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Darkest Dungeon’s Narrator Wayne June has Died

David Sanders — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:00:24 +0000

“Ruin has come to our family”… and to my good mood. It brings me great sorrow to report to you that Wayne June, well-known as the legendary narrator in Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II, has passed away at the age of 70. Red Hook Studios’ Chris Bourassa publicly announced Mr. June’s passing in a blog post published on Thursday, January 30th, 2025. This news has likely saddened legions of…

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Darkest Dungeon 2 (Nintendo Switch) Review

Taylor Bauer — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:00:39 +0000

Style wins out in a lot of cases when it comes to video games. Fun gameplay is essential, but for games that really carve out their own world and encapsulate the player in a unique experience, other shortcomings are easier to overlook. That’s the case with Darkest Dungeon 2, the follow-up to Red Hook Studios’ popular Rogue-lite that embraces the dark and asks players to give into eerie theming and…

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Darkest Dungeon II Gets PlayStation Launch Date

Alexx Aplin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:00:08 +0000

Darkest Dungeon II has been praised by fans since its 2023 launch. Boasting 75% “mostly positive” reviews on Steam, the sequel has done well for itself. Now, PlayStation users will be the next to see what grim fate awaits them in Darkest Dungeon II. The PlayStation release of Darkest Dungeon II is coming on July 15th, 2024. Players will be able to buy the game together with its first DLC “The…

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New Game Mode Coming to Darkest Dungeon 2

Edward Harding — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:00:33 +0000

A few months ago I covered the latest DLC coming to Darkest Dungeon II, and it appears that more content is on the way. Last week, Red Hook Studios announced that Darkest Dungeon 2, will be receiving an exciting new game mode. Darkest Dungeon 2 is the latest entry in the punishing Rogue-lite Dungeon Crawler series. The main game mode, Confessions, features five campaigns, each of which revolves…

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DLC for Darkest Dungeon II Coming Soon

Edward Harding — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:00:39 +0000

Though I have found the roguelike genre to be a hit or miss for me, the Darkest Dungeon series is certainly one that I’ve been eager to jump into. The gothic fantasy theme and dense RPG mechanics that are intrinsically linked to the elements of dread and insanity is just my kind of thing. The sequel ups the scale of the original game, allowing you to journey through the decaying…

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Darkest Dungeon II (PC) Early Access Preview

David Sanders — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:00:26 +0000

Excuse me for stating the obvious: Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon is not exactly a game known for its upbeat tone and pleasant story. On the contrary, it is notorious for its grueling core gameplay loop and its bleak plot that masterfully intertwines with that gameplay loop. Additionally, it is notorious for demanding that its players meticulously micromanage multiple maddening mechanisms at…

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Darkest Dungeon II Sold 100K Copies in First 24 Hours

David Sanders — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:00:26 +0000

To quote the narrator of the original Darkest Dungeon, “ruin has come to our family.” Thankfully, however, it certainly appears as though ruin has not befallen the Darkest Dungeon franchise’s developers, Red Hook Studios. Their newest hotly-anticipated title, Darkest Dungeon II, launched in Early Access exclusively on the Epic Games Store on October 26th, 2021. […]

Darkest Dungeon 2 Gets Early Access Release

Keiran McEwen — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:00:26 +0000

One thing I wish I could just sit down and enjoy a little more is Red Hook Studios’ gothic-horror turn-based RPG, Darkest Dungeon. Much like Hades and countless other indie darlings I could name, Darkest Dungeon is something many people rave on about, but I hardly have the time to sit down and properly play. It is especially annoying when I also want to get into Warsaw, the WWII-themed game in the…

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Darkest Dungeon (PC) Review

David Sanders — Mon, 06 May 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Imagine, if you will, that one day you receive a letter from one of your distant family members in which they bequeath to you your ancestral home, as it is your birthright. Your family member proceeds to explain that they have squandered your family’s fortune in an attempt to unearth and eradicate unspeakable horrors from beneath the land upon which your ancestral home is perched.

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