Tag: Kingdom Come
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Issues New PS5 Patch, Changes UI and Performance Mode
Removes visual artifacts, new game option
Warhorse Studios has today published another Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 update on PS5, this time presenting it as more of a smaller hotfix than a substantial patch. Rather than a 55GB download, this time it's only 2.621GB. Across all versions of the RPG, the pause menu has been updated to remove the New...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Patch 1.2 an Absurd 55GB on PS5, Out Now
Get all the patch notes here
The big 1.2 patch for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is available now on PS5 and, well, you're probably going to need to set aside quite a bit of time to download it. This scribe's PS5 Pro has pulled the update, and it's weighing in at 55GB so the game can be patched up to version number.. Given the enormous list of...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Actor Ascends, Takes Rightful Place Among Streaming Nobility
We are not worthy to serve our Lord Hans Capon
In a bold example of a video game actor taking their role to previously untold heights, Luke Dale, the thespian responsible for bringing to life the true protagonist of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, the ludicrous Lord Hans Capon, has ascended to the ranks of Twitch royalty. Hardcore fans will recall...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Confirms Big March 1.2 Update, Haircuts and Hardcore Mode
Back to Bohemia we go
Warhorse Studios has confirmed the news we wanted so desperately to hear: the anticipated major update 1.2 for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, which adds new hairstyle and moustache options and its gruelling Hardcore Mode, will arrive on PS5 imminently, on 13th March. The first major content update for the game, it's just the...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Reveals Medieval Mullet, Talks Hardcore Mode
"Henry of Trailer Park", at your service, milady
After devoting the majority of January to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, we're surprised at how much of a hankering we have to return to the wonderful world of Henry of Skalitz. We're holding out for the truly masochistic Hardcore Mode; developer Warhorse Studios recently detailed this punishing way of...
#Hansry
Determined to earn every last ounce of goodwill from gamers, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II developer Warhorse Studios is auctioning off signed copies of its hefty Collector's Edition and donating the proceeds to a Czech charity. Few games are a better investment in terms of bang for your buck, and retailing at $200, KC: II's Collector's...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Accounts for Some Seriously Unchivalrous Behaviour
Shock therapy
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has been out for a good few weeks now, giving players of the reactive RPG plenty of opportunities to test the imagination of the devs over at developer Warhorse Studios. With most quests offering a surprising number of resolutions, some designers were growing concerned that their own might never be...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Patch 1.012 Out Now on PS5
Get all the PS5 patch notes here
Warhorse Studios has today updated Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on PS5 by way of a 420MB patch, which brings the RPG up to version number 1.012. The update is available to download now on PS5, and is designed to fix some smaller issues relating to crime and quests, as well as making the game more stable. Here are the...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is So Good Gamers Are Now Gifting It to Each Other
Alms! Bring out your alms!
You know a game is good when players start banding together to buy it for others, which is precisely the case with Warhorse Studios' Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. What began as a spontaneous act of kindness from one thankful individual inspired a round of gift-giving from others, with over $1,500 worth of copies ultimately...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Tops 2 Million Sales in Two Weeks
All the twos
Having sold 1 million copies at launch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has now surpassed 2 million sales within its first two weeks on the market. The hardcore RPG certainly won't appeal to everyone, but it's really managed to strike a chord with those who enjoy its historical setting and deeply involved gameplay systems. Indeed,...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
Be praised
It's been one whole week since the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. The historical adventure was met with rave reviews — it's one of the highest-rated RPGs of the last few years — and it seems to have gone down exceptionally well with most players. From our perspective, it's one of those situations where a somewhat niche, but...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Immediately Sells 1 Million Copies
Delivered
Having released just yesterday at the time of writing this article, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has moved 1 million copies right off the bat. This kind of result seemed inevitable, given the game's explosive popularity on PC (which has been plain for all to see thanks to Steam's player tracking data). "We're beyond grateful for your...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Player Count Dwarfs Every Medieval Battle in History
Thy Kingdom Come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven
Across the 1000 years of history commonly known as the Middle Ages, when human populations drastically declined, not even the greatest medieval battles of the era (coincidentally, contemporary and geographically close by) involved (on both sides) anywhere close to as many people as are...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Ridiculous Medieval Firearms Are Awful by Design
"We knew it would be a meme weapon"
With muskets still being several centuries away, Henry of Skalitz can deal death with a surprisingly wide breadth of medieval implements of murder in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Still, none is more explosive and shocking than the woefully inaccurate "handgonnes" and "hook guns" (proto-arquebus), which were...
