Into the Breach launches free Advanced Edition update
The free update includes new mechs, pilots, enemies, missions, and a whole bunch more.
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Into the Breach: Advanced Edition, the major free update to our 2018Ultimate Game of the Year, is now live onSteam, and that means we can now lay our eyes on the full rundown of everything that’s changed.
Into the Breachis a tiny tactics game that pits a squad of powerful mechs against a relentless force of invading alien bugs. It’s developed by the makers of the brilliant FTL, and while it’s a very different sort of experience, it’s “built on the same building blocks of roguelike progression, intricate interplays of abilities, and slow, knuckle-gnawing tension.” We gave it a 93% score in ourreview, calling it “the most perfectly formed tactics around,” and with this update it promises to be even bigger and better.
Here’s what you get:
Major Additions
Other Changes
Developer Subset Games also offered a few tips for players who want to take on the new Unfair Mode, including that it’s designed “for veterans looking for even more of a challenge.” Most of it can be summed up as “lose as effectively as possible,” and no, I’m not kidding:
Into the Breach: Advanced Edition is a free update for all players. If you’re not already a player but think you might want to become one, Into the Breach is currentlyon sale on Steamfor $10/£8/€10. A mobile version is also available on Android and iOS devices, but unfortunately that’s reserved exclusively for Netflix subscribers—a disappointing (but, let’s be honest, probably very lucrative) bit of subscription-based exclusivity that will hopefully pass quickly.
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