is this game dead?

[alex]

no Dlc no informations

[Mindeveler]

What kind of information do you want?
Some silly twittering like "hi everyone, we still work on the game, blah blah blah"?
A large patch came out a 1,5 months ago. It took them several months to make so another one or a DLC (which is shown on steamdb https://steamdb.info/app/1135300/dlc/ ) will likely take quite a while as well.
I'm sure they will say something when they have something to show.
Have some patience.

There are mods that's been in development without any new updates for over a decade (but still in development).
But here a month passes and people already say the game's dead.

[alex]

Originally posted by Mindeveler:

What kind of information do you want?
Some silly twittering like "hi everyone, we still work on the game, blah blah blah"?
A large patch came out a 1,5 months ago. It took them several months to make so another one or a DLC (which is shown on steamdb https://steamdb.info/app/1135300/dlc/ ) will likely take quite a while as well.
I'm sure they will say something when they have something to show.
Have some patience.

There are mods that's been in development without any new updates for over a decade (but still in development).
But here a month passes and people already say the game's dead.

The Company was Bought by tencent。 someone said it will be no update no DLC any more。

[Izunyami]

Why would any company invest further money into a game, by all apparent measures, failed?
If people are going to review bomb this game and say "this isn't what we want", why would they waste time and money on it further?

[Alvin the Elf]

European RPGs are usually not that bothered with DLCs. That's one of the reasons I love them so much. They *might* release some DLCs later on, but it's not a priority for them. It's more likely that they will release spin-offs like they did with the last King's Bounty.

[Mindeveler]

Originally posted by Izunyami:

Why would any company invest further money into a game, by all apparent measures, failed?

It most certainly didn't fail.
The number of reviews show that sales were good (it has more reviews than Disciples Liberation or, say, Expeditions: Rome).
And hot dollar/euro to ruble conversion rate means it's just the right time for a Russian game dev studio to release games/DLCs and make money.

[drusca]

at the same time if you already have the game systems spells, creatures etc it is pity not to try to do more with them and instead focus on something different altogether. so a DLC or a spin-off or an expansion wouldn't cost them much more but the rewards could be great.

[Mindeveler]

Originally posted by drusca:

at the same time if you already have the game systems spells, creatures etc it is pity not to try to do more with them and instead focus on something different altogether. so a DLC or a spin-off or an expansion wouldn't cost them much more but the rewards could be great.

This.

Also the first reception is important, but sometimes games recover after a few patches/dlcs when the devs actually listen to players.
No Man's Sky was a disaster when it was released but the recent reviews are "very positive".

On a side note, I wonder if whoever blocked a bunch of games in Russia (I wanted to check some other infamous games but they're all unavailable) understand that people who wage war in Ukraine and people who sit at home playing video games are 2 different groups.
And the more people are busy playing games, the fewer people engage in politics, attack neighboring countries or other ♥♥♥♥.

[工口兔]

Based on another Russian post, it's officially dead now. Gonna start my last run to see what they did in the last patch and move back to KB1. It sucks but it's what it is.

[Kaizer]

Yeah, project officially closed...

[drusca]

really? too bad. although I don't think I am going to give money to a Russian company too soon regardless of what products they have.

[lancer1006]

Originally posted by drusca:

really? too bad. although I don't think I am going to give money to a Russian company too soon regardless of what products they have.

this company is already Chinese
if it's a pity to sponsor a Russian company, go ahead, bring money to the Chinese

[Kaizer]

And btw, it was Tencent initiative to close KB2 and personal layoffs. So... yeah, support it and wait for KB3 with gacha-units. =)))

[nyanko]

Originally posted by Kaizer:

And btw, it was Tencent initiative to close KB2 and personal layoffs. So... yeah, support it and wait for KB3 with gacha-units. =)))

And NFTs ;D

[drusca]

Originally posted by lancer1006:

Originally posted by drusca:

really? too bad. although I don't think I am going to give money to a Russian company too soon regardless of what products they have.

this company is already Chinese
if it's a pity to sponsor a Russian company, go ahead, bring money to the Chinese

it is not about sponsoring! and what I do with my money is my problem. I will certainly not give it to people in such a despicable country!!!!

[Ogro]

Originally posted by Kaizer:

Yeah, project officially closed...

I think this is where it is going, but do you have a source link to back this up?
I wish the developers at least disclose what they were planning for the game, plot, unit, and map wise, before they wrap up.