Risk of Rain 2 celebrates second birthday with sizeable Anniversary Update on PC Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Risk of Rain 2 celebrates second birthday with sizeable Anniversary Update on PC Reintroduces scrapped Survivor, boss, and more. News by Matt Wales Reporter Updated on 24 Mar 2021 8 comments March 2021 marks two years since Hopoo Games' enormously successful co-operative rogue-like shooter sequel Risk of Rain 2 first entered early access, and the developer is celebrating with the launch of a significant free update on PC. Risk of Rain 2's Anniversary Update - which launches this Thursday, 25th March - is intended to "flesh out and round out the base game", revisiting old items and finishing up content that didn't make it into Hopoo's version 1.0 release. For starters, it introduces a previously scrapped Survivor known as the Bandit (Hopoo notes the scrapped version, which has since been revived by modders, will continue to work alongside the new iteration), as well as an abandoned boss referred to as the Grandparent. Watch on YouTube Risk of Rain 2 - Launch Trailer. It also features new items, 88 new lore entries, new skill variants for a number of existing Survivors, plus a range of quality of life improvements. Once the Anniversary Update is out in the wild, Hopoo will turn its attention to Risk of Rain 2's first major paid expansion. This is currently planned to launch in Q4 this year and will be comparable to 2-3 early access Content Updates in terms of scope - introducing new Survivors, items, enemies, stages, and more, as detailed in Hopoo's roadmap below. Hopoo's Risk of Rain 2 development roadmap for 2021. While Risk of Rain 2's Anniversary Update will arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch some time after its 25th March PC launch, Hopoo says it's aiming to release the game's first expansion simultaneously across all platforms. "Thanks everyone for being passionate for the games we make," the developer concludes in its Anniversary Update post. "We have a lot of exciting things cooking - both for Risk of Rain fans and Hopoo Games fans in general - and we can't wait to share them with you - one day." Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store