Going up?
Just when we thought we were out of BALL x PIT‘s grip, developer Kenny Sun finds a way to drag us back in.
Devolver Digital has shared a first look at the game’s upcoming ‘Risen Ballbylon’ DLC, and it looks huge. We’re talking four new battlefields and bosses, eight new characters, 24 new balls, and 20 new buildings to expand your town. That’s… a lot.
All of this arrives on 12th November for $6.99, and it sees the titular pit flipped on its head. You’ll be riding the lift upwards to Risen Ballbylon, exploring the levels of the sky city before coming back down to upgrade your stats. Hey, it worked for Hades II!
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You’ll only be able to get in on this DLC content if you have completed the base game, but there’s still a couple of months to go before launch, which gives you plenty of time to crack on if you’re interested.
Here’s a more detailed rundown of everything included in the upcoming expansion:
NEW FRONTIERS
When you ascend to Risen Ballbylon you’ll get to explore 4 new battlefields – each with their own fearsome new bosses – and battle over 40 new enemies. You can also dip into a deep pool of 45 new passives, including Lucky Coin, Eldritch Gauntlet, Vampire’s Kiss, Volatile Explosive, and Relentless Whip. You’ll have to play the expansion to find out what they do.HERO WORSHIP
There are 8 new gameplay-transforming characters to get to grips with in Risen Ballbylon, including the Sentinel, who can aim in any direction, The Stonewaller, whose balls warp to the other side the first time they hit a wall, and The Right Hand Man, whose balls deal double damage when they hit the right wall but only half when they hit the left.BALLS TO THE WALL
Risen Ballbylon also adds 24 new balls to the game to experiment with and create powerful, game-changing fusions. These include the Beast ball, which latches onto enemies and damages them until they die, the Kaiju ball, which causes earthquakes, the Misfortune ball, which curses enemies, and the deadly, spiky Hedgehog ball.
BASE INSTINCT
Base-building has also been radically expanded in Risen Ballbylon, with 20 new buildings to expand your village. Build a Floating Fortress, Crystal Monolith, Soup Kitchen, Circus Tent, Fission Chamber, and other strange structures as you expand your base and mine for crystals – a new resource that adds additional complexity to the game’s economy.
It adds to what was already a rather beefy base game at launch, and it’s had three free expansions since then. Sure, November might be Zelda month, but we might have to bounce back to this one in-between sessions for a little Breakout-inspired hit.
