Video: Awesomenauts krijgt Overdrive uitbreiding

De Nederlandse ontwikkelaar Ronimo heeft Awesomenauts: Overdrive aangekondigd voor de pc. Het gaat hier om een uitbreiding op de populaire multiplayergame, die in het eerste kwartaal van 2016 verschijnt via Steam.

Overdrive bevat een verbetert matchmakingsysteem, nieuwe gameplaymogelijkheden, drie nieuwe personages en een grafische update. Een aantal van de toevoegingen van de uitbreiding worden ook gratis beschikbaar gemaakt voor alle spelers.

Bekijk hieronder de content van de Overdrive-uitbreiding:

New Matchmaking (Free)
We will introduce a completely new matchmaking system, running on our own servers. It will both be a lot more stable and do a better job at pairing players of an equal skill level, while also keeping connection quality between peers in mind. This will make the game more rewarding for veteran players, and be less daunting for new recruits! Whether you win or lose a match, everybody wins with this new system.

Premium Characters
The time-travelling inventor (Professor M. Yoolip), the hyperbike-riding bounty hunter (Chucho Krokk), and the LUX5000 bot piloted by the twin babies Jimmy and Amy, are gearing up to join the Awesomenauts. These three Awesomenauts will form the premium content for the Awesomenauts: Overdrive Expansion when they all launch simultaneously on Steam in March 2016.

Overhauled Game Mechanics (Free)
Fight as a team, win as a team! The new XP and Leveling system was added to Awesomenauts in the 2.13 update. This system makes matches more dynamic, enabling both steady progression and more dramatic comebacks! The XP and Leveling system is one of the core mechanics in the game now and the first big step of many changes to come. We'll continue to iterate on various game mechanics in the coming months.

Visual Update (Free)
It was time for some of the 'Nauts to join the thirty-sixth century, and Sheriff Lonestar is first in line! He has received a complete visual overhaul, and has had all of his animations and costumes redone. More content that has been with us since the launch of Awesomenauts will receive visual updates over the next several months!

Naast de Overdrive-uitbreiding verschijnt er de komende maanden de onderstaande gratis content:

New Map: Starstorm Station (Free)
The Starstorm Station approaches! The bonus map that we've been developing as part of our Awesomenauts: Starstorm crowdfunding campaign is nearing completion and will be released in the coming months!

New Character: Ix the Interloper (Free)
Ix the Interloper, which was designed by our very own Awesomenauts community, will join the roster as a free character later on.