The third and final Kingdoms module releases on PC and Mac alongside first-ever free weekend on Steam – marks the return of the Bloodsucker enemy faction, new maps and questline – Console following later
Red Hook Studios, the creators of Darkest Dungeon, have today released Curse of the Court, a brand-new free update for Darkest Dungeon II. A vampiric contagion threatens to infect players’ lands and topple their Kingdom. Curse of the Court is the third and final module of the free Kingdoms series of updates, and a console version will follow at a later date.
To celebrate the release, Darkest Dungeon II is having its first-ever free weekend on Steam, allowing prospective buyers to try out both Confessions and Kingdoms modes. Red Hook are also running their deepest discount to date on Steam: 63% off, plus extra reductions if a bundle is purchased that includes all DLC. This free weekend runs August 28-Sept 1 at 10 am PT.
Curse of the Court introduces an all-new enemy faction called Bloodsuckers – a group of vampirically-corrupted nobles marking their return after first premiering in the original Darkest Dungeon’s DLC: The Crimson Court. Swarms of Bloodsuckers have descended upon the Kingdom, bringing with them a supernatural contagion that can inflict your heroes with the dreaded Crimson Curse! Players will be challenged in an all-new questline to find a cure for this rapidly spreading infection and exterminate The Bloodsuckers before time runs out! Additionally, this release features new achievements to earn, and three new Kingdoms maps, each with a different layout that presents a unique set of challenges. These new maps are playable on any of the three different Kingdoms modules.
“Kingdoms started as a bit of a ludicrous experiment: What if we remixed our own game and created a completely stand alone new mode with three different new enemy factions and questlines? And then did it all for free? It was ambitious and risky, and that’s precisely the combination that gets Red Hook excited creatively. Making Kingdoms added a ton of value into Darkest Dungeon II but also kept us energized because we had a lot of fun developing this new strategy game within a strategy game. Chris and I are proud of the team’s work and are quite pleased that Kingdoms is closed out by the addition of our favorite blood-sucking insect courtier freaks!” -Tyler Sigman, Design Director
Kingdoms is a free game mode that introduces a fresh, reimagined structure alongside three adventure modules, starting with Hunger of the Beast Clan, followed by Secrets of the Coven and now Curse of the Court. Unlike the original Confessions mode, Kingdoms tasks players with defending the realm and a network of inns against powerful new enemy factions, including the ravenous beastmen, duplicitous coven and now the vicious Bloodsuckers. Curse of the Court is the third and final module of Kingdoms mode.