Last month, Hinterland Lead Developer Raphael van Lierop posted a development update detailing the future of the studio’s survival game, The Long Dark. The good news is that there is a lot in the works, including a soon-to-be-released patch containing a massive swath of bug fixes….
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When I first began playing The Long Dark, the idea of “organic narrative” kept popping into my head. I touched on it in an article about Wintermute, the game’s actual story mode. In that piece, I contested that the need to survive (and the inherent…
Hinterland Game Director Raphael van Leirop recently tweeted about gathering material for an upcoming developer diary update. Van Leirop’s tweet, which was issued on January 31st, marks the first time since the Long Dark’s December update that the studio has acknowledged future intentions with the…
If you’re unfamiliar with the Long Dark, it’s important to understand that permadeath is the defining mechanic of the game’s survival experience. It is the falling action of Survival Mode’s dramatic arc, the only true end to one’s personal narrative within the game. The games…
In the Long Dark, your job is to survive. It’s a simple enough idea, but the task is complicated by the presence of some of Great Bear’s very hungry local fauna. To that end, here are four quick tips for new (or struggling) survivors dealing…
Wintermute is Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet in a Cormac McCarthy universe. It’s Yevtushenko’s “People”, read to an audience of frozen corpses. The story is a melancholy song of solitude and snow, of love and perilousness, but it is sung against the vengeful, screaming winds of Mother…
The story of The Long Dark stretches back to 2013 when the project was first pitched on Kickstarter. Since then the title has enjoyed considerable success on Steam’s Early Access program. Or, more accurately, part of the project has enjoyed success. When The Long Dark…
Recently, a friend of mine told me he’s spent more than 100 hours documenting his adventures in Skyrim. Every encounter with deadly skeletons, drunken jarls and menacing dragons, written down in painstakingly clear detail inside a physical notepad. At that moment I had the sudden urge to see…
Slowly but steady, The Long Dark is turning into one of the most atmospheric and challenging survival games out there. And while it’s been some time since we’ve had a major update, Hinterland has just revitalized its game by adding a new map and some…
Crowdfunded survival sim, The Long Dark is about to get even darker. Hinterland Studio announced their first in-game Halloween event, Four Days of Night. Beginning on Friday, October 28th at 10am PDT the sun will not rise in-game. Instead players must endure four days of perpetual…
The Long Dark is a wilderness survival game that was funded on Kickstarter way back in 2013 and many backers have been waiting for the story mode for some time now. Originally the game was intended to be released in early 2014, however, The Long Dark…
Do you hate Steam? Do you hate Digital Rights Management, or DRM as it’s more commonly referred to? Did you back The Long Dark? Are you tired of all these pointless questions which you already know what they’re leading up to? Well, good news! Developer…
As a Kickstarter backer there are few things more annoying to me than a developer ditching their backers. Delays, broken promises, and cancellations don’t leave me awake at night since I understand that those things happen regardless of whether developers get their money from publishers,…
The Long Dark is one of those games that keep’s showing up on everyone’s “Most Anticipated Games” list, even though we’ve seen relatively little of it since it was funded on Kickstarter last year. However, all of that changed in September when the game was…
My name is Will Mackenzie. I’m a bush pilot. At least, that was my profession before my plane was destroyed. No clue as to what happened. I was taking a flight, passing over Canada when a storm crept up on me. The weather shouldn’t have…
A Walk In The Long Dark by Marcus Estrada [divider] The Long Dark had a mightily impressive Kickstarter campaign last year. Hinterland Studios raised over $250,000 for their survival sim and have been rolling out the alpha to backers. Although there’s no story mode currently…