DLC coming to SteamWorld Heist April 28

SteamWorld Heist developers Image & Form announced today that new content will be coming to their smash hit on the 3DS tomorrow, April 28th. The Outsider will feature a new character, new bosses, environments, hats, weapons, and…well just more of basically everything. If you have played SteamWorld Heist, you will realize that this is a VERY good thing!

From Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson, talking about the latest character addition,

Meet Fen: the latest member of your Heist crew, and the most unlikely of allies. A Vectron outcast, Fen breaks the ties to the hive mind and becomes one of your most formidable fighters.

Sigurgeirsson also had this to say about what we can expect from the rest of the DLC,

The Outsider is not a conventional add-on. The new plot, missions, enemies, end boss, guns, utilities and dozens of new hats – of course! – blend seamlessly into the game. This means that, aside from starting afresh, you can pick up earlier save profiles, discover the history of Fen, and add the character to your roster pretty much immediately. And what an addition it is!

There is a lot to love about this latest DLC release, but I think the price point is what really makes this appealing. All of this new content can be yours for only $4.99/€4.99/£4.49 (or the equivalent in your country).

Image & Form has also announced that a free update will also hit the game this week, which will include extra language options and a fix to one of our biggest problems: inventory size! Here is more from Image & Form,

Outside of The Outsider, April 28 also sees a substantial free update to SteamWorld Heist itself. Players that prefer to have their steam-driven robots speak in French, German, Italian, Spanish or Russian will be happy, and due to popular demand we’ve also expanded the inventory a bit – now you have more empty slots from the outset, and getting new slots will be less taxing on your water reserves. And there’s more utilities. Oh, and even more weird hats.

Hopefully you will find time to pick up this latest DLC offering! We will let you know what we think once we have completed our review. For more on SteamWorld Heist and other Image & Form news and titles, stay with us at Games Reviews!