CI Games' naming strategy is so stupid that the first two episodes in the series were named the same, so the third chapter was named number two…
Lords of the Fallen was released by CI Games in 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and in early 2017, it was received by Android and iOS as well. The Polish publisher (formerly City Interactive) saw the success and began planning a sequel, but the original developers (German Deck13) stepped down and created a similar version of Souls (this was The Surge, which then got a sequel). It was first developed by Defiant Studios after the internal concept was dropped, but the team was fired a year after the 2018 announcement, and Hexworks, founded in 2020, brought it to Unreal Engine 5 in October 2023. Running game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC. The number 2 was removed from the game's name, so it was also published under the name Lords of the Fallen.
CI Games has just announced via a Polish press release (cited by financial magazine Bankier) that Lords of the Fallen 2 is in the works, but if the project enters developer hell again and ends up called Lords of the Fallen, we'll only laugh in our agony. According to CI Games' plans, the game will be released in 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, so it could be a three-year development cycle, which seems quite a bit.
CI Games was paid by Epic Games. We can say this frankly, because Lords of the Fallen 2 will be an Epic Games Store exclusive, no, it is not just a timed exclusive, but only through this interface will you be able to purchase the Souls version on PC. Distribution and publishing rights will also be in the company led by Tim Sweeney. Epic also acquired the intellectual property rights…
