Psych Ward: Warden's Edition Announcement

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DavyDavy

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Greetings, Wardens!

Today, we announced the new DLC for the PC version of Prison Architect - Psych Ward: Warden’s Edition, available from November 21!

While Psych Ward has been available for consoles since 2017, Psych Ward: Warden’s Edition includes additional content not available in Psych Ward’s console release and will launch alongside a free content update to the base game.

You can check the announcement trailer here: https://youtu.be/DVlRTCVtpoM
The new DLC will enhance the game’s existing gameplay mechanics and will give you new interesting ways to experience Prison Architect. It will also introduce unpredictable inmates with new behaviors, add additional management features, and will give you more ways to customize your prison. It also expands on the features of the console edition and adds an additional warden, padded solitary cells, padded floors Psychiatrist office upgrades, Orderly staff and more.

New features breakdown:
  • Plead Insanity: Criminally insane inmates are unpredictable, require special care, and have their own Reputation traits for you to consider when building your prison. Let them co-exist with the general population or lock them away in a padded cell, how you manage their needs is up to you!
  • Shrinks: Any prison holding the criminally insane needs a team of Psychiatrists and trained Orderlies to keep everything under control. These valuable prison staff can sedate rowdy prisoners or pull out the straitjackets when things get too rough.
  • Doctor’s Note: Provide counseling to the criminally insane with the new Psychiatrist’s Office and new consultation Programs. Improve their sessions by upgrading the office with leather sofas, medicine cabinets, Rorschach tests, and more.
  • Good Behavior: Your inmates now have a wide range of behaviors players will need to manage. They start out harmless, but if left untreated, they can turn violent or attempt to escape.
  • It’s Gone Viral: Treat your regular inmates with care. Subjecting your inmates to excessive suppression or punishment can cause them to turn criminally insane.
  • Extra Padding: Psych Ward: Warden’s Edition adds padded cells and padded floors along with a bundle of other new objects, floors, and wall types to customize your prison. Now you can easily build a dedicated wing for the criminally insane.
  • Tools of the Trade: Additional contraband, including Adrenaline Shots, Fountain Pens (Shanks), and Gold Pocket Watches, can be stolen by your prisoners, or by you in Escape Mode.


And… Did you SEA this? https://youtu.be/-c2XAXjxE3I
 
I'd rather see a DLC that turns this game into a Medieval Dungeon prison. That would be a great new option.
Otherwise a DLC that introduced tons of different strains of sicknesses from salmenalla poisoning to TB and you have to quarantine and treat each thing differently would have been way more interesting than a psyche ward.