{"id":31356,"date":"2013-09-03T10:25:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T14:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31356"},"modified":"2013-09-03T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T14:55:47","slug":"sanctum-2-dlc-expansion-pack-video-game-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31356","title":{"rendered":"Sanctum 2 &#8211; DLC Expansion Pack &#8211; VIDEO GAME NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31357\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"sanctem\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanctem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Renown indie development team Coffee Stain Studios announced today its second DLC expansion pack for <strong><em>Sanctum 2<\/em><\/strong>, the innovative tower-defense and first-person shooter hybrid, will release on September 6 for PC via <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=24814078&amp;msgid=496173&amp;act=TNZ2&amp;c=275324&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F210770%2F\" target=\"_new\">Steam<\/a>.\u00a0 Menacing \u201cinfected\u201d enemies, larger interactive map elements and grittier weapons, including the visceral Circle Saw, are a few of the many features in this adrenaline-charged DLC pack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe delivered a lot of new content with the \u2018Road To Eylsion\u2019 DLC and we wanted the second expansion pack to be just as big,\u201d said Anton Westberg, CEO of Coffee Stain Studios.\u00a0 \u201cI think when Sanctum 2 fans play the Ruins of Brightholme DLC, they\u2019ll be really intrigued by how weapons, towers and other gameplay elements reflect the grittier, dirtier settings of the Slums.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new expansion pack takes place in the \u201cThe Slums\u201d of Brightholme, where inhabitants must improvise with tools and local materials to defend against the onslaught of alien monsters.\u00a0 Players set up defensive towers to take out the waves of attacking enemies and then jump head-on into the fray, either alone or as part of a squad in four-player co-op multiplayer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ruins of Brightholme<\/em><\/strong> DLC Key Features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improvised Weapons<\/strong> \u2013 Take apart enemies invading the Slums with two \u201ctool-inspired\u201d weapons: Nail Gun and Circle Saw. The Nail Gun fires highly damaging industrial nails while the Circle Saw delivers deadly decapitating melee attacks.\u00a0 Secondary attacks of these weapons are uber cool.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bigger, Badder Interactive Levels<\/strong> \u2013 The popular interactive map elements of the first expansion pack gets bigger in Ruins of Brightholme. Four new playable maps will feature trigger events such as explosive traps and rising toxic liquid areas challenging players to adapt their tower defense designs around these elements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two Additional Defense Towers<\/strong> \u2013 Rupture Mines continue to damage enemies based on the speed and distance they travel while the unusually random Makeshift Tower can fire with critical damage or shutdown at any time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Challenging Enemies<\/strong> \u2013 The Jumper will cause players headaches by clearing walls and towers with a single bound.\u00a0 Infected Explorers \u2013 mutated human beings \u2013 shamble recklessly toward players with insane regenerative abilities and powerful melee attacks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Powerful Perks <\/strong>\u2013 Now customize your character with seven perks that include kill streaks that increase damage, faster movement and greater damage at full health, and even the \u201cThor Module\u201d perk that enables towers to emit a shockwave each time it kills an enemy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rank Cap Level<\/strong> \u2013 Increased by 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Sanctum 2: Ruins of Brightholme<\/em><\/strong> DLC expansion pack will be available on PC via <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=24814078&amp;msgid=496173&amp;act=TNZ2&amp;c=275324&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F210770%2F\" target=\"_new\">Steam<\/a> for $4.99.\u00a0 With more expansive DLC updates coming in the very near future, fans should take advantage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=24814078&amp;msgid=496173&amp;act=TNZ2&amp;c=275324&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F237190%2F\" target=\"_new\">Sanctum 2 Season Pass<\/a> for $11.99.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sanctum 2<\/em><\/strong> is now available for $14.99 on PC and the suggested price point of 1,200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE\u00ae. <strong><em>Sanctum 2<\/em><\/strong> will also be available worldwide starting September 10 for $14.99 on the PlayStation\u00aeNetwork.\u00a0 For the latest news and updates on <em><strong>Sanctum 2<\/strong><\/em>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=24814078&amp;msgid=496173&amp;act=TNZ2&amp;c=275324&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coffeestainstudios.com%2F\" target=\"_new\">www.coffeestainstudios.com<\/a>, \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=24814078&amp;msgid=496173&amp;act=TNZ2&amp;c=275324&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSanctumGame%3Fref%3Dts%26fref%3Dts\" target=\"_new\">Like<\/a>\u2019 the game on Facebook and follow the development team <a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=24814078&amp;msgid=496173&amp;act=TNZ2&amp;c=275324&amp;destination=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcoffee_stain\" target=\"_new\">@Coffee_Stain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renown indie development team Coffee Stain Studios announced today its second DLC expansion pack for Sanctum 2, the innovative tower-defense and first-person shooter hybrid, will release on September 6 for PC via Steam.\u00a0 Menacing \u201cinfected\u201d enemies, larger interactive map elements and grittier weapons, including the visceral Circle Saw, are a few of the many features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[532,2727,2590],"class_list":["post-31356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-news","tag-update","tag-video-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31356"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}