Killing Floor 2: State of the Game 2020
| On behalf of the Killing Floor 2 development team at Tripwire Interactive, we’d like to share an exciting update on some of this year’s greatest milestones as well as what’s planned for the future. Please find below highlights from the Killing Floor 2: State of the Game 2020 update from David Amata, Product Director at Tripwire Interactive. For the full post, please head to the Official Tripwire Interactive website. To participate in the Community Survey to help Tripwire Interactive further improve the Killing Floor 2 experience, please head here. Killing Floor 2: State of the Game 2020 As 2020 soon draws to a close, it’s important to once again look back at the year to see where the game has been and look ahead to the future for what comes next. This past year has certainly been a challenge for everyone in the world, so right at the start I would like to send a heartfelt thanks to our entire community that has grown and supported us throughout the year. Your commitment to Killing Floor 2 is what enables us to do what we do and pushes us to go on. This year, we added the Epic Games Store to the fold for Killing Floor 2, which added millions of new owners to the community to experience the special carnage that is Killing Floor. We’re floored (no pun intended) by that many new fans over 5 years after Early Access launch, which brings the total to nearly 30 million people who own a Killing Floor game over the years of the franchise. Here are additional major highlights from the year for Killing Floor 2: |
| Game Updates Neon Nightmares – March 24th, 2020 Perilous Plunder- June 8th. 2020 Infernal Insurrection – September 29th, 2020 Christmas Crackdown – December 8th, 2020 New Platform: Epic Games Store Millions of new players Nearly 30 million players now own Killing Floor 2 New Maps Biolapse Desolation Hellmark Station Elysium New Music “Reboot” by Rocky Gray “Space Pirates” by Rocky Gray “Legend” by Rocky Gray “Pumpkinhead” by Rocky Gray “Wonderland” by Rocky Gray “Slay Bells” by Rocky Gray Seasonal Zed Variants Summer and Halloween – Matriarch New Weapons Compound Bow (Sharpshooter) HRG Incendiary Rifle (Firebug) Single & Dual Glock 18 (Gunslinger) Blunderbuss (Demolitionist / Support) HRG Kaboomstick (Demolitionist) HRG Telauncher (Berserker) Mine Reconstructor (Field Medic) Minigun (Commando) HRG Scorcher (Firebug) HRG Arc Generator (Survivalist) Frost Fang (Support/Berserker) HRG Vampire (Field Medic) Quality of Life Improvements: Controller Switch Weapon Adjustment Backend Status UI Indicator Store UI Filtering Better Controller Deadzone and Acceleration Sliders Gear Menu Flow improvement In-game discount UI Improvements |
| What Lies Ahead With the growth and success of Killing Floor 2 in 2020, we’re happy to announce the game will continue to be supported for its 6th Year of Post-Release Seasonal updates filled to the brim with the weapons, maps, events, and quality of life improvements you’ve come to expect. We’ll once again be partnering with Saber Interactive throughout the year to deliver a similar level of content and features to what you experienced in 2020. We think you’ll be excited to see what all we have in store! Additional Weapons – Our time-honored tradition of creating exciting and unique weapons across multiple perks will be in full force. These will come in a variety of realistic favorites, sci-fi experimentations, and jerry-rigged prototypes that Killing Floor’s arsenal is renowned for. We’ll continue to generate new HRG weapons to provide free weapon content to our users to present new gameplay options and functionality within the core meta. As for what’s in store first, I can’t divulge too much but you might want to invest in some ear muffs and brush up on your Newtonian theories. Additional Maps – A key focus will again be to bring in the creative diversity on offer within our community created maps, elevate them to official status, and apply the careful optimization, clean up, and improvements to keep it in alignment with the high standards we have for all official content. As for a wholly new official map, we’ve planned something that should be out of this world for next year. |
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| Major Events – Seasonal events are foundational to our quarterly updates in which we’ll be looking to expand on existing themes with new twists thrown in for good measure. For full details and supporting asset for the latest Killing Floor 2: Christmas Crackdown seasonal event, please head here. Quality of Life Additions – User experience tuning and adjustments are an important pillar of every Killing Floor 2 update alongside new content and experiences. We rely heavily on our surveys, forums, and community interactions to see what requests float to the top. From there, we’ll analyze what’s possible with the resources, systems, and time we have available to implement that community feedback. While not everything will be possible for the team, we’ll do our best to outline the rationale for each decision and how we prioritize our focus within our efforts. Bugs – Every update comes with a myriad of fixes for both new and existing content. We’ll continue to work towards having a more polished and stable experience with every update. Continued Polish & Refinement – We’ve been pleased and impressed to see what Tripwire and Saber have been able to accomplish together in these unprecedented times and going forward we’ll be looking to improve and grow in our relationship to maintain a high quality and push ourselves to greater heights. Community Interaction – As always, we want to hear from you and interact with our community on a regular basis. We’ll be accessible and broadcasting what’s coming with our forums and social media channels where we’ll keep you posted whenever new content drops, any known issues we’re aware of, and what new items we’re working on that we’re ready to share. Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/KillingFloorGame Twitter – https://twitter.com/KillingFloor Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/killingfloorgame/ Discord – https://discord.gg/aBERH3T7 The community’s involvement and commitment to Killing Floor 2 after all these years has been astounding and is the engine that drives our success. We’re delighted to continue to be able to expand and grow these games and keep the player base thriving for as long as we’re able to. Killing Floor 2 has a bright future ahead for 2021 and we hope you’re as excited as we are to get your hands on it. See you all on the Killing Floor. |
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