Final Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Video games has introduced that it has been acquired by Krafton. The announcement was made via a submit on the official Final Epoch boards by studio founder Judd Cobler. In his submit, Cobler wrote concerning the humble beginnings of the studio, which merely began out as a gaggle of motion RPG followers on Reddit discussing their ardour for the style, and ultimately grew right into a devoted Discord channel that then turned Eleventh Hour.
Referring to the acquisition by Krafton, Cobler has famous that the way forward for Eleventh Hour is now way more safe. He has additionally referred to the acquisition as marking the start of a brand new chapter for the studio general because the recreation launched the 1.0 model of Final Epoch again in 2024.
“After talking with dozens of strategics and potential companions, Krafton clearly demonstrated that they’re aligned in serving to us obtain our objectives and may each allow and information us via a few of the largest upcoming challenges we’ll face as a studio,” wrote Cobler. “This partnership will permit us to ship issues we’ve solely dreamed of beforehand and I’m excited to share particulars on these at a later date.”
After the acquisition, Cobler has additionally famous that Eleventh Hour Video games will now deal with rising its group of builders with the intention to make extra content material and enhancements to Final Epoch. Nevertheless, he has famous that the studio isn’t but able to share particulars about what the acquisition means for the long-term content material plans for Final Epoch, whereas additionally declaring that Season 3: Beneath Historical Skies is slated for launch on August 21, and that Season 4 can be launched round 4 months after that.
“I began Final Epoch as an after hours ardour challenge in 2017 the place I took to Reddit to kind a gaggle of ARPG obsessed fanatics within the pursuit of constructing ‘The Subsequent Nice ARPG’,” wrote Cobler. “We have been excited to come back house from our day jobs and talk about, debate, and construct the early levels of Final Epoch late into the evenings over Discord, ultimately resulting in our identify “Eleventh Hour”. From there we introduced our concepts and fervour for what we wished to develop via a profitable Kickstarter, adopted by Early Entry, and years later launched Final Epoch 1.0 in early 2024.”
Final Epoch is offered as a free-to-play recreation on PC. For extra particulars, take a look at our evaluate of its 1.0 launch.
This acquisition announcement comes within the wake of Krafton being within the midst of a authorized battle with the co-founders of Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds. The lawsuit, which seemingly revolves round a $250 million payout that the co-founders have claimed has been withheld by Krafton, additionally claimed that the writer had been engaged in a marketing campaign to delay the discharge of Subnautica 2.
“Krafton engaged in a months-long marketing campaign to delay Subnautica 2’s launch,” reads the lawsuit. “It pulled key advertising and marketing supplies, refused to observe via with essential partnerships, and reneged on long-standing commitments to deal with essential pre-launch duties.”
