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Despite its past DLC disasters, Risk of Rain 2 unveils its next expansion

After bringing its infamous second DLC up to scratch, Gearbox has announced that a third Risk of Rain 2 expansion is in the works.

Risk of Rain 2's second DLC was the first to be produced entirely by Gearbox Software after it acquired the rights to the beloved roguelike, and it's safe to say that it launched in a torrid state. However, after working hard to right the ship, it's now ready to unveil the game's third DLC, Alloyed Collective – and it's apparently roped in help from Risk of Rain experts.

a transformational '2.0' update for the DLC that brings it up to the quality bar fans expected. With that redemption arc pretty much complete, it's now revealing RoR 2's third expansion, and we're all hoping that Gearbox doesn't make the same mistake twice.

Alloyed Collective will be of a similar scale to its previous expansions, and Gearbox says that while it's still tying up a few loose ends with Seekers of the Storm, it's "also brought in some additional folks that are familiar with Risk of Rain to help us build out the next DLC."

The new expansion will feature six stages, all based deep within Solus territory, which range from "cliffside scrapyards to machinery-choked fortresses and buried caverns." Seven new types of Solus enemies will also give you fresh threats to take on, alongside new bosses that include a final boss that "reshapes the endgame." Sounds ominous.

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As for you, you'll get access to seven new types of drone, and two new survivors – one of them is totally original, but one returns from the original Risk of Rain. The loot pool expands too, with 15 new items set to be added.

Gearbox its that DLC 3 is "still a ways out from launch" and has a few more updates left to come for Seekers of the Storm, despite already being "really happy with where DLC 2's quality has landed" after all the patches it's put out so far. Still, it's nice to see that the fiasco with the expansion hasn't deterred it from ing this wonderful roguelike even further into the future.

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