In a lengthy newsletter by the Outriders' community manager, information regarding the upcoming Worldslayer expansion has been brought to light. The news includes the expected release date and time and includes a detailed summary of Outriders's new content and patch changes, ranging from balance adjustments to planned quality of life improvements.
Outriders has been occupying a small space in the looter-shooter genre for a little over a year now, having gone through a rather rough launch and a subsequent struggle to retain players. Outriders was developed by People Can Fly, the Polish studio behind much of the Gears of War series along with 2011's chaotic and successful Bulletstorm first-person shooter. The game received middling reviews, with players generally enjoying the loot and gunplay but struggling with bugs and server issues due to the game's always-online requirement. People Can Fly has pushed a number of updates since release in order to address some of these issues, with more changes coming with Worldslayer.
In the announcement by Outriders' team, the release time for Worldslayer has been confirmed to be June 28 for Early Access and June 30 for the primary launch. For both Early Access and launch, the expansion will be available to download at 9:00 PDT / 16:00 UTC / 17:00 BST. All players will need to download the latest build of Outriders whether they have purchased Worldslayer or not, as the build includes tons of bug fixes and balance adjustments that also affect the base game. Not accounting for discounts, the Worldslayer upgrade to the base game is $39.99 USD, while the combined Outriders and Worldslayer bundle will be $79.98 USD. Outriders is currently 45% off on Steam, a good opportunity for players looking to get started with the game.
Many details regarding Worldslayer are laid out in the newsletter, including the new content and the base game changes that will affect all players. Worldslayer will ship with an all-new campaign with new enemies, environments, and gear sets to obtain. Outriders' classes will receive new PAX skill trees to further enhance character builds, and an endgame Ascension system that allows for progression beyond level 30. Challenge Tiers will be replaced by 15 Apocalypse Tiers, difficulty levels that can be applied to the campaign. Weapons, mods, sets, and general difficulty have all been rebalanced in some way.
Although lots of new content is coming with Worldslayer, it's notable that some of the most requested features such as Loadouts have been acknowledged by the team but still haven't been implemented. Outriders had an unprofitable first year, so the new content and adjustments to the game will hopefully help grow the community and allow the developers to devote more time to improving the game.
Outriders is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The Worldslayer expansion releases June 30.
Source: Reddit