Writer CI Video games has revealed that developer HexWorks will proceed to launch new updates for Lords of the Fallen this yr, and can in the end take the sport as much as model 2.0. For context, Lords of the Fallen is at the moment on model 1.7.
In a dialog with traders, CI Video games’ senior vice chairman of improvement Tom O’Connor said that the plan is to maximise the gross sales of Lords of the Fallen, which implies giving the sport extra significant updates and responding to participant suggestions.
“To proceed maximising gross sales of Lords of the Fallen 2023 in step with strategic markdowns and the continued launch of significant updates as much as v2.0 in response to participant suggestions and exterior person testing,” responded O’Connor to a query about CI Video games’ enterprise plans for 2025.
O’Connor additionally spoke about different initiatives that CI Video games is engaged on, together with an unannounced sport dubbed Mission 3 which might be a follow-up to Lords of the Fallen. There’s additionally a title dubbed Mission H, which is at the moment in pre-production.
“As regards to our titles in improvement – we now have Mission 3 in full manufacturing, the subsequent instalment within the Lords of the Fallen franchise and through this yr could have intensive participant testing to make sure we obtain high-quality and maximise the video games potential,” he mentioned. “Each SGW Advanced and Mission H are in pre-production, and we’re closing in on the imaginative and prescient for these titles, with extra particulars to comply with at a later date.”
When the corporate requested concerning the potential for extra free content material being added to Lords of the Fallen to assist “construct optimistic sentiments” from the sport’s gamers, advertising and marketing director Ryan Hill responded by stating that the corporate has seen positivity concerning the sport on the rise due to the discharge of free updates and DLC over the past couple of years. This additionally implies that the corporate plans on persevering with this technique.
“Up to now, we now have launched a substantial variety of post-launch updates and content material drops for Lords of the Fallen, and have noticed the direct outcomes by doing so; the current Steam Consumer Rating has been steadily rising all through 2024, reaching an all-time excessive of 80 (very optimistic) in December,” mentioned Hill.
“We additionally observe on-line sentiment utilizing the Participant XP viewers sentiment device; this clearly illustrates a powerful ongoing enhance in viewers sentiment across the LOTF franchise throughout the net gaming panorama all through 2024,” Hill continued. “Because of this, we are going to proceed with this technique in 2025 with a strong content material roadmap deliberate for Q1 with the releases of v1.8, v1.9 and v2.0, all of which can convey significant enhancements to LOTF based mostly on group suggestions and exterior participant testing. It’s integral that we proceed to extend the franchise sentiment forward of the discharge of Mission 3.”
Lords of the Fallen, to not be confused by the 2014 title of the identical title, was launched again in October 2023, and was met with a optimistic response each critically and commercially. The sport crossed the 1 million copies bought milestone inside its first month, and has since seen fairly a number of updates.
These updates have been a mixture of bringing new content material to the sport, in addition to bug fixes and efficiency enhancements. Extra not too long ago, Lords of the Fallen bought help for the PS5 Professional to utilize its enhanced {hardware}, in addition to changes to mob density and enhancements to PC efficiency.
For extra particulars on Lords of the Fallen, try our overview.
