Evil Dead: The game’s battle royale mode, Splatter Royale, is free and available now

Evil Dead: The game’s new – and free – Splatter Royale mode is now live.

The 40-player Battle Royale mode introduces two new weapons – the long-range grenade launcher and the scythe – as well as a new premium character, Ruby Knowby, voiced by Lucy Lawless. There is also a new free Kandarian Facelift outfit for Pablo.

In addition to the free Battle Royale mode, players can also grab the Immortal Power DLC bundle, which includes Ruby Knowby, who – as a Dark One – can regenerate health, increase her possession resistance, and increase her weapon damage. She can also “consume souls to increase her aura and charge her unique ability, causing a deadly explosion that damages evil units within range and heals nearby survivors”.

Other goodies in the Premium DLC include new outfits for Kelly, Pablo, Ash vs Evil Dead, and Puppeteer Demon Class.

Asymmetric multiplayer horror Evil Dead: The Game sold more than 500,000 copies in its first five days.

“I spent a morning or two playing Evil Dead and it seemed like it from the start,” Donlan wrote of his early experiences with the game. “It was fun and it looked like Evil Dead – so much ash! But it didn’t always feel like Evil Dead.

“It felt like a multiplayer horror game, albeit a decent one, albeit a decent one without a lot of the basic accessibility features. The same goes for what I consider to be the single player stuff. I set out as Ash and quickly ran into serious deadite issues. The forest looked perfect – but it felt like a lot of other horror games.”