First off, Zero Point Software has added two new maps to the mix, bringing the total to six.  Of these six, five are what the developers are calling "challenge missions", and allow your team to test their mettle against free-form AI in a more linear fashion.  One, titled "The NeuroGen Incident", centers around a crucial event in the Interstellar Marines universe, and provides sandbox gameplay, varying difficulty levels, and randomized locations.  Both of the new maps contain multiple game modes, meaning you can jump right into a new set of rules once your squad of tactical masterminds has triumphed in their current environment.

The Neurogen Incident co-op update includes the first glimpse of co-op to Interstellar Marines that we've seen, and Zero Point Software says it's the first of many. If you're expecting a Call of Duty experience here, we need to pump those breaks right now. Interstellar Marines aims to be a sci-fi shooting simulation, and The Neurogen Incident specifically is pretty terrifying. In training exercises at the beginning of your career with the marines, you'll be sent on various tests where you face robots instead of living opponents. In this level specifically, the robots are simulating scientists that have been infected with a virus, which makes them go manic, and later you'll run into bots simulating weapon-wielding security guards. The bots run at you full speed, afraid of nothing. It's almost scarier than if they were humans or zombies, simply because of how lifeless their faces are.

We've got to give Zero Point Software some credit here, if you're going to announce a delay, this is the way to do it. Not to mention the fact that the game is still in Early Access and they're not delaying a full retail title. 

"Our entire team is committed to delivering the most intense gameplay experience possible, so we can make this first Co-Op reveal something that immerses and impacts players," Kim Haar Jørgensen, Creative Director on Interstellar Marines said in a press release.

It's not often we as players get the opportunity to directly participate in the development process of a game, be it indie developed or not. Furthermore: how often do we see decent studios have to shut their doors and throw out perfectly good game concepts and engines?