Episodes 1+2 were given a complete overhaul in December 2018, as part of the Redux Update: new mission structure, story beats, dialogue, animations etc.īush pilot Will Mackenzie (player character) and Dr. The episodic story-mode for The Long Dark, WINTERMUTE, includes four of the five episodes that form WINTERMUTE. There are no zombies - only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster. “I promise this is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning,” added Lierop.The Long Dark is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. Lierop clarified that “despite this shift in leadership for, I remain the creative director at the studio and I will always have a hand in reviewing and guiding the experiences we make.” “After nearly 8 years of content updates it’s time for us to put a little more attention around ensuring the game continues to be financially self-sustaining, and the kinds of major improvements and content we want to add to Survival Mode are significant enough and require enough team effort that we just can’t justify giving them away for free anymore.”įinally, the article ends by announcing that The Long Dark creator Raphael van Lierop is going to “move on to new things”, and Katie Sorrell will take over as project lead for the game. On the studio’s decision to release paid expansions, it said the following:

Plans for paid expansions will not mark an end to The Long Dark‘s free content, and Hinterland Studio has confirmed it will still be adding “some free updates to the base Survival game.” – though they will be “smaller, more modest improvements compared to what you will see being added to the paid content stream.”

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