and Ultrakill for 52% off, which means the three-game bundle is simply $31.25 / £24.20.

For one thing a bit totally different, New Blood can also be in improvement on a Fallout-style isometric RPG with a quite eye-catching retro-futuristic aesthetic. If that’s not sufficient for you, we’ve picked out extra of the perfect basic PC video games you can play in 2023 together with the perfect VR video games on PC.