In a free update for Dungeon of the Endless, the rouge-like dungeon-defense game from French developer Amplitude Studios, titled the Australium Update, players will receive access to four new playable characters taken straight out of Team Fortress 2, as well as five new items.
The four characters in question are described by the developer:
- Pat Bates (Pyro): Nobody knows where this thing came from, what it thinks, or why it does what it does. Eager researchers who interviewed Bates tend to either quickly change their area of study – or go completely insane!
- Kaspar Herab (Medic): Kaspar did, at some point, receive some form of medical training. The duration, sobriety, and quality of that training – and whether or not it pertained to human beings, is highly questionable. Herab’s eagerness to demonstrate it, is not.
- Dell Bradford (Engineer): Dell is a misplaced trans-dimensional copy of a non-existent being from a pseudo-reality. Fortunately, he is also a skilled engineer with at least 11 hard science PhDs. Minor questions concerning the nature of reality don’t bother him much.
- Misha Cherny (Heavy): Misha comes from a very cold gulag in a very cold place; much of his reputation stems from the fact that though he and his sisters escaped, none of the guards did. This experience has not affected the warmth of his personality, though it should be noted that the degree of warmth is directly proportional to the number of dead enemies.
The new items that players can equip to their characters are:
- Tower of Hats: Tarnish it not, presumptuous one.
- Gas Mask: A highly effective defense against anything from flatuation to the most toxic nerve gas. The only drawback is that the mask’s active ingredient causes idyllic, pastoral hallucinations.
- Dove: The only flying animal not yet eaten by the dungeon inhabitants, Archimede stays safely in the pocket of whoever is carrying it.
- jPad: One letter better than its famous predecessor, this handheld marvel contains optimized solutions for the materials, project plans, and techniques of module construction.
- Sandvich: Not considered edible by most sentient beings, this snack requires teeth capable of chewing gravel. On the plus side, it tastes like vodka.
The Australium Update comes after a free weekend of access on Steam for Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Legend (also developed by Amplitude), where people were encouraged to simply launch the game during the given timeframe (April 16-20, 2015). Amplitude Studios had set rewards for people to unlock, ranging from when 10,000 people had launched the game to 300,000 people. At 150,000 people, players unlocked the Team Fortress 2 hero pack, now titled the Australium Update.
Dungeon of the Endless was released last year and is currently 33% off on Steam for a total of $8.70.
