Saber Interactive continues to show love to World War Z with another update. Released today, “Heavy Ordnance” is free for all players today on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. The Heavy Ordnance Update adds new tools and tricks for your zombie-slaying onslaught with the introduction of 24 new heavy weapon perks, as well as 12 new standard weapon perks, three custom frames, six new mutators, a variety of stylish premium cosmetics, and more.
You can now unlock three perks for each of the game’s eight heavy weapons, including the Chainsaw, Flamethrower and Multi-shot Rocket Launcher. As with standard weapon perks, these new heavy weapon perks offer a wide variety of tactical bonuses and trade-offs in combat, introducing new potential choices, risks and rewards to consider when choosing your loadout.
Six new mutators for Challenge Horde Mode are also available in today’s Heavy Ordnance Update, including:
- Dead Pirate: Zekes stay alive for a bit of time after headshots
- Paralytic Toxin: You slow down after taking damage in close combat
- Ouch!: When you are grabbed, a random grenade, molotov, or masking grenade explodes
- Sharing is Caring: When you use a medkit, its effect applies to all team members
- Arm Weakness: You cannot use heavy weapons during Zeke waves
- Slot Machine (permanent mutator): Purchasable defense kits become random
Also available today are two new weapon skin packs:
- Vibrant Halloween Weapon Skin Pack: Serve scares and style in equal measure with colorful new skins for the Mini-21 Scout Rifle, Paladin LMG, Keris V10 Advanced SMG, AUR Universal Bullpup Rifle, and the SchreiTech Forest Warrior Chainsaw
- Raging Phoenix Weapon Skin Pack: Unleash your fury with fiery new looks for the Gal9 Compact SMG, ARK-103 Assault Rifle, Thumper GL Grenade Launcher, Taiga-12 Heavy Assault Shotgun and the Flamethrower
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