Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 23 included announcements for video game fans across the genre spectrum, as well as new trailers for anticipated titles like Sonic Frontiers andDead Island 2. However, that was just the beginning of a week-long conference in Cologne, Germany with more to enjoy. Yesterday featured IGN's Awesome Indies showcase, with one notable announcement being Nobody Saves the World's $4.99 «Frozen Hearth» expansion.
Nobody Saves the World was one of this year's early breakout indie successes, a January release from Guacamelee developer Drinkbox Studios. It became the studio's most successful launch on Steam, as well as a day-one Xbox Game Pass title; all of which benefited its online co-op by providing a wealth of players. The benefits of DLC content are clear following this success, and Frozen Hearth will offer fans a whole new level of challenge. Luckily, it will also bring fans two additional transformation forms with which to tackle that challenge: the Killer Bee and Mechanic.
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Shapeshifting was the hallmark of Nobody Saves the World, a top-down ARPG in which the main character can use 17 additional forms with their own attacks, signature moves, and passive abilities to solve puzzles and combat enemies. Drinkbox created an irreverent, cartoonish take on a typical fantasy setting, and the transformations reflected this via a mix of traditional Dungeons and Dragons-esque classes such as Rogues and Archers alongside modern-day Bodybuilders and Magicians. Various animals and mythical creatures like Zombies and Mermaids also fill out the roster.
The Frozen Hearth expansion takes players to a new underground region where a tournament called the Tampering
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