Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, developer behind the Vertigo sequence, introduced that Vertigo 2 (2023) is getting its long-awaited DLC story enlargement ‘Into the Aether’ this week.
In late 2023, the studio introduced it was pushing its “remaining content material replace” to the sport with the the Bottomless Replace, bringing a stage editor, modifiers, and new playable characters, extending the sport effectively past the ten+ hour marketing campaign.
Nonetheless, the ultimate replace wasn’t actually remaining. In December 2024, Tsiakalis-Brown introduced the award-winning shooter-adventure was getting its first paid DLC, Into the Aether.
Initially slated to reach in March, Into the Aether was subsequently delayed to April with no particular timing on launch. Nonetheless now, Tsiakalis-Brown says it’s coming to the Steam model of the sport on April twenty fifth, priced at $10.
“Embark on an interdimensional expedition to the oldest and most mysterious universe, uncover new weapons and instruments, and defeat fearsome new enemies,” Tsiakalis-Brown says within the DLC’s Steam description.
In Into the Aether, you’ll declare artifacts of the Void to extend your energy and unlock new paths to discover. You’ll get the ‘Void Grappler’ for “the final word motion improve,” permitting you to connect to most surfaces and swing round like Spider-Man. There’s additionally the ‘Void Deflector’ as a brand new defensive choice, permitting you to deflect assaults with exact timing, accumulating vitality for a counterattack.
There doesn’t appear to be any lively plans of bringing Into the Aether to the PSVR 2 model of the sport, which was ported to PS5 by XR veterans Perp Video games. Perp hasn’t publicly talked about whether or not it’s been contracted to convey ‘Into the Aether’ to PSVR 2 both, so it’s shaping as much as be a PC VR unique.
In case you haven’t performed Vertigo 2, skip the field beneath to keep away from spoilers.
SPOILER: In Vertigo 2, Brian unknowingly helped the Void Delegation’s try and invade earth. Now, he’s combating in opposition to them together with the rogue realmwalker Kauboi. With the Delegation in disarray, Kauboi desires to try a rescue mission that may have been inconceivable earlier than. Will Brian be capable of pull it off?
