Killing Floor to get holiday-themed content, free weekend

Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor is getting back into the holiday spirit with its second annual Twisted Christmas event, adding new content to the game for a limited time.

Xav de Matos

December 6, 2011 4:45 PM

When the name of your game is Killing Floor and the premise is "kill everything that isn't you," a certain amount of holiday cheer is expected. Developer Tripwire Interactive has announced the return of its Twisted Christmas holiday event, which will add a new level, music, weapons, and achievements to the game for a limited time. The content is free to all owners of the game will be available from December 7 through January 4. Killing Floor will also be free to play via Steam this weekend, beginning December 8 through December 11. But, that's not all: "Returning from last year's event we have Christmas themed specimens replacing all of the regular baddies, Santa’s Evil Lair, Christmas themed achievements and the chance for those who missed unlocking the special Baddest Santa character last year to grab him this time around."

Killing Floor's 'Ice Cave' level

This year's event adds the level Ice Cave as well as seven brand new weapons. Another character DLC character pack is also in the works, entitled Steampunk 2, helping users "complete the set" of Steampunk-style characters introduced in previous DLC. For more information on the content, check out the game's official blog. Killing Floor is available on Steam, Direct2Drive, and other digital distribution services.

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Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor is getting back into the holiday spirit with its second annual Twisted Christmas event, adding new content to the game for a limited time.
- AxeMan808
  
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  December 6, 2011 5:07 PM
  
  Which reminds me. IGI!
- Fenring42
  
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  December 6, 2011 5:08 PM
  
  Yaaaaay!!!!!
- snubble100
  
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  December 6, 2011 5:24 PM
  
  LODSEMONE
  
  I'd like to see what a Killing Floor 2 would look like on UE3. Tripwire does a great job of making you feel like you're actually holding those weapons in your hands. Sometimes it's the simple things that make all the difference.
- Piett23
  
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  December 6, 2011 5:42 PM
  
  Killing Floor rocks, except when your grenade hit's the back of your buddies head, drops to the ground and proceeds to blow you up.
  - AxeMan808
    
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    December 6, 2011 6:21 PM
    
    There's a spot on biohazard where you throw a grenade down the hall from spawn and you SEE it go down the hall, then it explodes on top of you
    - Visceral Monkey
      
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      December 6, 2011 6:22 PM
      
      I blow myself up more in this game than any other. Grenades scare me now :(
      - AxeMan808
        
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        December 6, 2011 6:27 PM
        
        I stopped placing Strategic Pipe Bombs. I only use them tactically now.
        
        Piett23
        
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        December 6, 2011 6:35 PM
        
        I usually play with three friends, and we don't do Friendly Fire, but we are on Hard games on Long waves; anyway I usually place pipe bombs for Fleshpounds in the later waves, and we kite him over them. My one friend decided he would start standing on the pipe bombs and the Fleshpound would get to him, start to enrage them blow up. Sound plan right? One evening on Abusement Park I drop a pipe bomb and he does to. Fleshpound comes out and runs at us and I see him run up to his pipe bomb, stand on it and proceed to get blown to chunks. A couple seconds later over Mumble: "Apparently that was my pipe bomb, and not yours." We died 30 seconds later.
  - Mmmmmoo
    
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    December 6, 2011 6:56 PM
    
    those are the best moments though
- rms
  
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  December 6, 2011 6:15 PM
  
  I love this game. Very proud of my chicken suit!
- AxeMan808
  
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  December 6, 2011 6:21 PM
  
  New weapons aren't in yet. At least on the server I just tried.
  - Visceral Monkey
    
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    December 6, 2011 6:22 PM
    
    Tomorrow isn't it?
  - AxeMan808
    
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    December 6, 2011 6:26 PM
    
    Also, I've been informed it's not a Minigun, it's the Husk Cannon. </sadface>
    - X-GOUKI
      
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      December 6, 2011 6:55 PM
      
      if KF had a minigun (with plenty of ammo) it would be the perfect game