UT mod Killing Floor becomes game

By Tom Bramwell Published 23 March, 2009

Six-player co-op survival horror for PC.

Popular young-persons' Unreal Tournament 2004 modification Killing Floor is to be beefed up into a full game and released on Steam, Tripwire Interactive has announced.

Killing Floor is a first-person co-op game in which up to six players defend themselves against an onslaught of monsters in non-linear London-based environments using a mixture of weapons.

Along with knives, fire-axes, shotguns, rifles and a flamethrower (there are more than 12 weapons in total), players can also try and weld doors closed to push the monsters along certain paths.

The game also has a persistent "perks" system, whereby players can augment their character with special abilities and skills, and these can be customised like a loadout pre-game to balance the team.

Tripwire says the new full-game version will include nine types of enemy armed with teeth, claws, chainsaws, chainguns and even rocket launchers, which hardly seems fair, although you will at least get to admire grislier deaths in slow-motion "ZEDtime".

Beyond that, we've been told to expect a single-player offline mode (presumably for practicing), and the usual Steam Achievements and Friends list support.

If all that catches your eye, keep it on the currently barren official website or bone up on the UT2004 mod courtesy of Wikipedia. There's currently no word on a release date.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Rirekon #1 3 years ago

    Sounds like Left 4 Dead with more weapons... count me in :)

  • systems #2 3 years ago

    It's better than L4D in many ways. Obviously it doesn't have the polish as it's only a small team of volunteers but it's still great fun.

    Well worth getting that mod.

  • Eraysor #3 3 years ago

    Anything else similar to Left 4 Dead is a good thing.

  • systems #4 3 years ago

    To give you an idea of what it's like, imagine 6 player L4D (L6D?) but stuck on a finale the whole time. You get waves of enemies (weak at first, getting stonger) and between each you can dash to the RE4-style shop to buy ammo and gear.

    You can carry as many guns as you like but there is a weight allowance and believe me you do *not* want to be the slowest guy on the team. You can also weld doors shut to set up barricades.

    There is no crosshair. You either fire from the hip or switch to iron sights mode.

    You have a first aid syringe, but it's really bad at healing yourself (almost but not quite pointless). Best to stick with a friend and heal while being covered.

    I recommend it to the lot of you. I still play it after 2 years but have packed in L4D until the new content is out.

  • Frenzie #5 3 years ago

    I really hope they add a crosshair for this release.

  • optimusprym8 #6 3 years ago

    "There is no crosshair. You either fire from the hip or switch to iron sights mode."

    sweet, great idea

  • systems #7 3 years ago

    ^I agree, I prefer not having crosshairs. It makes for a greater test of nerves when you really have to use judgment to aim at zombies (aka "specimens";) rather than moving a pointer over them. Do I switch to iron sights and ruin my peripheral vision, or do I fire from the hip and not get sneaked up on?

  • geeza2020 #8 3 years ago

    360 release?