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We're thrilled to bring you the new, terrifying trailer for our upcoming map The Slaughterhouse! Check it out below:

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The Slaughterhouse will release on March 9th, 2023 at 10am PT. As with our previous maps, The Slaughterhouse will be available for free to anyone who already owns DEVOUR. We'll drop another Steam news post on release day with some more info on what's included in the update.

Hold on to your goats, DEVOUR players.. the wait is almost over.

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In a previous news post, we shared concept art for our upcoming map The Slaughterhouse, as well as some images of new assets. This time, we're updating you on the progress of the map environment itself, as well as some of the lore.

[h2]Nathan's Past[/h2]
We know a lot of players like Nathan's backstory, and The Slaughterhouse reveals a bit more: in his early 20s, before training as a chef, Nathan worked at the slaughterhouse before quitting dramatically due to the psychological stress of the job, as well as mounting pressure from his fellow colleagues. In The Slaughterhouse, Nathan has returned to his first work place to summon Azazel and exact bloody revenge.

[h2]A Brutal Experience[/h2]
With this map, our developers have been hard at work creating an experience that is focused on physical/body horror, and exposes the player to some shocking, bloody moments. The gritty, gory map design, assets and character models all contribute to this effect, as well as some truly spine-tingling voice acting, sound effects and ambient audio. The Slaughterhouse is also smaller than our previous map The Town, and hearkens back to the dark, claustrophobic feel of our original map, The Farmhouse.

We can reveal that there will be new mechanics, and players will definitely be kept busy working out how to put everything in place in order to defeat a demonically possessed Nathan. We'll share further details upon release. The Slaughterhouse will be a brutal map to beat in general, and whether you're playing co-op or solo, we're excited to see how you all approach it on the various difficulty levels. Check out the screenshots below for a taste of what to expect (click to enlarge):












The Slaughterhouse update will also introduce two new perks, a new flashlight, a new map collectable, and a variety of unlockable robes. Again, we'll reveal more info about these upon release.

[h2]Release Date[/h2]
Currently, we are planning to release The Slaughterhouse in March 2023, if all continues to go smoothly. We can't give you an exact date yet because we don't have one, but we can confirm that we've entered the internal playtesting stage and that we're also working on a trailer. We'll update you with a precise release date as soon as we can.

Thank you for your continued patience as we prepare The Slaughterhouse for release. Your support really motivates us.

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-Ends the Christmas event

- Players are now able to see how many presents (and pumpkins during Halloween) they have collected on the map when bringing up the keys list

Tis the season to be jolly, and we think you'll have every reason to smile (or scream!) during this year's DEVOUR Christmas Event, which will run from 8th December at 10am PST until 27th December at 10am PST. We're celebrating by giving players the opportunity to unlock a unique new outfit and a collectable festive robe, and enjoy an EXP boost. Once unlocked, both the outfit and robe will remain available to you after the event has ended.



During the event, players can unlock this chilling new outfit for Zara by beating any map on Hard or Nightmare, while playing as her.



To unlock this robe, you'll need to find and collect the 40 Christmas presents hidden across all 4 of DEVOUR's maps. Once unlocked, the robe will remain available to you after the Christmas event has ended. For players who unlocked this robe last year, they will need to collect the 10 presents on The Town map in order to retain ownership of the robe. (We apologise for any frustration this causes: it's related to some technical issues and not intentional!).



[h3]EXP Boost[/h3]

Who said the holiday season has to be merry and bright? Take on the forces of darkness this Christmas and enjoy a 1.5X EXP boost until December 27th.

[h3] V3.3 Changelog[/h3]

• Added Zara unlockable 'Snowball Fright' outfit
  
• Added 40 collectible presents across maps
  
• Added unlockable Christmas robe
  
• Fixed a bug with thunder volume for indoors and outdoors
  
• Added Christmas theme to menu music
  

As we revealed in our previous post, we're currently working on our upcoming new map The Slaughterhouse, due for release in 2023. Keep an eye out here, on Discord and on Twitter for more details in future. We're moving as quickly as we can with development on it without sacrificing quality. We know you love more info, so here's another asset we've developed. Any ideas? (don't worry, we're not going DBD on you all!)



As we move towards the end of 2022, we'd like to take this opportunity to say how grateful we are for your continued support. For various reasons, this year has been a particularly challenging one for the DEVOUR team and we are grateful to you all for sticking with us. We are as excited as ever about DEVOUR and its future, and committed to bringing you all many more scares!

However you enjoy the holidays, the whole team at DEVOUR would like to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

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