Deep Rock Galactic enforcers Coffee Stain Publishing and Ghost Ship Games have launched Season 02: Rival Escalation on Steam, set to drop on Xbox and PlayStation from 5th May. This fresh resupply of content includes another completely free Performance Pass, a new enemy type to encounter and unique new secondary weapons for each class. Among the new content for players to unlock, there is a significant update to the cosmetic system, as well as plenty of highly requested quality of life improvements.
Deep Rock Galactic’s fan-loved Performance Pass system was introduced in 2021 to provide fresh content that is accessible to both completely new players, alongside greybeards who have been playing since day one. Since launching in 2020, the co-op first, intergalactic mining shoot-em-up has won multiple awards for its approach to multiplayer, and community which continues to be one of the most supportive and positive in gaming.
With Season 02 set to launch on Xbox and PlayStation on the 5th May, Ghost Ship Games has also confirmed that the game will be optimised and updated for Series X/S shortly after the new content launches.
Crates of cosmetics!
Following the same format as its first iteration, Season 02 sees players taking part in missions to rank up through levels of the Performance Pass earning Scrip. This is Ghost Ship Games’ unique take on a battle pass, which includes absolutely no microtransactions. Players must earn their Scrip in-game to unlock unique Beards, Paintjobs, Helmets, Resource Caches and Weapon Frameworks can be unlocked through the tree as the season progresses.
Freightloads of firepower!
Alongside new cosmetics, Deep Rock Galactic has provided more firepower for its employees. Gunners can wield the Armskore Coil Gun strong enough to break clean through solid rock, while Engineers have the incinerating Shard Diffractor that will detonate anything in its path. Scouts meanwhile are able to switch up between a wide selection of customised bolts with the Nishanka Boltshark X-80, and finally, Drillers can bring the heat by harnessing the power of the Colette Wave Cooker.
Tonnes of turrets!
The final headline update is a new season event. Players will have to navigate a torrent of turret-fire as they race against the clock to take down the operations of a Rival Communications Router, obtaining the data cell within the router and shutting it down before it combusts. Alongside this content, there are loads of quality of life adjustments across the game, from the cosmetics system to the overclock forge.
Finally, Ghost Ship Games has also launched a brand new DLC pack to go alongside Season 02, where the Dwarves of Deep Rock Galactic can dismantle and wear the shattered corpses of their robotic foes.
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