Developer semiwork partially revealed images of new monsters that will be implemented in the next "Monster Update" of the cooperative horror game "R.E.P.O." on October 11.At the same time, it was officially announced that multiple areas will be added to the museum map in the next update, and exclusive items will be added to all existing maps.

In the promotion, a cassette video called "Secret Tape" was played, in which the appearance of multiple new monsters can be seen.In the main video, the development team also revealed the "secrets of monster development."It is said that the most important factors in the development of new monsters are "horror" and "uniqueness".Being scary in the dark and having distinctive sound effects are also important considerations in character design.The team worked hard to give each enemy a unique design to keep it interesting even if players encounter it multiple times.Although the new mechanics of the monsters are not revealed in the video, it seems that there will be a lot of creepy monsters gathered in time for Halloween.

In addition, in this update, multiple areas will be added to the museum map.It is reported that multiple new explorable rooms will be implemented, including campfire areas, densely forested areas, and areas where helicopter wreckage can be seen, etc.At the same time, the official also revealed that multiple exclusive valuables will be added to all maps.Some of the newly added valuable items seem to be equipped with special mechanisms. The development team introduced the valuable item "Flashlight" as an example.Players hold lighting equipment by default, and flashlights have the advantage of being able to shine farther.

This update is expected to be released on October 31st, when it will update multiple new monsters and add multiple areas."R.E.P.O." is now on sale on the PC (Steam) platform in early access mode.