- 30 Years of ROTT - 17 February 2025
Today is February 17th, 2025. Rise of the Triad v1.0 launched on February 17th, 1995. You know what that means?! ROTT is 30 YEARS OLD TODAY! From the original 90s Deadly Gentlemen to the 2010s reboot Task Force and now the Cccool coming together of Apogee, Night Dive and New Blood, it's been a long ride- and we can't thank you enough for taking it with us! ːTriadː But wait, there's more! As promised... The LUDICROUS Lunchboxes are shipping! In just a few short weeks you'll finally be able to tell people THEY'LL BURY YOU IN A LUNCHBOX ːGibː (and have the lunchbox to back it up!) And last but not least - we've got a New Bundle! You can now get... The OG DOSbox version of Rise of the Triad: Dark War Rise of the Triad Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition For one low price! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35375/HUNT_Bundle/ So raise a bowl of priest porridge ːPorridgeː and celebrate 30…
- LUDICROUS PHYSICAL EDITIONS! - 12 August 2024
MY FELLOW OSCUIRDOS! You've waited a long time but soon you can finally be... BURIED IN A LUNCHBOX! Available in Standard Editions (with reversible cover art) And the 30th Anniversary LUNCHBOX Edition! Pre-Order NOW! Can you believe it's almost been 30 LUDICROUS YEARS of ROTT? We can. We're old! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421490/Rise_of_the_Triad_Ludicrous_Edition/
- Get 9 Nightdive remasters for just 20 bucks in the new Humble Bundle - 24 May 2024
If you're looking to do some retro-style videogame shooting this weekend, you might want to turn your attention to the new assembly of Nightdive games on Humble Bundle, a collection of nine nostalgia FPS games for just $20... Read more.
- Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition update adds cross-platform multiplayer, another cut character, and more - 14 April 2024
Ye olde 1990s knockabout shooter Rise of the Triad was remastered and rereleased as Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition last year. As our Shaun Prescott said at the time, it hasn't aged well but you should still play it . It's a goofball historical artifact with some fun power-ups and more hidden doors than Castle Dracula, and it's just received an update... Read more.
- Ludicrous Edition v1.1 - 12 April 2024
...H.U.N.T Transmission April 12, 2024... A new version of Rise of the Triad has been deployed! The long awaited v1.1 Featuring... CROSS PLATFORM MULTIPLAYER INCLUDING STEAM + GOG CROSSOVER LOBBIES WITH TEXT CHAT THE FINAL CUT BETA CHARACTER (Hi Gianni) LEVEL STATS (Kills/Secrets) ON THE MAP SCREEN A LEVEL EDITOR JUKEBOX 🎶 DIRECT LAN CONNECTIONS FOR STEAM AND GOG AN OPTION FOR AUTO WEAPON PICKUP PLUS TONS OF FIXES AND SOME MUCH NEEDED CHANGES! THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO REPORT. NOW GET BACK IN THERE AND STOP THOSE OSCURIDOS! And yes we're very aware that the 30th anniversary of ROTT is coming up and that we've promised you a collector's edition. Patience, please. ːLoreleiː Full Patch Notes: Added Cross-platform multiplayer. Added the final alternate actor, the lightning guard. A new setting that allows players to prevent automatically switching weapons on pickup. Text chat button has been a…
- Ludicrous Trading Cards! - 9 November 2023
Hello all you beautiful Oscuridos! You may have noticed something in your Steam inventory today... That's right - we've finally released the Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition Steam Trading Cards, Emotes and Backgrounds! Featuring familiar faces, familiar places and... other stuff! Collect 'em all, swap 'em with your friends! Sell 'em on the black market in a shady alley! Lately we've mostly been hard at work on the console versions of the game (which are out now!) And yes we're still getting cross platform multiplayer working - which was probably not the best idea to begin with but HEY WE KEEP OUR PROMISES AROUND HERE. Once that's all sorted we can get back to working on ROTT: LE v1.1 which we're hoping to have out for you before the end of the year! v1.1 will hopefully include: The final alternate character (Lightning Guard) More multiplayer modes and maps Level editor music jukebox…
- LUDICROUS THANKS! - 5 August 2023
HUNT: You've done it! You've defeated El Oscuro... again! And again! And again! And it's all thanks to this lovingly remastered version of Rise of the Triad. YOU'RE WELCOME. We mean, erm... THANK YOU! This remaster was made BY ROTT FANS / FOR ROTT FANS so we couldn't be happier to hear that we've done it right. ːAnkhː But we're not done yet! We're currently working on v1.1 and beyond that may include... The final alternate character (Lightning Guard) Steam Trading Cards and Emotes More multiplayer modes and maps Level editor music jukebox A detailed level editor guide (I ain’t writing it) The return of Remote Ridicule?! An auto switch weapon pickup toggle (thankfully) Stats menu for map screen (secrets/kills etc) Custom Comm-Batt levels High scores? Steam Leaderboards?! Netcode improvements! Console ports! (Almost ready) A bundle with the original DOS game + ROTT 2013 And more! So look…
- Rise of the Triad hasn't aged well but you should still play it - 4 August 2023
I hadn't anticipated how much Rise of the Triad would annoy me in 2023. I loved it in the '90s, and not just because I was a child with low standards. I gather there were adults in the '90s who loved it too. But in 2023? Well, there's a lot that I admire about it, but to actually play it the way it's designed to be played—without cheat codes, I'm guessing—is a novelty that wanes after, oh, 10 minutes or so... Read more.
