The popular zombie first-person shooter Killing Floor 2 just dropped a new update and the best news? It’s free! The update is now live for both the PlayStation 4 and PC players.

The latest update, titled Tropical Bash, promises new features to shake up the gameplay a little bit including a new weapon, a new map, new enemies to slay, and more. But let’s talk about that new weapon first, because it’s intense. The Bone Crusher is a tier 4 Berserker  weapon that takes on the attributes of a mace and a spiked shield crafted from a hubcap. This weapon is powerful for obvious reasons and works well as both an offensive and defensive choice.

There is a catch with the Bone Crusher and that is that the weapon itself is class specific, but players not able to utilize it will still experience upgrades to pre-existing weapon types. Most weapons were previously usable universally, but the specific stats and benefits belied to a specific piece of your arsenal could not be used if it was from a different class. That’s been tweaked a little bit, so there’s more to love despite the class chosen. You can see a break down of the muliperk in the image above.

Zed Landing is the new map being introduced and it features a crashed cargo plane (great cover!) with a lovely view of an active volcano. You can see the pictures of the map in the gallery above showing this lovely terrain in action.

Don’t forget about the new enemy that is now available to face off on this new Zed map – a dual-bladed Gorefiend that is definitely not an easy foe to take down. He’s fast, versatile, and definitely out for blood.

Here’s a list of everything the new update comes with not previously mentioned direct from the official site:

General

• New System – Emotes – Players can now equip an emote and trigger it during gameplay
• Multi-Perk Weapons
  • Weapons can now be tied to multiple perks allowing for perk bonuses
  • Example: Support Perk will now gain benefits from the Medic Shotgun
• Inventory
  • Crates can now be broken down into craftable items
  • Game will now check for players purchase of KF 2 during early access via API and grant players the early access rewards
    • As part of this previously granted EA rewards have been made non tradable
• Slightly sped up first 10 level experience gain
• Players can now turn off the auto-upgrade system

Balance

• Caulk N’ Burn
  • Damage increased 50%
  • Splash damage radius decreased 25%

• Incendiary Shotgun
  • Damage increased 60%
  • Fire rate increased 10%
  • Spread increased 60%
  • Ammo capacity increased by 12 rounds
  • Ammo cost increased 10%

• Flamethrower
  • Damage increased 50%
  • Splash damage radius decreased 25%

• Microwave Gun
  • Added ability to burn zeds from splash damage
  • Toned down damage and radius from ground fire

• Bosses
  • Increased Hans’ vulnerability to blunt and slashing damage
  • Increased Patriarch’s vulnerability to blunt and slashing damage
  • Hans’ resistance to microwave gun increased by 15%
• Solo
  • Normal spawn rate reduced by 10%
  • Hard spawn rate reduced by 20%
  • Suicidal spawn rate reduced by 20%
  • Hell on Earth spawn rate reduced by 40%

The update itself is live now, as previously mentioned, and is available on both the PlayStation 4 and PC. If you haven’t picked up the title yet and are interested in it, you can get it for the PS4 here or the PC here. Let us know in the comment section below what your thoughts are on this gore-y FPS – are you killing it in Killing Floor 2 or was the game not up to your standards? Sound off below and, as always, don’t forget to keep a tab open on DFTG for all of your gaming news!