Back 4 Blood gets its next expansion, Children of the Worm, at the end of August

More terrors lurk in the world of Back 4 Blood

Back 4 Blood is getting its next expansion at the end of this month. Children of the Worm, the second DLC expansion for Back 4 Blood, goes live on August 30, 2022.

The Children of the Worm will have a new story campaign, adding an Act 5 to the action. New enemies threaten to cause a bunchꦐ of problems for the Cleaner crew.

But the survivors will have some back-up, too. A new playable Cleaner, “Prophet” Dan, is also joining the action. A previous preacher of the end times, he’ll probably make for a wacky addition to the roster of playable characters.

The expansion will also include some new weapons, cards, and skins. Anyone who picked up the Back 4 Blood Annual Pass, or the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition, gets Children of the Worm as part of that. Otherwise, Children of the Worm will be available as a standalone purchase.

The ongoing apocalypse

This new entry marks Back 4 Blood‘s second expansion, following after the Tunnels of Terror DLC expansion that went live in April. The Tunnels added some new Cleaners 🃏and special variations of the Ridden to deal with, alongside the Ridden Hives.

With an Act 5 on the way and even more stuff to do, it’s nice to see that Back 4 Blood seems to be getting a steady cadence of post-launch support. It was a pretty good time for co-op at launch, and I really grew to like the card system that Turtle Rock created for this new variation on the co-op PvE survival game. Even if it hit some stumbles out of the gate, Back 4 Blood has kept on rolling on.

And if you like Turtle Rock’s particular brand of PvE, well, it’s a good time. Not only is Back 4 Blood getting some more content, but apparently the servers for Evolve have  and players have been dippin🗹g a toe back in.

As for the Children of the Worm, the new DLC expansion arrives on ꧙August 30 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.