Poll Are You Playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
Return of the Kingdom
It's a glorious day for fans of fractured European history, as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is finally here. The hardcore RPG sequel always promised to build upon what its 2018 predecessor got right, and going by the rave review scores, it seems to have succeeded. Henry's sophomore adventure is all but guaranteed to be a hit...
News PS5 Pro Proves the Console of Choice for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
2160p + 60fps = best of both worlds
It shouldn't come as a surprise given the upgraded internals, but the PS5 Pro is beginning to justify itself after a fairly rocky launch by way of considerable enhancements to critically acclaimed games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Technical comparison videos have begun appearing online, as Warhorse Studios...
News 2025 Starts Off Strong with Very High Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Review Scores
Earns an 87 on Metacritic
With GTA 6, Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, and Monster Hunter Wilds all on the horizon, 2025 has always looked like a promising year for game releases. What wasn't expected, though, was for such a strong and highly rated title to come along before all of them and steal some of the best review ratings this year. At the...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 a Technical Powerhouse on PS5 Pro, Says Digital Foundry
"PS5 Pro's extra horsepower, plus PSSR upscaling technology, are well utilised"
Developer Warhorse Studios' eagerly anticipated next entry in its medieval RPG series, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, launches tomorrow, 4th February, on PS5. While all players on the platform can enjoy the adventure at a glorious 60fps, something that was not nearly...
News Ladies Man Henry of Skalitz Woos Fair Maidens in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Clip
"The whole world turns around wenches; ain't that right, Henry?"
Already a dab hand with a blacksmith's hammer, now learning the undeniably attractive art of the knight's trade, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II protagonist Henry of Skalitz is seemingly irresistible to most women in 1403 Bohemia, who throw themselves at him in a manner that would make...
News Arm Yourself for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 with Lengthy Story Recap Trailer
"Where's my f***ing sword?!"
If you've been feeling the hype around Warhorse Studios' impending medieval knight simulator Kingdom Come: Deliverance II but don't know Emperor Charles IV from his indecisive son, Wenceslas "The Idle", or how Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary and Croatia, fits into the equation (embarrassing), then you're in...
News Live a Life Medieval in Hype-Building Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Trailer
Hardcore Henry
With Kingdom Come: Deliverance II set to launch on 4th February on PS5, anticipation is beginning to boil over for developer Warhorse Studio's ambitious RPG. To hold us over in the meantime, we've got a brief, vibe-setting trailer with a fixed focus on incomparable protagonist Henry of Skalitz. Raised a blacksmith but revealed to be...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Unsheathes Replica Sword as Medieval Merch
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat
With Warhorse's medieval WRPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance II thundering towards us, charging home on 4th February on PS5, it only seems appropriate to arm oneself for the occasion. A coin engraved with the Latin phrase and the game's creed, Audentes Fortuna Iuvat (fortune favours the brave), embedded in the pommel of an...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Roadmap Confirms Three Expansions and Loads of Updates in 2025
Kingdom Come: Delivering
Releasing on PS5 in just a couple of weeks, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has revealed its roadmap for the rest of 2025 — and it sounds like Henry's going to be very busy indeed. To start with, a "selection" of free updates will be dropping throughout the spring, adding various gameplay extras like the ability to customise...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Refutes Saudia Arabia Ban Claim
"Congratulations, sir knight, you've finally become a man"
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is almost upon us, and the highly ambitious WRPG, a subgenre in which freedom of choice is essential, is shaping up to be the immersive, unabashedly single-player experience to beat in 2025. Likely because of that, a pernicous rumour has arisen online, one which...
