14 DAY TRIAL // After working with THQ Nordic to bring Darksiders III to fans of the series, developer Gunfire Games made a game of their own, Remnant: From the Ashes. Well, it looks like the new IP was a huge market success as the publisher Perfect World has just announced Remnant: From the Ashes has sold more than a million units.
To celebrate the achievement, Gunfire Games will launch new content on October 31, including the most requested asks by fans – Hardcore Mode. The new mode challenges players to finish the game with just one life.
After downloading the upcoming update, players will be able to 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 matchmaking.
Of course, you will be able to manually invite friends or other Survivors to a game. The good news is that 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.
“The response to Remnant: From the Ashes has been overwhelming and humbling. 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!” said Gunfire Games co-founder and president, David Adams.
Besides the new Hardcore Mode, the update will also implement some quality of life improvements, such as 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.
If you're not yet sold on the game, you can read our Remnant: From the Ashes review and then buy the game at a sweet 30% discount on Steam.