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‘Darkest Dungeon II’ Exits Early Access This May
After a short stay in Early Access, Red Hook Studios has announced that Darkest Dungeon II will fully release on May 8 on the Epic Games Store. You can now also wishlist the game on Steam, as well as download a demo on either platform for the duration of Steam Next Fest (February 6-13).
In addition, seeing as Steam Next Fest is underway, Red Hook has a few goodies in store. Later today at 11am PT, the team will have a Q&A livestream with Creative Director Chris Bourassa and Design Director Tyler Sigman, taking questions on all things Darkest Dungeon II. And tomorrow at 1pm PT, the team will have a gameplay livestream, where you can meet members of the Red Hook team.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip across a decaying landscape on a last ditch effort to avert the apocalypse.
Sporting a revamped 3D engine and combat system, the game is designed to allow for players to ease into the game before the real hell begins later on. The new Affinity System has your heroes bonding with each other (or the opposite) as your quest progresses, leading to potentially beneficial combat synergies, or soul-crushing dysfunction. That’s on top of the psychological stresses and horrors that will be inflicted upon them throughout the game.
GSC Game World will be bringing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl fans the first expansion next month when “Cost of Hope” launches on August 20. The release will coincide with a new 2.0 update for the game. The devs will release more info on the expansion and the update in the coming weeks.
In Cost of Hope, players once again step into the role of Skif — the protagonist of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — as a mysterious PDA signal draws him into events unfolding alongside the main game’s story. Players will explore uncharted locations, encounter unexpected allies and enemies, discover powerful weapons, and experience a new story. With dozens of hours of content, your choices will shape the future of the Zone in this major new chapter of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. saga.
Launching in line with Cost of Hope will be a “massive” Update 2.0 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Available as a free update to all owners of the game, the update will upgrade the game to a new version of Unreal Engine 5, as well as bring a variety of new content and improvements.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will launch for PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG.com, the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.