V Rising's big free update adds an electrified Frankenstein land

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Frakenstein is often cited as the first science fiction thing, and now it can add to its honours because it's the inspiration for the first major update to V Rising. The info on Secrets Of Gloomrot doesn't actually use the F word anywhere, but it's a new biome "twisted by the tortured ambitions of a scientific genius and his legions of followers", so I feel pretty confident in the citation. This new free addition to the early access vampiric survival game - which won a few hearts here at RPS - is arriving on May 17th. That's Monday, that is, and boy, it's a biggun alright.

Aside from the new biome containing new areas (polluted valleys and lightning-scorched highlands), there are 30 new enemies and 13 new bosses, all themed around weird science. Mutations and mechanical oddities aplenty, and the trailer suggests the existence of a Mega-Monster. There are also some improvements to building, notably that you can now build a castle with multiple levels. Is it even a castle if it's single-storey? There are new weather hazards - the science experiments cause regular lightning strikes, for example - crafting stations, weapons, and a whole new lightning-centric spell school called Storm.

Basically, anything that exists in V Rising already, it sounds like Gloomrot will give you more of, from music to cosmectics, and you can see more details on the official site. I'm not a vuhrusing afficionado myself, but the weapons in particular look quite cool, because experimental science usually means guns, as is the case here with the Dual Pistols.

I'm also a fan of the theme they've chosen for this. It makes sense thematically, because Frankenstein's brand awareness score is almost on par with Dracula's, and the story justifying