Funcom has announced that The Secret World has been updated with the latest patch. Issue 5: The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn has been released and brings with it new content and "a brand new and revealing story arc".

But that is not all you get with Issue #5. On the 21^st of December all Hell breaks loose both in the real world and the virtual. The apocalypse is coming just as the Mayans predicted. In The Secret World this will take the form of an End of Days event filled with new monsters and challenges.

The Event will run from the 21^st and will last until The Secret World’s servers are destroyed by rampaging zombies or until a new dawn rises on the world once again. A competition will be running during the event, and the players who do the most to stem this tide of darkness will get unique rewards.

Read more on The Secret World's site.

There’s quite a bit more in this update than I was expecting, gj Funcom!

"I don't want to go to my death with bad hair!"  I feel the same way.

Looking forward to seeing the world events.  I'm already enjoying the offline game they started as well.  

Originally posted by Benbrada
Yeah having the satisfication of solving some of the ARG by oneself has as much reward, emotionally, as playing the game itself :-)

The ARGs are really a cool sideline for this game.

As far as the new issue is concerned, it looks very good, possibly the best one so far.  Will be looking forward to the 21st.

It's official. Funcom and TSW have the fastest content delivery in the industry.

Well done Funcom. 

Originally posted by bcbully

It's official. Funcom and TSW have the fastest content delivery in the industry.

 

Well done Funcom. 

We've heard a couple other games promise "monthly content updates" before.  I have to admit that I was very sceptical when Funcom made the claim with TSW.

Not only have they made good on the claim, but the monthly issues have actually been pretty impressive in their size and quality.  They've added some really nice missions and features to the game with each update, and this issue looks like the best one yet.

I know it went free to play, but it's still worth a subscription to me.

Zombie invasion? Consuables (tons of them in this game) on a hotbar, another layer to combat?

Patching now.

Originally posted by bcbully

It's official. Funcom and TSW have the fastest content delivery in the industry.

 

Well done Funcom. 

Although being a TSW fanboi I think that Trion was and probably is (don't know exactly because I stopped playing last year) faster updating Rift. Still, FC does really good job with TSW. Playing since headstart and still having lot of fun.

Originally posted by Piiritus

Originally posted by bcbully

It's official. Funcom and TSW have the fastest content delivery in the industry.

 

Well done Funcom. 

Although being a TSW fanboi I think that Trion was and probably is (don't know exactly because I stopped playing last year) faster updating Rift. Still, FC does really good job with TSW. Playing since headstart and still having lot of fun.

Trion does well in supporting RIFT too, just as Funcom has done with TSW.

Who's faster?  I don't think it matters.

It's just nice to see that there are some game companies out there that are doing a great job in supporting their games.

Originally posted by Coolit

There’s quite a bit more in this update than I was expecting, gj Funcom!

A lot more than I was expecting too..  Was up all night finishing the damn mission guides!

But the Tyler Freeborn mission series is very very very cool!

TSW has absolutely the best vocie acting, dialouges and story arcs. You guys have to play new long stoy line, it will just blow you away. It makes GW2 and SWTOR look like work of amateurs!

I dont know why i didn't discover this game sooner.