Since Remnant: From the Ashes released earlier in 2019 players have been flocking to the post-apocalyptic third-person survival action shooter in their droves, and today as Perfect World Entertainment and Gunfire Games celebrate a rather significant sales milestone, the announcement of a new game mode, further game updates and a roadmap for 2020 DLC is delivered.
It was back in August when Remnant: From the Ashes released to the world, but already the one million sales marker has been smashed, leaving the publishing and development teams behind it to have cause for celebration. And what better way to have a party than by throwing out a much anticipated hardcore mode that will challenge players like never before!
Hitting home on 31st October, Remnant’s hardcore mode will be put in place, tasking players on Xbox One, PS4 and PC to complete the entire game with just the one life. Die, and you’ll be deemed a failure forever more. Succeed, and you’ll quite possibly become the ruler of all of Remnant.
About Hardcore Mode:
Hardcore Mode is a new game mode where death is truly the end. Players create a new Hardcore character and play until their first death, after which they are permanently lost. To maintain a level playing field, Hardcore characters can only play online with other Hardcore characters and will not be able to random matchmake. Players will have to manually invite friends or other stalwart Survivors to a game. The most dangerous challenges will also receive great rewards, as defeating a World Boss on Hardcore mode will drop new rings with powerful effects. These items will be available to all of the characters on a player’s account (old and new, Standard and Hardcore) after they’ve obtained them. This means all future characters, including those in Hardcore mode, will begin their journey with greater potential.
Further to that though, Remnant’s latest quality of life improvements will also see implementation of some of the most frequently requested systems; the likes of a communications wheel with access to emotes, environment pings and markers, the ability to hide helmets, a toggle to disable tutorial prompts and more balance changes.
In addition, the Remnant: From the Ashes team have also teased that more exciting DLC will drop throughout 2020. Check out the teasing in the image below…
“A big thank you to all of the fans who helped Remnant: From the Ashes achieve this major milestone,” said Yoon Im, COO of Perfect World Entertainment. “Gunfire Games has made a truly special game, and it’s fantastic to see how much it has resonated with players. The team has awesome plans in the works that will continue to keep the game fresh and challenging. We’re looking forward to continuing this journey with them and all of the fans.”
“The response to Remnant: From the Ashes has been overwhelming and humbling,” said Gunfire Games co-founder and president, David Adams. “We’re excited to expand Remnant’s universe and know players will love the new game content we have in the pipe for 2020. They’ve been asking almost daily for harder and harder challenges, and we are thrilled to unveil Hardcore Mode. Let’s see who has the skills to dominate the Root and make it out alive in one shot!”
If you’ve been a player of Remnant: From the Ashes from the get-go then you will already know about the greatest it delivers, but for those who have held back, perhaps now is the time to get involved – the Xbox Store will sort out a download for you. Make sure you check out our full review as it tells you how this game is a bit of ‘Soulsborne with Guns’, and then prepare yourself to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and then retake what was lost in the land of the Remnant.
