Bohemia Interactive announces Vigor will come to Early Access on Steam next month, giving PC gamers a free-to-play looter-shooter that's already hosted more than 20 million console players. Here's a teaser trailer that teases those of us who miss DOS as well as the game. Read on for the announcement, which leans heavily into battle pass FOMO:

Early Access arrives with the special Vigor – Reinforcements Pack which will be priced at $19.99 and will allow players who purchase it to be able to play with each other on PC, while the game is still in Early Access. The Reinforcements Pack contains an exclusive uniform and a unique title that you can wear as a badge of honor by being one of the very first to play Vigor on PC. The Pack also contains a set of weapons and consumables from all rarities that will help you kickstart your journey as you become the ultimate Outlander in perilous Norway. Once the Early Access is over, all progress will be wiped for all players on PC. The only thing that will be bound to their account are the contents of the Vigor - Reinforcements Pack. The format is very similar to the one when Vigor was first released on Xbox Game Preview in 2018.

Seeing as Vigor has been out for almost 5 years, with a multitude of Battle Passes since, Bohemia Interactive decided to let players who buy the Vigor – Reinforcements Pack enjoy Early Access with Season 18 a.k.a. Vigor Chronicles: Isolation. This update introduced the much-awaited Smoke Grenade, the new Eikevjen Shootout map, melee improvements and the M14 assault rifle. Early Access Outlanders will also get a sneak peek into the Weapon Overhaul, a much-requested topic by the community. They will be the very first to test out the improved gunplay and will be able to provide the dev team with valuable feedback before the full release.