Exactly one year ago, on February 23, 2023, the long-awaited successor to the indie survival hit “The Forest” went into early access on Steam. After just 24 hours, Sons of the Forest has already sold more than two million copies, which means that the small development studio Endnight Games has reached an enormous milestone. On too The survival horror adventure conquered the charts on Twitch and was one of the most popular categories on the streaming platform.
During early access, the developers worked continuously new content and improvements of their survival hit and fed the fans along new features, new bosses, cave systems and challenges as well as one “Hard Survival” mode, which significantly increased the difficulty of the title. After a year full of patches, fixes and new content, Sons of the Forest is finally leaving Early Access and has some interesting new features in store for the final release.
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Sons of the Forest is leaving Early Access with lots of new content
On February 22nd, Sons of the Forest finally left early access and celebrated its final release. In a post with detailed patch notes, the developers at Endnight Games announced what changes and fixes the final version has in store for their players.
In addition to new enemies and animals that make the mysterious island even more alive, the final version brings a new title scene, details about the end credits and five new cutscenes. In addition, some NPCs have been given new voices. Endnight Games could even do that get prominent support on board.
Of course, new recipes, weapons, traps, building structures, furniture and items have also been added, giving players even more options to equip themselves for survival on the island. You can find all other important innovations, improvements and fixes in official post from the developers.
Sons of the Forest on Playstation and Xbox
Now that the final version of the survival hit has been released, the question remains as to when console owners will be able to reveal the secrets of the remote island and its inhabitants. Although a release on Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S is firmly planned, there is currently no further information about a specific release date. A console port will probably be a few months away. As soon as there is more information about a release, we will of course tell you immediately.
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