DiezelPower has vigilantly been improving and adding to their fast-paced zombie arena shooter Nation Red since its release way back in August of 2009. To date, it’s received dozens of content-filled updates adding new modes, maps, weapons, perks, enemies, and maybe most importantly implementing a lot of player feedback. In fact, just a couple days ago the game received drop-in online co-op and a new stats section. Those additions turned out to be a preamble for a free weekend that’s just kicked off on Steam, with a major discount on the full version offered for the duration of the event.

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DiezelPower has announced the release of a new update for their arena-based zombie shooter Nation Red, now available to download for owners of the game on Steam.

The patch adds the new “Laser Guided” perk along with a trio of new achievements in “Held The Line”, “Pushover” and “Perforator.” The update doesn’t stop there though, support for generic gamepads, new weapon reload visuals, optimized co-op play and a list of other adjustments and fixes for all the fast-paced action.

Nation Red goes for $10 on Steam with a demo offered as well. From the change log:

Nation Red

• 3 New Achievements: Held The Line, Pushover, Perforator
• New Perk: Laser Guided
• Added support for generic joypads in addition to Xbox 360 joypads
• Allow separate locking of primary and secondary weapons
• New weapon reload visuals + option where to display these
• Fixed some achievements not triggering correctly
• Adjusted barricade mode difficuly level in Bridge and Warehouse barricade
• Adjusted difficulty in missions Point Defense and Breakdown Crew
• Sentry guns can now be reloaded at any time
• Mission unlock progress now saved to Steam after each mission
• Optimized Coop gameplay
• Adjusted Super Shorty weapon effects and damage
• Various other suggestions and bug fixes

DiezelPower has announced a major update for its fast-paced arena survival shooter Nation Red, which packs several new features and items including at long last the addition of online co-op to the game. Now players can get together online and run through modes like Last Man Standing, Shared XP and more.

The patch doesn’t just stop there though, a primary/secondary weapon system, new blood and gore effects, new perks, power-ups, achievements and the minigun weapon have all be added to the title as well.

In celebration of the new additions, the game and its already discounted 4-pack have been slashed by 50% as part of Steam’s “Mid-Week Madness” sale. Grab the game for $5 or round up a few other friends and get four copies for just $15 ($3.75 per copy.) A demo is also available to try on the Steam page, from the change log:

Nation Red

• On-Line Coop! Friends + Matchmaking. Last Man Standing, Shared XP and more
• Added Primary & Secondary weapon system
• More blood and gore fx (as requested)
• New Weapon: Minigun
• Various fixes/suggestions added

New Perks

• Hoarder: The more grenades you carry, the slower you move but the less damage you take
• Heavy Armor: Doubles armor to 40%
• Bomb Fanatic: Grenade Zombies always drop a crate of grenades on death
• Heavy Seekers: Doubles the number of seekers released
• Rage Unlimited: When you pick up Rage, no reloads are needed for the duration of the powerup

New Powerups

• No Reload – No weapon reloads needed while active

New Achievements:

• Resurrector
• Back2Back

DiezelPower has released a major league update for its arena-based zombie shooter Nation Red, now available for download.

The patch brings a large amount of new content and changes to the game including two new zombie Barricade gameplay modes: Bridge and Warehouse, a new Brawler zombie boss and support for user-created maps and levels. Newly added NPC soldiers, new perks and achievements also accompany the update, with a list of bug fixes, improvements and other optimizations brought forth as well.

The file can be downloaded automatically for owners via Steam, restart the client if it’s not already there. A demo is also available for those who’d like to give it a spin. From the change log:

Nation Red

Two new zombie Barricade gameplay modes: Bridge and Warehouse

New Brawler zombie boss: A bomb disposal expert able to deactivate powerups such as mines, turbines, sentry guns, etc.

Support for user-created maps/levels

Shorter, more action-packed Free Play games with a new score multiplier for new leaderboard scores

Accurate weapon damage: each pellet from a shotgun blast causes damage. Also includes an enhanced flamethrower

NPC soldiers: Barricades and missions include soldiers trying to defend your position against the zombie horde

New interface

Several missions have been changed after user feedback

New perks: Anarchist, More Pain More Gain, Come Closer

New achievements: LockDown, A Ton Of Bullets, Unseen, Speed Killer, Resurrector and BackToBack

Support for Intel integrated graphics

New tutorial mode

Several suggested bug fixes and code optimizations

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DiezelPower has released a new update for their arena-based zombie shooter Nation Red, now available on Steam. The patch brings the new strategic gameplay mode along with new weapons, player perks,  Steam achievements, leaderboards, and more.

To celebrate the new content release, Nation Red has been given a 30% discount putting the game at $7; an extremely good price for the fully loaded, often updated game.

Though no actual end date for the sale has been mentioned, similar sales in the past usually run around a week which would give you until Monday, November 9. A demo for Nation Red is available for download here.