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Screen Juice, the gaming studio behind the hack-and-slash roguelite Morbid Metal<\/em>, released its 2026 roadmap for the title a few days ago, and there is a lot coming for players waiting to see what is next for the early access action title. Across the rest of 2026, the game will see four major updates.<\/p>\n The first major update arrives on May 21, 2026, and it already looks like a meaty one. This update will overhaul enemy systems, add new sub-biomes to explore, and bring a dedicated Steam Deck version.<\/p>\n That last part is big news for handheld players, especially since this does not look like a simple compatibility checkbox. A dedicated handheld build means the team is serious about getting the game to run the best it can on Valve\u2019s handheld. Morbid Metal<\/em> already ran decently on the Steam Deck, but more optimization is always welcome, especially since other PC handhelds could benefit from those improvements as well.<\/p>\n You can see this in action in the trailer released alongside the roadmap.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n After that, Major Update #2 is planned for early summer 2026. This update will add new temporary upgrades, new permanent upgrades, a combo system update, and aura farming. For a game built around fast movement, real-time character swapping, and high-damage combat chains, improving the combo system could end up being one of the more important updates on the roadmap.<\/p>\n Major Update #3 is planned for late summer 2026 and will expand the game even further with new paths in the Void, minigames, and a new hero to unlock. Then, in fall 2026, Screen Juice plans to roll out more cinematics, more enemies and boss fights, more lore and loot, and, yes, more metal.<\/p>\n For those who are not familiar with Morbid Metal<\/em>, it is a hack-and-slash roguelite where you play as the last AI, trapped in a post-apocalyptic simulation by a mysterious Operator. Your mission is to take down rogue AIs, uncover humanity\u2019s downfall, and transcend.<\/p>\n What makes Morbid Metal<\/em> stand out is its real-time shapeshifting between three characters: Flux, Ekku, and Vekta. Each has their own moveset and skills, and players can chain them together mid-combat for stylish, high-damage combos. Think Devil May Cry<\/em> style-ranking DNA fused with a roguelite loop where death is not the end, just the reset.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Developed by Screen Juice and published by Ubisoft, Morbid Metal<\/em> is currently in Early Access on Steam with a Very Positive rating. There\u2019s also a demo available to play on Steam, so go check it out if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Screen Juice, the gaming studio behind the hack-and-slash roguelite Morbid Metal, released its 2026 roadmap for the title a few days ago, and there is a lot coming for players waiting to see what is next for the early access action title. Across the rest of 2026, the game will see four major updates. Here\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4585,344,383,3601,6409,3956,6206,343,4536],"class_list":{"0":"post-7225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upcoming-games","8":"tag-content","9":"tag-deck","10":"tag-huge","11":"tag-metal","12":"tag-morbid","13":"tag-revealed","14":"tag-roadmap","15":"tag-steam","16":"tag-support"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Here\u2019s What\u2019s in Store for Morbid Metal<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n