V Rising Update Adds Important New Feature

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V Rising is the latest self-published indie game to go virally popular off the back of a massive viewership growth on Twitch and other streaming platforms. As exciting as that must be for developer Stunlock Studios, it also means that it now has a voracious community hungry for additional content and features. Content takes time, but some technical features that V Rising players want may be more straightforward. With that in mind, Stunlock has newly delivered one such feature — offline/LAN play.

V Rising is an early access game release. It's solely available through Steam at the moment, as Stunlock Studios works toward developing the full release currently planned for 2023. As an early access game, however, V Rising lacks some functionality that some players believe should be expected. Offline play, the ability to play V Rising without an internet connection, is one such feature. It just happens that Stunlock agrees, as it has now made the feature fully available.

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Hotfix 0.5.41448 is now available for V Rising and enables offline play, with a catch. While it may be contradictory, in order to playV Rising offline players will first have to go online. Steam users must log in and then select the «Go Offline» option from within Steam's settings. This appears to be Steam's requirement, an anti-piracy measure, rather than a design decision from Stunlock. It may not be optimal, but it should provide an option for V Rising players looking to LAN with friends.

Admittedly, the offline option for V Rising isn't necessarily going to be a massively popular feature. It's mostly requested by PC gamers who prefer the idea of an offline option as opposed to those who need it. That Stunlock was