- Rise of the Triad: LUDICROUS EDITION is OUT NOW - 31 July 2023
IT'S TIME TO GET LUDICROUS Have we said that enough yet? Night Dive, New Blood and Apogee have poured everything we've got into this remaster. ːTriadː Because it's the remaster that ROTT deserves. And we hope you enjoy it. ːLoreleiː https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421490/Rise_of_the_Triad_Ludicrous_Edition/
- DEMO OUT NOW - 19 June 2023
It's time to GET LUDICROUS (for free) Just in time for Steam Next Fest we've released the Shareware Demo (it's just a demo) for... Rise of the Triad: LUDICROUS EDITION. The demo features one level (4 levels total) from each episode of ROTT: THE HUNT BEGINS DARK WAR EXTREME RISE OF THE TRIAD and our NEW EPISODE THE HUNT CONTINUES Plus you will be able to experiment with a lot of the NEW features available in the full game - such as new HUDS, restored alternate characters, alternate weapon sounds, uncapped FPS, ultrawide support, different soundtrack options, full controller support, FOV sliders, LUDICROUS lighting and MORE!!! We've really thrown the kitchen sink at this remaster and we hope you appreciate it. NOBODY CARES MORE ABOUT ROTT THAN US. So please enjoy the demo and be sure to leave feedback on the forums while we still have time to make final fixes and changes to the game befor…
- A LUDICROUS Release Date! - 6 June 2023
H.U.N.T. - YOU HAVE AN INCOMING TRANSMISSION RISE OF THE TRIAD: LUDICROUS EDITION WILL BE LAUNCHING ON JULY 31st! But you can play the Shareware Demo (it's just a regular demo) starting June 19th during Steam Next Fest! and NO it won't be timed. Who does that?! The demo will feature one level from each of the game's episodes (including our NEW episode) and many of the options you've been seeing like the new HUDs, alternate restored enemies and more! IT'S FINALLY TIME TO GET LUDICROUS... SOON™ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421490/Rise_of_the_Triad_Ludicrous_Edition/
- Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition is a faithful remaster of a janky '90s FPS, for better and worse - 5 June 2023
Rise of the Triad's a weird mutant of a game, a labor of love that was released in the wake of both Doom and Doom 2 that compensated for its janky, Frankenstein-ed Wolfenstein 3D engine with an edgy, '90s character. What I mean is this game is some goddamn nonsense, and that same cranked-to-11 mentality is still faithfully preserved in this remaster by Nightdive Studios—it's just a shame that a lot of the nonsense can be as frustrating as it is entertaining... Read more.
- The Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition remaster has an optional HUD with a Doom-style ouch face - 16 April 2023
In case you missed it, there's a 4K remaster of Rise of the Triad, the cult first-person shooter where you first-person shoot cultists, due out this year. It's a collaboration between Apogee Entertainment, Nightdive Studios, and New Blood Interactive, who recently shared some extra details on how they're updating this classic ... Read more.
- The Rise of the 'Retro FPS' and Updating a Classic - 14 April 2023
Members of the HUNT, we bring news from the front. It's been a priest porridge ːPorridgeː HOT minute since we first revealed Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition at Realms Deep 2022. And we've been busy. But we've only been busy because the Retro FPS community at large has been even busier. Night Dive, New Blood and Apogee wouldn't even be here if the events of the last 10 years hadn't led us to this point. So join us as we take a trip down memory lane during our 'Rise of the Retro FPS' panel we put on at PAX East a few weeks ago - and we'll talk after... So yeah, it's taken us all a while to get to this point, but the good news is - there is nobody better to be making this remaster of THE Cult Classic FPS. Now let's get into what we've been working on: A BRAND NEW and IMPROVED level editor. It's as easy to use as we can possibly make it and features a ton of unused textures and items!…
