Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

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Join us over on Twitch at 14:00 UTC (15 BST/16 CEST/07 PT/09 CT) as we celebrate the 5-Year anniversary of 'Vermintide', speak with Martin and Marten about this journey and maybe we'll get loose lipped, who knows. Tim and Tom return to play with YOU, so we hope to see you there!

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Warhammer: Vermintide's anniversary brings five days of rat-smashing fun

Did you know the Warhammer: Vermintide series is about to turn a whole five years old? Well, if you didn't, you do now. Starting this very day, developer Fatshark is celebrating the rat games series' fifth birthday with "all things five". That is, "five days filled with activities" themed around - yup, you guessed it - the number five.

As detailed on the Vermintide site, the first of these celebrations comes in the form of some sharp shark-themed headgear. The "Obese Megalodon hat", as it's called (get it?), will be available to Vermintide 2 players across all platforms - all you've got to do is complete one single mission, and you'll scoop it up.

Next up is a challenge that hinges on the premise of "slay rats, be rewarded" (well, it is a "rat-bashing franchise" after all). "We're tasking you and your fellow heroes to cut down five hundred and fifty-five million, five hundred and fifty-five thousand, five hundred and fifty-five enemies in Warhammer: Vermintide 2", Fatshark says. Phew! It doesn't matter which platform you're on, or whether you win or lose your match - it'll all count towards the total.

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Vermintide - 5 Year Anniversary

Heroes,

Welcome to the 5-Year Anniversary of Vermintide. 5 years ago we were nervously staring at the button to get the first game in this amazing series live. The moments directly after pressing the button were filled with joy, pride, nervousness, excitement and with a slight aftertaste of panic. What if you did not like our little rat-smashing simulator? We were in for a surprise, you loved it! Together we ventured through Stormdorf, slayed rats in Karak Azgaraz, and fell through the floor in Drachenfels.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 was our next adventure, and we would be lying if we said that we were not equally nervous about releasing Vermintide 2 as back when we first released Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide. The development team back then was smaller, but all emotions were there once more.

The years have flown by. We are humbled, grateful, overjoyed and thankful to each and everyone of our players. Thank you for everything, and here’s to the coming years!

In order to celebrate 5-Years of the Ubersreik 5’s rat extermination we are inviting you to 5 days filled with activities. Between October 21 - 25 you can join the celebrations inside and outside of the Vermintide universe, on all platforms!

You’ve got us hooked

The Obese Megalodon hat is available on all platforms between October 21 - 25. Jump into Vermintide 2 and complete one mission in order to catch this smashing look for all heroes.

Slay Rats, Be rewarded

Play Vermintide 2 during the 5-Year Anniversary and all of your kills will fill up the counter. Reach the milestones and all players will be rewarded!

https://www.vermintide.com/counter

A Quiet Drink returns

Follow the heroes out on town! The special anniversary mission ‘A Quiet Drink’ will be available on all platforms during the 5-Year Anniversary.

Join the Anniversary Stream

On October 23 at roughly 4pm CET you can tune in to the Fatshark Stream where CEO Martin and Narrative Director Mårten will look down memory lane - and possibly share something new!

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5-Year Anniversary Discounts

The anniversary would not be complete without some extra special discounts during this week of celebrations. The Unhinged Heroes, Hearth & Home, and Wanderlust Anniversary Hat Bundles will be available for PC players to purchase for a special price only during the Anniversary.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16602/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16603/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16604/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16607/

Vermintide 2 - Patch 3.3

Heroes!

Welcome to Patch 3.3. Whilst not gargantuan in size or number of fixes, it is a precursor to some fun stuff coming very soon! No more waffle, on to the notes.

Patch 3.3

Added quick salvage button to gamepad UI.
Fixed 2 of the most common crashes.
Bots should now replenish ammo from Ammo Boxes with much more consistency.
Healing Potions should no longer be wasted if you're hit right at the moment the potion is consumed.
Bots now heal when they have Natural Bond if they are safe and wounded.
Patrols will now aggro in Lamp Oil Fire.
Blightstormers should be less prone to casting without Line of Sight. This wont stop them from casting and teleporting away, giving the appearance of a LOSless cast.
Fort Bongobadgers - moved two respawns slightly to fix issue where they connected to the wrong path.
Fort Brunchymunchies - Fixed a bunch of navigation issues experienced by Bot AI counterparts.
Fort Brandybutter - Fixed a conflict between Night Mod & Twitch Darkness event.
Fort Bringyourownbottle - Fixed a specific location where bots wouldn't revive the player.
Righteous Stand - Bots should no longer get stuck on the ladder leading to 2nd Grimoire.
Righteous Stand - The wall shot out by a canon should be network synchronised now, so players who hot join at that location will be able to continue.

The best rat games on PC: chewing through bins and into our hearts

Taking on the overwhelming and vital task of assembling a list of the best rat games on PC naturally raises a lot of questions. "Why?", for example. Also, "how?" Also, "no", which is not only not a question, it's pure cowardice, and shows a complete lack of faith in all the wonderful things that rats can offer videogames.

Really though, none of these questions matter as much as the burning issue here, which is this: with so many excellent vermin-based games to choose from, how could we possibly narrow it down to just one, SEO-friendly list of the best rat games on PC?

Rats have fought and died for their place on this list. They've overcome danger, adversity, prejudice, suspiciously-placed custard creams filled with poison, derision, complete lack of search interest, and many other trials to finally make their way here. You asked for it, so we delivered. Then you asked us to stop, and we said, no, that would be unfair to the rats. Here are the best rat games on PC.

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