The lights are on
In late January, we shared with you a Kickstarter campaign for a realistic, open world medieval RPG. Kingdom Come: Deliverance features no magic system. Mythical races are absent. You will not be slaying dragons. You will, however, have the opportunity to play this ambitious game on new-generation consoles.
Developer Warhorse Studios announced today that it has received approval from both Sony and Microsoft to pursue development on both new platforms. For those that backed the game at a tier that awards a digital copy, this means you’ll be able to pick PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. The same thing applies to those that funded at a physical copy tier.
Alpha access will be restricted to Windows, and beta access will be available on Mac and Linux, also. Beta tests might also be available on console, but that is not yet a guarantee. Warhorse also announced that should the campaign hit the £1 million mark, a canine companion will be added to the game.
The campaign currently sits at £822,690 ($1.1 million) of the £300,000 ($410,000) goal. The campaign will not fund the entire game, rather the Kickstarter effort was designed as proof of concept for a willing investor. The campaign closes on Thursday, February 20 at 4 pm Eastern.
[Source: Kickstarter]
Our TakeIn the 360/PS3 era, this kind of project evolution likely would not have been possible. This is an offshoot of the independent publishing movement that both Sony and Microsoft have embraced, and I’m eager to see if more PC-focused Kickstarter campaigns begin to consider console development.
Congrats to them.
Looks pretty good. Suppose I shall check this out
I love mythical fantasy and what not. I really hope this does well, though.
I love the premise of this game, it's a fresh take that for once doesn't involve Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, and the like (which I do enjoy, but they're over utilized.) I've always been a fan of the Medieval Era, so for me this sounds fantastic.
YESSSSS PS4 YESS
I am very glad to see this is making it to consoles as well as PC, this looks like a really good concept for a game, here is hoping it works out well.
Hey, I'm just glad an RPG with swords is coming to the PS4. I want to use my new console darnit! (So they don't have elves, everyone/thing has their faults).
nice
Cool!! I really want to try this out!!
This game's ridiculously ambitous in more then a few ways. I'm mighty skeptical but will be ultra glad if they come to fruition. I've always wanted more proper Medieval RPGs, magic or not (I know some may consider stuff like Elder Scrolls Medieval but I really don't).
Ok, I would play this.
Looking forward to it.
Truly an interesting and approachable concept. I wonder how they will work medieval diseases and such into it for realism...
I'm hoping the best for the development of this game as I'm really interested but man they sound extremely ambitious, maybe even over ambitious. But I will absolutely look for any and all news for this game.
This concept is good all around because it brings what was once PC only games to consoles for a more broder audience to experience.