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Gun Media announces that the asymmetrical survival horror game, Friday the 13th: The Game - Ultimate Slasher, is now available for the Nintendo Switch. For $39.99 (USD), Switch owners will get the game along with all online game modes, plus all of the previously released content and paid DLC packs. In fact, the only thing this apparently doesn't include are the backer exclusive "Savini Jason" character and clothing packs.
The game places you either in the shoes of one of many camp survivors or one of many different versions of Jason Voorhees. Jason is trying to do what Jason does best, kill the campers. The campers, on the other hand, are trying to survive and escape to freedom by one of a few different ways. Find gas and the keys and you can escape via a car, unless Jason catches you before you're out. Or maybe you can find the radio to contact the police. There are also various ways to stun or even "kill" Jason, but it's not easy.
Friday the 13th: The Game is also available already for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Friday the 13th: The Game - Ultimate Slasher Edition for the Nintendo Switch includes:
- All DLC and Retail Exclusive Content – In addition to all previously released DLC – including 10 single player challenges, new maps, characters, counselor outfits, Jason skins, additional kills for Jason and the complete Virtual Cabin experience – the physical edition also offers exclusive Bloody Jason Skins and clothing packs.
- Eight-Person Multiplayer and Single Player Modes – On maps spanning multiple iconic locations from the movie franchise, players will match up online as either Jason Voorhees or a Camp Counselor trying to survive the night. Players seeking lower pressure slasher fun can take the fight offline in matches with AI bots.
- Killer Variety – Players can don the mask of their favorite incarnations of Jason Voorhees as depicted in films two through nine. Each Jason is hand-crafted with specific strengths, weaknesses, and exclusive brutal kills. The retail edition offers even more brutal execution options, with the Pick Axe, Pig Splitter and Machete Kill Packs.
- Character Customization – As players level up, they will unlock new playable Counselor and Jason models that can be purchased with Customization Points (CPs). CPs also unlock new kills for Jason, game-changing perks that help Camp Counselors survive the night, emotes for self-expression, and various regalia appropriate for a funeral … or seven. The retail edition includes the Spring Break ’84 Clothing and Halloween Costume Packs for players to try on before the murder party.
- Franchise Authenticity – The game draws expertise from horror icons including Sean S. Cunningham (director/creator of Friday the 13th), Tom Savini (FX legend and effects director of Friday the 13th), composer Harry Manfredini (various compositions from the franchise) and Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees actor; Part 7, 8 and 9).
