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inFamous 2 Goes Vampiric With Festival of Blood Expansion

This doesn't make any sense, but who really cares?

By Patrick Klepek  |  Aug. 16, 2011

Just imagine some fangs and you have a good idea of what to expect, based on what we know so far.
Just imagine some fangs and you have a good idea of what to expect, based on what we know so far.

The recently acquired Sucker Punch seems to be taking a cue from Rockstar Games with inFamous 2: Festival of Blood, a vampire-themed expansion for this summer's open world adventure that explores the "darker" side of the inFamous universe.

News on Festival of Blood arrived at Sony's Gamescom press conference today. In the trailer, Cole was sporting some mean ol' fangs.

Rockstar Games pulled a similar stunt with Red Dead Redemption and the super great Undead Nightmare. If you haven't played Undead Nightmare, you've screwed up--it's terrific.

Festival of Blood arrives in October with "hours" of new gameplay.

Filed under: inFamous 2, inFamous
52 Comments
BigStupidFaceon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:21 a.m.

double blamo!

MisterMouseon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:22 a.m.
DLC is always good for a solid game.
Enigma777on Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:22 a.m.

Sweet! You can never have enough Infamous 2!

Yummyleeon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:22 a.m.
Sounds good. I will gladly pay for a little more inFAMOUS 2.
LJO1989on Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:22 a.m.

What uhh I guess this is a good thing?

SaturdayNightSpecialson Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:23 a.m.

Dude, awesome.

This may end up being my very first paid DLC.

EDIT: Though I must say, it will take a lot to convince me that doing vampires instead of zombies in a game set in fucking New Orleans was a good idea.

Rolyatkcinmaion Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:23 a.m.

I will buy this.

LiquidPrinceon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:25 a.m.

I've barely played any original Red Dead, let alone Undead Nightmare.For some reason Rockstar open world games just never grab me...

Cincaidon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:25 a.m.

@patrickklepek said:

If you haven't played Undead Nightmare, you've screwed up--it's terrific.

I should really get around to do that one of these days...

kennyshaton Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:26 a.m.

I'll probably buy this.

zombie2011on Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:27 a.m.
I'm done with InFamous 2 i didn't really like it either so i'm not gonna be picking this up. 
Alraiison Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:27 a.m.

It makes lots of sense! There are other people with powers like Cole who are... nocturnal and like to use Bio Leech? Except with blood? Ah, whatever, Undead Nightmare was awesome for RDR, so that's enough precedent for me to not dismiss strange-sounding DLC immediately.

SHADOWINFINITEon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:29 a.m.
Awesome
ProfessorEsson Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:33 a.m.
Y'know the whole monster motif is what kinda put me off purchasing Infamous 2 in the first place, and the addition of vampires... I dunno. 
 
I miss the original game's uberdruggies an garbagemasters. 
WinterSnowblindon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:34 a.m.

I really loved how much Halloween themed content we got last year. Vampires make a nice change from zombie's too.

FluxWaveZon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:35 a.m.
  
@pyromaster222 said: 
DLC is always good for a solid game.
I believe this will be standalone like Undead Nightmare, not strictly DLC.
Afroman269 is online on Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:40 a.m.

@Enigma777 said:

Sweet! You can never have enough Infamous 2!

dvorakon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:43 a.m.

I really need to go back and wrap up InFamous 2. Because this sounds awesome.

Solh0undon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:44 a.m.
I gotta say that this sounds like a good idea for inFamous 2 seeing that the first didn't have much DLC at all which was a shame....
sixpinon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:45 a.m.

Vampires have gotten pretty lame as of late thanks to crap like Twilight. If this is more Bram Stoker and less Stephenie Meyer I'll check it out.

Dig Deeper into inFamous 2

The electric superhuman, Cole MacGrath, returns in the sequel to 2009's open world superhero third-person action game from Sucker Punch, featuring new graphics, a new city, and new powers.

US Release Date: June 7, 2011

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