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‘Vampire Survivors’ received a shock (and free) iOS and Android launch

Written by Jeff Lampkin

Though it solely snagged a single nomination at The Recreation Awards, Vampire Survivors is a real recreation of the 12 months contender. It arrived on Steam in early entry a 12 months in the past and it not too long ago landed on Xbox. Now, you will not want a Steam Deck or Xbox Cloud Gaming entry to play it wherever or at any time. 

As noticed by Polygon, Vampire Survivors has instantly arrived on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Not like the myriad clones which have popped up on each shops all year long, that is the true deal. What’s extra, the cellular variations are free — Vampire Survivors prices $5 on Steam and it is included with Recreation Cross. 

The timing means that the cellular launch was going to be a shock announcement at The Recreation Awards. Maybe we’ll hear phrase of PlayStation and Nintendo Change variations quickly too.

For the uninitiated, Vampire Survivors asks you to decide on a personality with a locked starter weapon and perk, then sends you out into the Castlevania-inspired world to face an infinite stream of enemies (however no vampires, oddly) and keep alive so long as you’ll be able to. Your weapons auto-fire and all you’ve management over is your motion and the power to decide on a weapon, perk or improve whenever you stage up. It is immensely satisfying, and you may obtain it in your cellphone, free of charge, proper now. As well as, you’ll be able to play the cellular variations in vertical or horizontal mode.

In the meantime, developer Poncle will launch the primary paid Vampire Survivors enlargement on December fifteenth. Legacy of Moonspell will value $2 on Steam and Xbox. It would not be a shock to see the DLC pop up on the iOS and Android variations as nicely.

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Jeff Lampkin

Jeff Lampkin was the first writer to have joined gamepolar.com. He has since then inculcated very effective writing and reviewing culture at GamePolar which rivals have found impossible to imitate. His approach has been to work on the basics while the whole world was focusing on the superstructures.