A Versus mode is coming to Warhammer: Vermintide 2. This mode allows players to take the role of the enemy and go head-to-head against the heroes.
Through the Versus mode, players get the chance to experience some 4v4 gameplay. In a statement by Fatshark CEO Martin Wahlund, the game has always focused on the hero, but with the new Versus mode, players are now able to control enemy factions. He added that this game mode is a truly competitive one where “two separate teams of four players take turns playing as the enemies and heroes.”
To celebrate this announcement, the base game, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, is being offered at a 60% discount on Steam until tomorrow, June 12.
In addition to the new Versus mode, players can also look forward to the upcoming Winds of Magic expansion. The expansion is scheduled to be released in August. This is the first expansion of the game and offers a new enemy faction along with new challenges.
Key features of Winds of Magic include:
- New Enemy Faction: Beastmen
- As grotesque hybrids of humans and beasts, the Beastmen have the intelligence of a man and the cunning of wild animals.
- These savage warriors embrace Chaos willingly and will show no compassion or nobility.
- With profound malice for order and reason, these Children of Chaos want to end the world in bloody carnage.
- New Higher Difficulty
- Raised Level Cap
- 5 New Weapons - One for each hero
- Kerillian has a shield and spear.
- Sienna can swing her flames with a flaming flail.
- Bardin has a new set of throwing axes.
- Saltzpyre now has a billhook.
- Kruber can use heavy spear.
- New Adventure Level
- Fight the mighty and strong Beastmen together with your friends in a challenging new level.
- New Game Mode: Winds of Magic
- Bring your friends and try to complete a new set of challenges with increasing difficulties in the weaves of the eight Winds of Magic.
The winds of magic are made up of different “weaves” and will be a combination of:
- Map: A chunk of an existing adventure map.
- Wind: The different Winds of Magic will affect and modify the map.
- Objective: Each map will have a specific objective for players to complete.
- Finale: If the objective is completed the players will face the final challenge.
- Difficulty: As players progress the difficulty will increase.
