The next booster pack for Orcs Must Die! 2 comes out tomorrow/later today, and it’s called Family Ties. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any scarier than an angry orc coming for your face, now you will meet the missus: A new enemy, the ‘Ball and Chain’, a humungous female orc wielding a humungous mace that’ll have you crying for your Mummy.

So that’s pretty cool in and of itself, but what about all the other stuff? There’s three new levels, new endless mode conversions, new weapons and trinkets to make you powerful enough to stand up to the ol’ B&C, new costumes and a new way to earn yourself a skull.

The Family Ties booster pack for Orcs Must Die! 2 comes out September 26 UK time, so probably some time later today, or in fact, tomorrow, and will set us back 5 Australian Megabuxx.

Source: Press Release

The first DLC for Orcs Must Die! 2 — well, they call it a ‘booster pack’ — has been announced! Robot Entertainment say that their booster pack, Fire & Water will add new enemies and traps, not to mention three new levels to try them all out on.

In particular though the new enemies sound cool, with fire and water themed iterations of the game’s older enemy, the earth lords. As with the earth lords, the fire and water lords break down into elementals and then -lings, but when they hit the -ling stage, they start to do new and crazy things. Firelings will come and hunt you down and explode you, while waterlings will find the dormant puddles left behind by defeated waterdudes and suck them up to become water elementals again! Horrifying!

The new content will be available on Steam as of August 29 and will be $4.99 USD.

Source: Blue’s News

Six months ago, Robot Entertainment came out of nowhere with Orcs Must Die!, a great tower-defence/action game combo with slick graphics, great mechanics and heaps of orc-killing fun. Now they’re back with Orcs Must Die! 2, and proudly touting the inclusion of the co-op gameplay that we all begged for after the original. We went in to check it out.

If you’re one of the many handsome people with great taste who, like me, enjoyed the original Orcs Must Die!, then you’ll be pleased to know that the demo for Orcs Must Die! 2 is now available on Steam. The game launches on Monday, giving you the full weekend to evaluate it and decide if you’d like to buy it (at 10% off if you pre-order).

Oh hey, you can also buy the original OMD! for $2.49 over the weekend, which is an absolute steal.

Source: VG247

If you’re looking forward to Orcs Must Die! 2 because you loved the last one so much, Robot Entertainment might just have a surprise for you. Owners of the original Orcs Must Die! on Steam will find, when they start up the sequel on July 30th, that they have unlocked a special ‘classic mode’. This special mode of gameplay for returning lovers of the game will feature levels from the original Orcs Must Die! remixed with new enemies and available to be played cooperatively with your buddies! If that sounds up your alley, but you don’t already have it, check it out on Steam’s Summer Sale where it’s currently 50% off.

Source: Destructoid