Risk of Rain 2's Survivors of the Void paid expansion gets March release date on PC

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Risk of Rain 2's Survivors of the Void paid expansion finally has a launch date, and will be heading to PC on 1st March, with a console release to follow. And to celebrate the news, developer Hopoo Games has offered a closer look at the Railgunner — one of two new Survivors joining its enormously successful co-op rogue-like shooter sequel as part of the expansion.

Survivors of the Void brings a significant heft of new content to Risk of Rain 2 — ranging from new bosses and enemies to new items and stages — but the unifying theme (as its name does rather suggest) is The Void. The gateway to this mysterious realm has opened, spilling its innards all over Petrichor V. «For millennia, The Void Creatures have grown dominant by taking artifacts from our realm to theirs,» Hopoo explains. «Now they look to add you to their collection.»

The expansion's four new stages will give players the opportunity to «explore the beautiful waterfalls of Aphelian Sanctuary, take in the pungent odour of the Sulfur Pools, and enjoy accidental ice skating», as well as venturing into The Void itself — and that's alongside nine new monsters, two new bosses, two new Elite Types, plus an alternate final stage and boss.

Risk of Rain 2: Survivors of the Void — Railgunner Survivor Showcase.

Players can also expect an entirely new item tier exclusive to the expansion, three new interactables, new music, and Simulacrum — a new endless wave-based arena mode set within a Void simulation that can be played either solo or with friends. And finally, Survivors of the Void brings two new playable Survivors — only one of which has been revealed so far.

The Railgunner, as the newly detailed Survivor is known, is described as a specialist at «long-range