Superb Bloodborne-inspired racing game Nightmare Kart is getting free DLC featuring sniper rifles and supercharged penny farthings

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Bloodborne on PC may remain the dominion of dreamers and madmen, but in lieu of FromSoftware's gothic action-RPG finally discovering our eldritch realm, we always have Nightmare Kart. The tongue-in-cheek kart racer (which was originally titledBloodborne Kart before Sony performed alegal visceral attack on its nomenclature) arrived on PClast year, wowing players with its comprehensive blend of Lovecraftian horror and steampunk racing contraptions. Featuring 15 tracks and 21 racers, all for the low, low price of free, it quickly garnered an 'overwhelmingly positive' rating onSteam.

Now, developer LWMedia has formally announced an expansion to Nightmare Kart, playfully titled «The Old Karts». This addon, which like the base game will be available for free, is set to add a whole new 'mini campaign' to the game, alongside new tracks, racers, karts, powerups, and game modes.

There's a trailer for the expansion you can view above, which plays on Provost Willem's'Fear the old blood' speech from the original game. In addition, the DLC trailer places a heavy thematic emphasis on sniper rifles. This relates to one of the new powerups, a scopedhunting rifle players can use to shoot at racers or NPC enemies that litter Nightmare Kart's tracks (such asharpies, which will also be introduced with the DLC).

Although the announcement doesn't detail specific new features coming to The Old Karts, LWMedia has been tracking development progress regularly over on their Patreon, which also provides a lot of insight into what's coming with the DLC. Alongside the harpies, new hazard enemies include acreepy ghost lady wearing a bloody nightgown. One post provides a neattime-lapseof Nightmare Kart's designer, Lilith Walther, modelling one of the new vehicles, a bike inspired by the Victorian penny farthing.

For what started as a joke, Nightmare Kart is a hugely impressive creation, more so considering it's free. LWMedia doesn't specify a release date for The Old Karts, simply stating it'll be