High On Life horror DLC High On Knife announced at Xbox showcase

Squanch Games’ High on Life made a splash last year as the “biggest single-player game launch on Game Pass ever,” according to Microsoft, so, naturally, we’re getting more High on Life. New expansion called High on Knife will add a new “fully realized” planetary environment and all-new characters, including two new guns voiced by two funny people.

High on Knife will have a spookier, more blood-drenched bend to it than the original game, based on the short teaser trailer that Squanch showed at Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase Extended livestream on Tuesday. Michael Cusack voiced Knifey in the Xbox Games Showcase Extended livestream on Tuesday. High on LifeThe DLC for the game, which will be released this autumn, is expected to give more time on screen.

High on Knife will include a “hyper-violent new upgrade” for Knifey and “a ton more weird, funny, and surprising stuff,” Mikey Spano, Squanch Games’ chief creative officer, said in a news release.

Knifey will be joined by two new guns: Harper, “an ex-military pistol trying to overcome her past” who is voiced by Sarah Sherman (Saturday Night Live); and BALL, a pinball gun “operated by a chaotic gaggle of little gibberish-speaking weirdos” voiced by Alec Robbins (Mr. Boop). In High On Knife’s “horror-comedy vibe” setting, players will face a new evil in the form of boss Mux, voiced by Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, Empire).

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The original is missing High on Life, at least in the DLC’s trailer, is the voice of studio co-founder Justin Roiland, who left Squanch earlier this year after his arrest in a domestic violence dispute became publicized. The charges against Roiland dropped in March.

Release date and price for High on Knife weren’t announced. Polygon contacted the developer to get more information, including if High on KnifeGame Pass will include this feature and update it as soon as the company replies.

High on LifeIt is also available for Windows PC, Xbox One Series X and Steam via the Epic Games Store. Game Pass includes the original Xbox 360 and PC game. Squanch Games reports that more than 7 million people played High On Life after its launch in December.