The Lengthy Darkish is.. not over. After eight lengthy years, the fifth and closing episode is within the works, however developer Hinterland Studio has plans for paid DLC.
As revealed in a developer diary posted on Steam, by author and producer Raphael van Lierop, the paid DLC will likely be coming to the sport’s snowy survival mode. The diary additionally reveals that van Lierop will likely be stepping apart and handing the challenge over to new challenge lead Katie Sorrell.
Hinterland hasn’t dominated out the opportunity of future story-related content material, although the diary states that the fifth and closing free story episode will seemingly arrive in 2023. Nonetheless, they are going to be separating the story mode from the survival mode; van Lierop explains that having the 2 tied into one another was problematic.
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“It’s been an enormous quantity of labor, involving cautious separation of content material however in some instances additionally the wholesale refactoring of code and whole programs,” he explains. He then goes on to state that Wintermute, the story part of The Lengthy Darkish, will likely be separated from the survival mode. It might be that, in some unspecified time in the future, you’ll be capable to buy the 2 individually.
Can we begrudge Hinterland’s transfer to paid DLC? Not within the least. They’ve been supporting The Lengthy Darkish longer than Good day Video games have been updating No Man’s Sky. If charging for DLC (the diary signifies there’ll be season go and solo buy choices) lets them construct on an already glorious recreation, that’s nice.
There’s no information on when the paid DLC will likely be arriving however we’ll positively be conserving a watch out. For those who’ve but to play The Lengthy Darkish you possibly can choose it up on PC, Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo Change.