News Escalation as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Script Eclipses That of Baldur's Gate 3
War of the words
A script-measuring conflict is currently raging between two European RPG super powers, and we weren't expecting an update to our earlier, essential reporting; Warhorse Studios, the Czech team behind the imminent Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, has thrown down the gauntlet, announcing the game's script is, in fact, half a million words...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Script Reputedly Dwarfs That of Lesser RPGs
Not so fast, says Larian Studios
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's script is reputedly on the obscenely large end of the RPG word scale, with Warhorse Studio's writer Daniel Vávra claiming that: "As far as I know, it's the longest script for a game ever. Including Baldur's Gate 3." YouTuber
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Will Conquer a Hefty Chunk of Your PS5's Storage
The new norm
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is set to be a very robust and in-depth sandbox RPG, and so it's no huge surprise to see that it boasts a fairly big file size. As per the ever-reliable PlayStation Game Size on X, Henry's sophomore adventure will take up 84GB of your PS5's storage space. We've seen heavier demands, of course, but it's still...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Review Codes Sent Out Super Early, Dev Confidence Seems Sky High
Special Deliverance
Press and content creators can expect review codes for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to be sent out "in the next few days" — with the medieval RPG's release date still one whole month away. This confirmation comes from Sir Tobi, who's the international PR manager at developer Warhorse Studios. On social media, he writes: "We are...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Offers Some PS5 Survival Tips
Naked and afraid
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's newly brought-forward release date is slowly creeping up, and Warhorse Studio's expansive RPG is shaping up to be something special. But as anyone who made it out of the first game's opening act can attest, existence in 15th-century Bohemia is surprisingly brutal. As part of IGN's First
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Shares Story Trailer, PS5 Pro Support
PS5 Pro combines Fidelity and Performance
Warhorse Studios has uploaded a new story trailer for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II that introduces the narrative of its RPG sequel, watchable above. The game picks up directly after the conclusion of the first game, but while knowledge of those events will obviously help your understanding, it's apparently...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Out for PS5 a Week Earlier as Release Date Is Brought Forward
Now launching on 4th Feb 2025
Warhorse Studios has revealed its RPG sequel Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will release one week earlier than initially expected, now slated to launch for PS5 on 4th February 2025. The announcement was made in a Twitter post that also brought the news of a story trailer and console spec details arriving on Thursday...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Serves Up 43 Minutes of Intro Gameplay
Check out the RPG opening
Warhorse Studios has collaborated with IGN to reveal a full month's worth of content and fresh information focusing on the developer's upcoming RPG. It begins today with a video sharing the first 43 minutes of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, introducing the combat tutorials and quite a lot of dialogue options and...
Geralt? Never heard of him
The eagerly anticipated Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is expected in February and, like the first game, is laser-focused on the life and times of one Henry of Skallitz, 13th-century Bohemia's biggest badass. It's also shaping up to be the all-consuming, open-world WRPG to beat, a subgenre still largely overshadowed by 2015's...
News Warhorse Studios Hosting Celebratory Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Livestream
First game has sold over eight million copies
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is now on the horizon, having been delayed to 11th February 2025 on PS5. Developer Warhorse Studios has announced that the first game, released in 2018, has crossed an impressive sales milestone, eight million copies sold, and is showing off the sequel in a celebratory liv
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Collector's Edition Is a Medieval Masterpiece
12 inches of Henry & Pebbles
Pretty much any time a Collector's Edition gets a dedicated trailer, you know it's going to have the goods. Case in point: Players willing to shed a few extra dollars for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's premium physical offering can expect a few worthy relics of their own. It will cost you the princely sum of USD $200 (or...
News PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Looks Bloody Brilliant in Full 25 Minutes of Gameplay
I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios had promised a gameplay deep dive fresh from Gamescom 2024, and it's delivered. The studio's graced us with 25 minutes of footage, which covers so many of the RPG's core systems and mechanics. We kick things off with a rather mundane quest, before things take a turn and...
News PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Stuns in Short Gameplay Trailer
Awright, Henry?
