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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Poncle - The Untold Story

Vampire Crawlers, the 'Turbo Wildcard' Vampire Survivors spinoff, is coming in April

The demo is still available on Steam, too, so you can give it a try before the time comes to buy.

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If you've ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs

Or play it, and let it consume your whole Steam Next Fest week. I'm not your dad.

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New card-based Vampire Survivors game is "hopefully the first in a series of spinoffs," but the roguelike's dev is also "working on something" related to a proper sequel

"The idea is to take some of the core pillars behind the development of [Vampire Survivors] and to apply them to existing genres"

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Vampire Survivors studio reveals a roguelike deckbuilder spin-off threatening all my free time in 2026: "We're milking this bunch of pixels like there's no tomorrow"

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is scaring me

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Vampire Survivors is getting a deckbuilding dungeon crawler spin-off that looks purpose built to annihilate your free time

Vampire Crawlers is coming next year.

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Vampire Crawlers is my favorite surprise of the Xbox Partner Preview and combines my two favorite games

Creators of Vampire Survivors just announced a brand new game, Vampire Crawlers at the Xbox Partner Preview.

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Warhammer Survivors brilliantly mashes up Vampire Survivors with 40K and Age of Sigmars — and it's coming to PC next year

Warhammer Survivors brings Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar characters together in a crossover that's coming to Steam in 2026.

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If you can't get enough of indie games, this upcoming ID@Xbox event is for you

Microsoft's ID@Xbox program provides support for indie developers and publishers bringing more games to the Xbox platform. A new showcase of exclusive indie trailers and gameplay has been announced for October 28.

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Vampire Survivors is finally getting online co-op as the beloved roguelike turns 4, with another surprise coming soon

You can take on the horror shooter with friends through the world wide web

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Vampire Survivors devs say online co-op mode is 'coming soon'—along with the answer to 'a burning question that has been asked thousands of times'

"Play online with up to 3 other friends from around the world, just as Poe Ratcho intended."

PC Gamer

'What a publisher should do is, first of all, make genuine games': Vampire Survivors creator says he started his own publisher because too few 'try and let the developer realize their vision'

The progenitor of the Survivors-like genre says he "may be a bit idealistic."

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"I see a lot of publishers I don't like": Vampire Survivors creator made his own publisher to "share the luck" and says too many companies "try to exploit the platforms just to make money"

"I definitely see the publishing business more from the point of view of making games"

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This Balatro-like take on Breakout trades a paddle for a revolver, and I've had a lot of fun combo'ing bullet configurations even if I wish this was more on target

Now Playing | Kill the Brickman is published by the Vampire Survivors studio, and has a similar moreish quality

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Vampire Survivors' free-roaming online mode is available to play in beta now, and there's an official board game coming too

I shudder to think of the number of pieces involved.

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Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has just shadow-dropped its latest publishing effort, where you murder sentient bricks with your living bullets

Kill the Brickman is out now.

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Berserk or Die is a new game published by Poncle, creators of Vampire Survivors

Berserk or Die is a wild, fast-paced hack-and-slash from Nao Games and Poncle, the creators of Vampire Survivors

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Vampire Survivors stealth-launches Emerald Diorama DLC, but PlayStation cross-save looks unlikely

Vampire Survivors just got a new SaGa-themed DLC with Emerald Diorama. New characters, weapons and even a chicken coop stage! Cross-save has now rolled out to all platforms but not on PlayStation (for now).

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Vampire Survivors dev says the chances of cross-save coming to PlayStation "are now very slim but not impossible" after running into "a legal issue" at the last minute

Developer Poncle is "going to keep working alongside PlayStation to resolve these problems"

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'Please remember the game has no plot': Vampire Survivors dev points out one of the many challenges in turning its roguelike into a live-action film

Poncle also says adapting Vampire Survivors "requires good ideas, creativity, and that quirky knowledge of the game, that is a very difficult triplet to get 100% right."

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Vampire Survivors dev teases "one more original expansion," online co-op, and what sounds like a whole new game in the studio's "biggest, chaotic-est, surprising-est" year yet

Dev behind roguelike breakout says "we're still cooking"

Windows Central

Vampire Survivors will be rolling out cross-save across all platforms, and tease ambitious plans for 2025

Poncle had a bumper year for content in 2024 with Vampire Survivors updates and DLC, but they've even more ambitious plans for 2025.

GamesRadar

Vampire Survivors shares a ton of updates for 2025, but they're practically indecipherable on a sinfully cryptic roadmap: "Good luck working out what's next"

You'll never figure it out.

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After 3 years and over 30 updates, Vampire Survivors finally has vampires - and even Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion actor is here as Dracula

The Ode To Castlevania DLC makes good on Vampire Survivors' promise to survive vampires

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Nintendo Switch Is Making a Vampire-Slaying Indie Hit Free Ahead of a Massive DLC Launch

Once accused of stealing art from Castlevania, 'Vampire Survivors' is set to cross over with its legendary inspiration.

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Quiet everyone, this is Vampire Survivors' "full circle" moment: the roguelike darling is finally getting its Castlevania expansion, and "It's Big. IT'S BIG"

The Vampire Survivors Castlevania crossover DLC includes 20+ new characters, 40+ new weapons, and the game's "biggest" stage yet

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