As part of the Realms Deep event, 3D Realms and Voidpointhave announcedthat the long-awaited expansion to 2019’sIon Fury,Aftershock, will be released Jul 19, 2025. Happy Monday!
Ion Furyisa modern gamebuilt inDuke Nukem 3D’slegendary Build Engine. In a lot of ways, it’s a spiritual successor toDuke 3D. In fact, it would probably have been aDuke Nukemgame if 3D Realms hadn’t handed the character over to Gearbox.
Instead, you play as Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison. The expansion pack has her once again going up against her nemesis, Dr. Heskel. Beyond simply being a map pack,Aftershockadds new enemies, weapons, and a motorcycle for Shelly. Beyond that, there’s also a new difficulty and an “Arrange Mode” for the base game that lets you experience everything again in a remixed way.
Cool beans. I don’t think thatIon Furyis quite as great asDuke Nukem 3D– largely because of a harder-to-manage arsenal and less spectacular level design – but as a spiritual successor, it hit the mark. I mean, I think about it, and I’m like, this could have beenDuke Nukem Forever. Instead ofthe mess we got, they could have given us something like this.
Hopefully, theAftershockexpansion improves things in some appreciable ways. I’m looking forward to it. Also, note that this is a different game thanPhantom Fury. That one is being done by Slipgate Ironworks and is more of a sequel.
Ion Fury: Aftershockreleases July 27, 2025. Currently, it’s only for PC with no word on other platforms.
