Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is releasing later this year, and long-time fans of the original RPG may be entitled to a free copy of the sequel - if they backed a decade-old Kickstarter.
As confirmed by PCGamesN, Warhorse Studios is indeed keeping its 10-year-old promise that Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kickstarter backers of certain tiers will receive the upcoming sequel entirely for free. This includes any fans who paid around $200 or more to back the original game, totaling 1,036 people according to the old project page - and Warhorse has now begun sending emails out to those dedicated backers.
"Dear noble backer," the developer writes. "Thanks to your gracious crowdfunding support of Kingdom Come: Deliverance on Kickstarter or our website years ago, we now have gotten to a new chapter of Henry's journey, the development of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2." The email continues: "Because of your backer tier, the upcoming sequel will be free for you, and we'll deliver it at the release via key to this email address."
While the Kickstarter never explicitly mentioned higher-tier access to a standalone sequel, it instead referred to "Act 2" of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Warhorse community manager Christian Piontek explains that this is because "Acts" or chapters were originally planned for the first game rather than full-blown follow-up titles. "We still think KCD 2 comes close to our promise of 'Act 2', which was promised to the backers back then."
Interestingly, this may also end up applying to a potential third Kingdom Come: Deliverance entry - Kickstarter backers pledging $480 or more were also promised access to an "Act 3" one day. If Act 2 now translates into Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, perhaps Act 3 will mean Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3 at some point. Regardless, it's clear that Warhorse is more than willing to honor its word - even if that word is a decade old.
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