The developers at Warhorse Studios are happy to announce a collaboration with Deep Silver, the publishing label of Koch Media, to publish Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Co-publishing combines the core strength of both companies. While Koch Media will use its worldwide distribution channels and partnerships to achieve best retail results, the developers stand behind the vision of Kingdom Come: Deliverance and retain freedom in the development of our game. They will keep their communication as open and honest as we did from day one of our Kickstarter campaign.
In 2011 they set out on our quest to create a medieval RPG with no magic or dragons. Two years later it seemed like they hit a wall. The studio was on the edge of closure, but there was still hope. On January 22nd 2014 they started our Kickstarter Campaign and exactly 35,384 backers made their dream come true. On February 20th 2014 the backers “kick-started” the project and the real development of Kingdom Come: Deliverance started. Today over 30,000 new backers have joined and, together with their feedback, Warhorse Studios are creating an outstanding game.
With the exclusive co-publishing deal between us and Koch Media they have reached the next important milestone in releasing Kingdom Come: Deliverance. This is a great opportunity to bring Kingdom Come: Deliverance to more players around the world. With Koch Media as a strong publishing partner, they will now have the chance to reach an even wider audience, while staying in charge of all creative and communication activity. Koch Media will publish the game physically and digitally for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as well as the physical PC versions under its Deep Silver label. Warhorse Studios will remain solely responsible for worldwide PC digital distribution. Both digital and physical versions will share a common release date to be announced in the near future – the release date however remains in 2017.
The Kickstarter Backers and the Kingdom Come: Deliverance Community won’t have to face any changes in the game, their backer rewards or assistance. Everything stays as it was and the promised rewards will be delivered in 2017, shortly after the game is released.
Their communication channels will continue to work in the way the community are used to and they will be answering all messages and mails.
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