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Joystiq Streams: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2 [UPDATE: Relive the stream!]
Abraham Van Helsing is an absolute badass in Bram Stoker's Dracula. When everyone else just sort of stands around wondering why all these crazy things keep happening, like boats turning up in port with the entire crew murdered and local folk turning into blood sucking freaks, Van Helsing doesn't doubt. He just takes care of business like the swarthy, good humored Dutchman that he is. He never gets around to casting spells, slinging around guns and beating the crap out of monsters while hanging out with a ghost woman named Katarina in the book, but in fairness, he's older in Dracula than he is in The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2, Neocore's action RPG sequel to the 2012 cult hit. I suppose all adventurers go through a mass monster killin' and ghost chillin' period in their youth. Joystiq Streams is rocking Van Helsing 2 on Twitch.tv/Joystiq and right here on Joystiq.com starting at 4PM EST. Orsolya Toth, Neocore's community manager, will guide us inexperienced vampire slayers through the basics. We'll also be giving away free Steam keys for both Van Helsing 2 and the original The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing during the stream, because monster hunters love company. Joystiq Streams broadcasts every Tuesday and Thursday at 4PM EST on the Joystiq Twitch channel.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2 delayed to May 22
The son of famed vampire hunter Van Helsing is gearing up to slaughter a fresh bunch of monsters in The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2, Nerdcore Games' second entry in a planned trilogy. Properly planning for an action RPG outing takes time though, a resource Van Helsing Jr. now has - Nerdcore has pushed Van Helsing 2's release from April to May 22 for the sake of polish, which conveniently gives our protagonist enough time for a siesta. Once the adventure continues, players will be able to align with one of three class types; the range and melee-proficient Hunter, the magic-savvy Thaumaturge and the Arcane Mechanic, a deadly-device specialist. The ghostly sidekick Lady Katarina returns to aid players, but aspiring hunters can bring up to three living friends along in a cooperative campaign, or sling attacks in a PvP mode that supports eight competitors total. [Image: Neocore Games]
