The Nightmarish Descent Continues in Expansive New Game+ Update for Total Chaos on March 2
Apogee Entertainment and developer Sam Prebble of Trigger Happy Interactive have officially announced that the much-anticipated New Game+ mode for the acclaimed 2025 psychological horror game Total Chaos will be released across all platforms as a free update on March 2.
New Game+ brings horrifying twists to Total Chaos, featuring expanded story content, an alternate ending, and unexplored locations - all while a persistent stalker, The Hunter, tracks your every move.
You thought it was over? Think again.
Unlockable after completing the game, New Game+ reimagines the first seven chapters of Total Chaos, twisting familiar locations into far more hostile gauntlets and culminates in a brand-new final chapter: Chapter 8 – Reckoning. Each existing chapter begins with a warning: something has been unleashed. Once The Hunter finds his target, there is no way to stop him. Survival depends on speed, awareness, and decision-making under pressure.
In addition to The Hunter, enemy encounters are significantly more aggressive, resources are brutally scarce, and hesitation is punished. New Game+ is not designed for comfort. It is a deliberate escalation, intended for players willing to face Total Chaos at its most unforgiving. It is meant to push players to the absolute brink, and even after all hope is lost, it continues to punish.
Beyond its mechanical escalation, New Game+ also expands Total Chaos' narrative. A new ending extends the story beyond its original conclusion, offering new context for the protagonist's descent into Fort Oasis — and what it all ultimately meant.
About Total Chaos:
What began as an award-winning total conversion mod of DOOM II has now evolved into a fully standalone title, boasting a spine-tingling atmosphere and an aggressively uneasy tension throughout. Developer Sam Prebble leveraged his game (Turbo Overkill) and Hollywood (Avatar, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) visual effects talents to deliver a full-scale survival horror experience that will gnaw away at players' sense of safety.
Total Chaos pulls players into the abyss of Fort Oasis, a desolate wasteland once considered paradise by its residential coal miner community. A shadow looms over the island, evoking a sense of madness that can only be described as the feeling of being constantly watched. Monstrosities lurk around every corner of the island's heart, trapping anybody daring enough to enter the void. While shooting and bludgeoning through these twisted foes, players will unearth fragments of forgotten lives to piece together the chilling mystery of Fort Oasis' demise (and their connection to it) before their sanity runs dry.
Key Features of Total Chaos:
- Immersive Atmosphere: Explore the decayed ruins of Fort Oasis across nine harrowing chapters, each drenched in dread, plunging you deeper into its oppressive, decaying world.
- Environmental Storytelling: Uncover the island's darkest secrets and confront your own fractured past through cryptic notes, haunting visuals, and unsettling encounters.
- Crafting for Survival: Build and upgrade weapons using scavenged materials to stand a chance against the relentless terrors stalking you.
- Face Freakish Foes: Engage against horrific creatures, each with their own deadly behaviors and strategies.
- Resource Management: Navigate a deep inventory system where every item matters — your survival hinges on careful choices, crafting the perfect weapon, and quick thinking on the fly.
- A Haunting Original Soundtrack: Total Chaos features an original theme and end credits track by legendary Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka, joined by original Total Chaos mod composers Jason Dagenet and William Braddell, and Apogee's music team, Chipper Hammond, Tim Stoney, and Mathieu Hallouin. Together, they've crafted an ambient, nightmare-inducing soundscape that blurs the line between music and madness.
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