Darkest Dungeon II's Brand-New Free Game Mode Kingdoms, and Second DLC, Inhuman Bondage, Launch On PC January 27th
Darkest Dungeon creator Red Hook Studios is proud to announce that the new FREE game mode Kingdoms, along with its first of three adventure modules Hunger of the Beast Clan, as well as the next paid Darkest Dungeon II DLC, Inhuman Bondage, will be releasing simultaneously for PC on January 27, 2025.
Kingdoms is an entirely new game mode coming to Darkest Dungeon II, released as a free update and consisting of three themed adventure modules, starting with Hunger of the Beast Clan. Featuring a completely reimagined game structure, Kingdoms is a parallel game experience to the Confessions game mode. Players will be tasked with defending the realm from incursions by all-new enemy-factions. Up first they will be tasked with fending off the pitiless onslaught of the rotting and ravenous beastmen!
The Inhuman Bondage DLC introduces a new mini-region, The Catacombs, and a new playable hero to Darkest Dungeon II, the fan favourite and original Kickstarter backer-assisted designed character: The Abomination. The Catacombs invite players to plunge their stagecoach beneath the Kingdom to face a corrosive, oozing threat. This is a high risk, high reward region featuring a faction of new enemies and new items, and will bring variety and challenge to both 'Confessions' and ‘Kingdoms’. The Abomination brings unique mechanics, trinkets, signature items, palettes, weapon kits and a fully voiced origin story including playable flashback encounters.
Regarding the release of Kingdoms, Chris Bourassa, Creative Director of Red Hook said: "At Red Hook we love going against the grain. When asking ourselves how best to expand Darkest Dungeon II, we were nonplussed at the conventional wisdom of simply packing in more content. Instead, we pushed ourselves to reimagine the very structure of DDII, and from that thought experiment was born an entirely new game mode: Kingdoms.
Kingdoms is a parallel experience to the main DDII narrative campaign ("Confessions"), and remixes almost every system in the game. Players will journey from Inn to Inn across a persistent Kingdom map, racing to complete a quest line before time runs out. They will defend territory against a new bestial threat, complete contracts, upgrade and protect Inns - all the while switching up their parties to rest their most beleaguered heroes.
We agree, inflation sucks - that's why all three Kingdoms modules are FREE updates to Darkest Dungeon II!”
Well for us, the 27th of January can't come fast enough!
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