VOIN Early Access ‘Permafrost’ update launches in June

Publisher tinyBuild and developer Nikita Sozidar have announced the VOIN Early Access update “Permafrost,” which adds a “massive” new location, proper character progression, and more. It will launch in June.

VOIN is currently in Early Access for PC via Steam.

Here is an overview of the update, via Nikita Sozidar’s latest developer log:

“Permafrost” Developer Log

Hi everyone, I’m Nikita, and for the past year-and-a-half, I’ve been cooking. Take a look.

VOIN is a first-person hack-and-slash with RPG elements set in open-world-like levels. The game is about you being an unstoppable force of nature that wields metal as it weapon. The world is broken and you are its reckoning.

Items and Affixes

You kill monsters, you get loot, which is the game’s bread and butter. And instead of affixes that plainly increase random stats, I decided to focus only on impactful stuff that actually changes the way you play. For example, you might find a hammer called Bell Ringer, which summons ghostly bells that—when hit—damages everyone around.

Or another example, which I also like a lot—a really powerful scythe that literally tears reality as you swing leaving scars that emanate freezing aura—or should I say a cool aura. No I shouldn’t say that. But guess what? You can also combine those two items into one. Find the symbiosis station at the hub, read the instructions carefully—please—and boom you have dual wakizashis that poison everyone and summon fire tornadoes—that’s a thing. But enough of that let’s get to the next exciting thing.

The World

In the last major update, Thunderborn, I added a huge dungeon underneath the Cathedral of Veiled Lament. Now, though, I’m working on the game’s next major update called Permafrost. It features a new absolutely massive new location the Athenium of Thousand Names. Snow-covered mountains, ice giants, perpetual blizzards—this place does not offer a warm welcome, not at all.

One of the other major features of this update is proper character progression—finally! Journey to the Hall of Reflection and find the new tree of talents (yes, your talent tree is an actual tree). And not only that, while exploring you’ll be finding Soul Fruits, which you can attach to the tree and gain various bonuses—for example, the ability to sprint. And you can already play the talent tree update—right now.

Anyway the game is shaping up great and there are a lot more super exciting things coming. For example, a completely new character, completely new weapon types—spears daggers and more—and even quests.

All right guys, that’s it for me. Thank you very much and see you next time.