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Welcome back to another Dev Diary! Today we’re serving up something special. But before we dive into the main course, let’s cover some exciting news.
First off, we’re thrilled to announce that Seekers of the Storm is launching on August 27th! That’s right, the wait is almost over, and the team’s excited for everyone to hop in. We'd also like to reveal that Seekers of the Storm will be priced at $14.99!
Now onto our final appetizer; alongside the expansion, we’re making our official debut on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. For a long time now, folks have been able to play the existing PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions on their next gen consoles. But now they’ll have the real deal. All new and existing players will be upgraded at no additional cost! And that upgrade isn’t just a sprinkling of performance optimization—oh no—it brings split-screen couch co-op and a handful of fun, platform-specific features.
Now, onto the main dish—Meet Chef: The Connoisseur of Culinary Carnage!
This isn’t your grandpa’s Chef bot. Years of battling some of the most monstrous ingredients on Petrichor V have hard boiled his soul.
You’ll need to cook up something truly delicious to unlock Chef! So, get ready to sauté your way through hordes, blend your combat skills with culinary precision, and serve up some justice… à la mode.
Let’s take a look at Chef’s Primary Skill: Dice
Those years of primal culinary misadventures have trained Chef to have incredible control over his trusty cleavers. Hurl them at faraway enemies and call them back to slice and dice with twice the pain. Monsters hit on the return journey will take an additional chunk of damage.
This also effectively doubles your chance of triggering your on-hit items, ahh looks like he’s stocking up for his next set of customers.
Next on the menu is Chef’s Secondary Skill: Sear
Oh god, I knew I forgot to turn the oven off. Well, we might as well make the best of it. Nothing ruins a monster’s day quite like being flambéed. Sear allows Chef to inflict a huge amount of damage, and apply burn, at a very short range. Customers trapped in this skill will quickly accrue copious stacks of burn. If you’re getting swarmed by some unwanted vermin, this is a great way to clear your path.
If it’s time to hurl yourself into the fray, activate Chef’s Utility Skill: Roll
The long legs of past Chefs have been swapped with a huge roller—perfect for flattening out a nice, tidy pie crust...
...or steamrolling whatever helpless Lemurians were unfortunate enough to wake up this morning.
This skill’s wind up makes you a bit vulnerable for a moment. But the longer you spool, the more damage you do and the faster you’ll go.
But wait a second… how are we supposed to sauté without any oil. Chef’s Special Skill Glaze can help us out with that.
This skill allows Chef to hurl large globs of oil towards his waiting customers. Leverage sear after you’ve sufficiently coated an enemy to unleash radically more damage. Looking around while launching Glaze can cover a far larger area with oil.
Or you can just run up the tab on one customer... That poor beetle.
Wait a second, something magical happened when we properly sautéd one of our customers...
...Ahh, that takes us to Chef’s passive skill: Chef’s Kiss
This skill helps tie the whole meal together. If you prepare your customers with two or more skills before finishing them off, they’ll turn into a delightful treat. The healing from these can really help you out in a pinch. Glaze up a horde, then unleash a well-timed sear, and you’ll find yourself in a pile of nourishing snacks.
For dessert, we have one for the purists. Here’s a sneak peek at Chef’s alternate Special Skill: Yes, Chef!
This skill will remind you of the Chefs of yore. Activating it will empower your next ability. We won’t go into the particulars of exactly how each skill is empowered, but the discerning sommeliers among you can get a hint at some of them in Chef’s Survivor Showcase.
And that’s a wrap on our final dev diary for Seekers of the Storm!
With Chef in your corner, the battlefield is your kitchen, and every enemy is just another ingredient waiting to be chopped, seared, and rolled. We’re thrilled to see how you’ll mix up your gameplay with this new take on our beloved Chef.
The team has been working on Seekers of the Storm for a while now. Words can’t express how excited we are for everyone to hop in on August 27th. For now, head over and Wishlist it today. This is Bruno, signing off.
Wishlist the Seekers of the Storm Expansion Here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2306620/
