Darktide’s second new class is the Hive Scum, its first dual-wielder and drug fiend

Usually crime occurs earlier than the police arrive, however Darktide’s accomplished issues a little bit bit in a different way. Its first DLC class was the law-enforcing Arbites, and its second has simply been introduced because the law-breaking Hive Scum. Although technically, the Hive Scum can also be right here to implement order—they’re fixers working for the crime lords of Tertium Hive who’ve realized plague daemons are dangerous for enterprise.

The trailer showcases the Hive Scum’s crowbar, one of many class’ improvised melee weapons (they will additionally swing a noticed), in addition to their dual-wielded weapons. For the primary time in Darktide you’ll go full Rise of the Triad with both autopistols or stub pistols. It’s also possible to dual-wield shivs in melee.

The Hive Scum’s different promoting level is best dwelling via chemistry. They’ll buff themselves with a customizable stimm referred to as the Cartel Particular and switch their medication in opposition to enemies by throwing chem bombs and coating their noticed in quite a lot of toxins.

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Like all of Darktide’s player-characters the Hive Scum will get loads of beauty choices, with full-body tattoos and punk hairstyles, they usually’re the one class to have entry to face paints thus far. The opposite factor that marks them out is that they are locals. The place many of the doubtful heroes of Darktide come from different worlds like Cadia, the Hive Scum are defending their houses (and their stimm labs). It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how the continuing story of Darktide incorporates them—presumably with one thing just like the Arbites’ bespoke introduction.

The Hive Scum Class DLC shall be out there on December 2, together with a Beauty Improve DLC if you would like much more coiffure, outfit, tattoo, and weapon pores and skin choices.