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Author of ‘Metro’ Book Series Confirms Involvement With In-Development Sequel to ‘Metro Exodus’
With the announcement last week that 4A Games are already working on a sequel to Metro Exodus, Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the Metro book series, took to Instagram to confirm his involvement in the next game’s story.
This comes as a treat for fans of both the novels and the games, as Glukhovsky was last involved in 2013’s Metro: Last Light. In lieu of Glukhovsky, Andrew Prokhorov took care of Metro Exodus’ story. There’s no word on if the next Metro game will be based on another Metro novel.
Meanwhile, Metro Exodus upcoming DLC, “The Two Colonels”, will be shown off at Gamescom tomorrow night. In fact, you can watch the reveal on the Inside Xbox stream.
#MetroExodus – The Two Colonels will be exclusively revealed at Inside Xbox at #Gamescom2019 on Monday night
The Stream starts at 5PM CEST / 4PM BST / 8AM PT pic.twitter.com/3t8KiWQ1oI
— Metro Exodus ➡️ Gamescom (@MetroVideoGame) August 16, 2019
Six years after its release, and just in time for the game’s 10th anniversary, Red Hook Studios have announced a brand-new Darkest Dungeon DLC in “The Fire’s Edge”. Coming August 18 to PC via Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation and Switch (the Xbox version will arrive at a later date), the update will add two heroes with unique mechanics from the critically-acclaimed sequel Darkest Dungeon II, along with a variety of brand new features and capabilities.
The Fire’s Edge introduces two new characters in The Duelist and The Runaway. The Runaway is a position-flexible damage dealer utilizing a unique Burn damage type with high synergy for teams that like to utilize Stuns and Pull/Knockback/Shuffle effects. Meanwhile, The Duelist is a complex damage dealer that dances between the party’s ranks, able to freely maintain Riposte while alternating between her two combat stances, Defensive and Aggressive.
Those who have explored Darkest Dungeon II will be pleased to learn that the Burn combat mechanic from that game will be incorporated into Darkest Dungeon.
Players will also have three new districts in Academie Duello, Craftworks, and the Archaeological Base Camp. Trinkets, with unique mechanics such as Trigger Uses, Quest Charges and Progressive Trinkets, have also been added. And for those wishing to do a bit of modding, the devteam are working on tools to allow fans to do just that.