Downloadable Awesome!
Today is a big content day! Free Horde Mode. Mac release. Eight new languages. A whole new team of playable characters, JNPR, is available for $4.99. Also, the game is now priced at $19.99! Most of this news was touched on yesterday in greater detail in HERE . Today, we’ll keep it brief so you can get right into slaying Grimm.
New Playable Characters: Team JNPR
Four entirely new, playable characters are available for RWBY: Grimm Eclipse. Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren are outfitted with unique abilities and ready for battle. Each character is fully voiced by their official voice actors from the RWBY animated series. This pack of four characters is available for $4.99(usd).
Horde Mode
As a FREE update to all current owners, Horde mode offers three brand new maps featuring familiar Beacon locations: Emerald Forest, Forever Fall, and Mountain Glenn. Slay waves of baddies to earn currency. Buy turrents to help your team push back the Grimm. Horde Mode also comes with a new Grimm to slay: the Mini-Deathstalker. These little fellas might be small, but they are mighty!
Now Available on Mac
Welcome to the team, Mac users! Now’s your chance to explore the 4 player, online co-op, hack and slash game that is RWBY: Grimm Eclipse. Get ready to dive into a ten-level campaign that expands the lore of the RWBY animated series. Mac players can access the core game, Horde Mode, and have Team JNPR available for purchase in the store. And in case you’re wondering... YES! The Mac and PC versions offer seamless online crossplay.
Localized in Nine Languages
We’re very excited to announce that Grimm Eclipse is now available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Portuguese. While the voice acting remains in English, players can now change all UI, menus, and subtitles to the language of their choice in the Settings menu. As Weiss would say, “Finally!.” Or maybe you’d prefer, “¡Por fin!,” “终于做好了！,” Наконец-то!,” “Endlich!, Enfin !,” “ついに!,” or “Finalmente!.” Your choice!
We’re all very excited to get this content into your hands. We’ll be keeping an eye on the forums and Twitter, as always, so keep the chatter up and we’ll be there to reply. We’ll also be watching streams on Twitch. Heck we might even jump in, so let’s get trending on Twitch too.
Wanna reach us directly?
We’re a busy bunch, but we all love taking a little time to chat with the community. Say hey!
Name: Position: Steam Name or @Twitter
Michael: Game Director: @MPHadwin
Casey: Senior Engineer: @CaseyDonnellan
Andy M: Senior Producer: Wizard_Poop (on Steam)
Jeff: Game Engineer: @jc_chamberlain
Will: Game Engineer: @WixelPix
Andy C: Artist/Level Designer: @MaximumCortez
Jordan: Animator/VFX: @Jordy_J_S
Mike: Character Artist: Awqsferd (on Steam)
Brian: Associate Producer:@Skilltacular
Have fun. Happy hunting,
Rooster Teeth Games