You might recall that last October we reported that a group of Darkfall players had formed their own studio for the purpose of acquiring and publishing the original game version. The last we had heard was that negotiations between these players and Aventurine were ongoing.
Well the good news for fans of the original Darkfall is that Ub3rgames has procured that license and will be bringing the game back to life as New Dawn. “We have some exciting news: Darkfall Online is officially coming back!” the studio announced. “We have signed the licensing contract and we will soon have the source code in hands. New Dawn is happening and will open as early as possible.”
The team laid out the next steps for the reboot. It will be doing an audit and making modifications of the code, which could take weeks or months. After that, there will be an announcement concerning the release date and players will be invited into a three-week stress test phase. Then the game will relaunch “as a vanilla version of Darkfall as it was in 2012.”
To get in on the action, fans will need to purchase a copy of the game up-front and then be prepared to pay a subscription following the initial free months. Naturally, there are discounts for those who jump on board early versus those who wait until later in the game’s development.
