We look forward to working closely with our community over the course of the next 12 to 18 months to make an outstanding narrative-driven open-world space looter shooter.”Įverspace 2 will support HOTAS configurations at the start of Early Access, and fans who don’t speak English can expect full text language support for German, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean by launch. In the final game, players will also be able to enjoy twice as much story content plus lots of worthwhile endgame activities. On top of the two star systems EVERSPACE 2 pilots will be able to explore in Early Access at launch, we plan to have four to six more as well as several additional player ship subclasses beyond the Interceptor, Sentinel, Striker, Gunship, and Scout at launch, to be gradually added on a quarterly basis. “Of course, the game is far from being finished. CEO and co-founder of ROCKFISH Games, Michael Schade, had this to say about upcoming content: ROCKFISH is aiming to finish Everspace 2 by the first half of 2022, at least on PC (with Mac and native Linux support). The first 12-someodd hours of story will feature full English voice-acting, and there will be two star systems and five different player ship subclasses to play around with. Everspace 2 enters Early Access January 18th.Įverspace 2 will dock within Steam’s Early Access and GOG’s In Development program January 18th, and fans can expect roughly 25 hours of gameplay according to a press release published by ROCKFISH Games earlier today. ” when it launches sometime in the first half of 2022.
The Early Access/In Development version of the space-based looter shooter will sell for $39.99 initially, yet Rockfish Games did confirm the game will receive a ”. Additionally, Everspace 2 will enter GOG’s In Development program, which is essentially their version of Steam’s Early Access. Stay tuned to Shacknews for further news and details from Rockfish and Everspace 2 as well.Everspace 2 deviates pretty hard from the first game’s roguelike structure, and in a few weeks you can try it for yourself in Early Access on Steam. It will be interesting to see this all finally come together in a way that everyone can take a dive into later this month.Īs Everspace 2 prepares to launch stay tuned to Everspace's Twitter and the Steam page for key giveaways that will get you into the game when early access rolls out on January 18, 2021. From our experience last year at PAX South, ships are looking as diverse and customizable as ever and combat feels great as you use the strengths of your craft and its armaments to turn foes into space debris. Rockfish 2 has long promised to make Everspace 2 an altogether more ambitious sequel to the popular original title, focusing the story with a more concise storyline while simultaneously crafting new vast and gorgeous universes to explore as players carry out their interstellar piloting career. Players will also be able to explore a wealth of side missions and optional opportunities to make for around 25 hours worth of overall gameplay at early access launch. Slated to arrive in both Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development programs on January 18, 2021, Everspace 2’s early launch build will invite players to explore about 12 hours worth of campaign story content across two fully-fleshed out star systems.
Rockfish Games announced the details of early access for Everspace 2 in a developer update alongside an early access release date trailer on the Rockfish Games YouTube channel. The game has been given a release date for early access on both Steam and GOG this month. Rockfish Games has been working on the follow-up to its freeform space exploration and combat sim Everspace for several years now, and it would seem Everspace 2 is finally ready to take its maiden voyage into early access later this January.