Sometimes a game's trailer hits just right — and we'd argue that the latest gameplay glimpse from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a great example. The tone, the visuals, the music, the dialogue... it's exactly what you want if you're already looking forward to this action RPG sequel. Just recently, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Delayed to February 2025 Ahead of Gamescom Blowout
Let's hope it delivers
Warhorse Studios has officially announced the release date for its anticipated sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. While initially pencilled in for 2024, the medieval RPG has been pushed back, but at least now has a firm release date: 11th February, 2025. The news comes as part of a wider announcement about the developer's...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Locks in Gameplay Showing for Gamescom
Expect a PS5 release date too
The next PS5 title confirmed to be appearing during Gamescom Opening Night Live later this month is the RPG follow-up Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Geoff Keighley has revealed Warhorse Studios will be bringing fresh gameplay to the German stage on 20th August 2024, starting at 7pm BST / 11am PT / 2pm ET. Given the fact...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Honours Decade-Old Kickstarter Pledge
Select backers will get the sequel for free
Warhorse Studios is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches into its eagerly-anticipated sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but like humble protagonist Henry of Skallitz himself, the developer hasn't forgotten its roots. Starting as something of an internet rumour, it has since been...
News Xbox Series S Specs Limit the Scope of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
The game is only 25% bigger as a result
Medieval follow-up Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 could only be about 25 per cent bigger than the original game due to the limitations imposed by the Xbox Series S console, Warhorse Studios has claimed. Speaking at the Game Access Conference, as reported by Czech outlet Zing.cz, producer Martin Klíma suggested...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Set to Be a Huge Step Up in Storytelling
Delivering deliverance
For what it's worth, we think the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance did a pretty good job of telling a medieval story, complete with some entertaining characters, but its sequel is looking to push things further than ever before. Armed with what is clearly a bigger budget, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is dedicating a lot of...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Actor Wraps Up 508 Hours of Studio Time
Henry of Skalitz putting in work
Tom McKay, the actor behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 protagonist, Henry of Skalltz, has been putting in some serious studio time. Due out sometime in 2024 on PS5, developer Warhorse Studios revealed that his lines in the sequel are now locked and loaded, the work of 508 hours of recording time, or three whole...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Heads Back to Medieval Europe on PS5
The "bigger, better" sequel is out this year
Warhorse Studios has today announced Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, a PS5 sequel to the 2018 original. Set to release later this year, you can check out the reveal trailer above. The studio says it is a "bigger, better, and more ambitious" title that the team has grown to more than 250 employees to create...
News Kingdom Come Dev Teases New Game Reveal for Next Week
Come back on 18th April
Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios has confirmed its next game will be announced next week on 18th April 2024. You'll be able to tune in on Twitch and YouTube at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm BST to see what the studio has been working on since its last game released in 2018. The developer teased the game in a...
News Gritty RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance Is Getting a Complete Edition with All DLC
Including one yet to be released
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is getting a 'Royal Edition' in May that'll include all of the game's DLC. The final expansion, A Woman's Lot, is yet to be released, but that'll apparently also be part of the package. Kingdom Come currently has four additional adventures: Treasures of the Past, From the Ashes, The Amorous...
News Playable Female Character and Dog Companion Still Set for Kingdom Come as Free DLC
Dogged
Originally stretch goals for the game's Kickstarter, a playable female protagonist and a canine companion are still in the works for Kingdom Come: Deliverance. That's according to director Daniel Vávra, who posted about the subject on Twitter after some sites suggested that the features may not be added. " dog companion and female...
News 'I Wish We Had More Time to Polish the Game Before Release' Says Kingdom Come Dev
Doesn't view it as "AAA"
It's no secret that despite getting a lot right, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is more than a bit buggy. The ambitious role-playing title has multiple patches incoming and developer Warhorse has been doing its best to keep on top of things, but in a situation like this, the question will always remain: shouldn't these issues...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance Tops 1 Million Sales in Under Two Weeks
Sharp
Once again proving that there's a real thirst for deep role-playing games, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has passed 1 million sales across all platforms. The dramatic tale of peasants, knights, and war launched only nine days ago, so that's a pretty good result for developer Warhorse Studios. Of course, what's also impressive is that this is a...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance Save System Improvements in the Works
Coming in future patch
Sick of having to find a bed in order to save hours of progress in Kingdom Come: Deliverance? If so, you may be in luck. Developer Warhorse Studios has said that it plans on improving the current save system in a future update, alongside a bunch of other things. A quick rundown of what the team is working on mentions "Save...
