In Unholy Alliance, the next major update for Cult of the Lamb, were giving our holy hero a playmate: the Goat. Summoned by blood and born in corruption, this wicked new ally can join the Lamb in local co-op. Crawl dungeons, slay heretics, build your cult, and seek new powerstogether.In co-op, one player will inhabit the role of the Lamb and the other will take on the mangy mantle of the Goat. Together, this unholy pair can indulge in new two-player twists on existing minigames like fishing and Knucklebones, as well as discovering and equipping a selection of corrupted weapons, tarot cards, curses, and relics to aid them on their epic cooperative crusades.That alone is worth your undying worship, but theres more to Unholy Alliance than just co-op. The update also introduces a vast array of new follower traits to the game, making your flock more diverse, charismatic, and unpredictable than ever before. Cultists can be insomniacs, bust law-breaking friends out of prison, enter a catatonic state after the trauma of a resurrection, wake everyone up with their demonic snoring, or become afflicted with a curse.Followers sent on missions may return with their mental state altered. They could be inspired by their success, spreading positivity among the flock. Or the horrors theyve endured may have been too much, leaving them frozen with fear. Followers can even be polyamorous, meaning theyll never get jealous if the Lamb marries someone else while others may become jealous enough to kill.These are just a few of the new follower traits in the Unholy Alliance update, which will make your flock a true cult of personality. As the cult grows and more followers join its ranks, even more quirks, flaws, and eccentricities will emerge. If you thought they were a handful before, you aint seen nothing yet.Unholy Alliance also adds two new structures to the game. You can build a nursery to care for three babies at once, but be warned: theyre still gonna poop a lot, and youre still gonna have to clean it up. Hey, at least youll never be short on fertilizer. When a baby reaches 14, theyll outgrow the nursery, opening up a space for more offspring to be nurtured.Then theres the new Knucklebones arena. You can only have one of these in your cult at a time, letting you play one match of Knucklebones a day against a follower of your choosing. The difficulty of the match is based on the followers level, and winning against them will level them up instantly.We havent forgotten about crusades, either. Unholy Alliance throws a heap of new relics and tarot cards into the mixsome of which have been designed with co-op in mind. The Lamb and the Goat can swap weapons, deal extra damage when fighting back-to-back, or deal a critical hit if their attacks are in sync.The Ashes of the Mercurial Mun relic detonates a ring of explosives that surrounds both players, while the Wishbone of the Marbais relic grants one player 10 seconds of invincibility if the other takes damage. Equip the Rivals tarot card, and youll both deal 2x weapon damage if youre fighting far apart. Or how about the Bonds of Battle card, which connects the Lamb and the Goat with a beam of unholy energy that will damage any enemies who stray into it?Experience all of this and moreincluding new quests and quality of life improvementswhen the free Unholy Alliance update brings the Lamb and the Goat to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on August 12.