Returnal kept its promises and made some announcements for its final anniversary. But despite the gift on offer, PS5 exclusive players quickly became disillusioned.
Happy birthday to Returnal, who recently celebrated his third birthday! Three years of exclusivity have thrilled PS5 users, but also the PC community for over a year. It’s not necessarily the age of mass graves, but the Housemarque studio still felt the need to do something for the occasion. New products of a different kind are being added and one of them is now even available for free.
Goodies announced for Returnal, including one for free
“Another year, another cycle” As Housemarque stated on its X account, the studio had met with fans to make announcements and they had come up with everything except what was revealed. While some expected Returnal 2 or DLC to be a free update, the team surprised everyone with a major collaboration. Dark Horse Comics is teaming up with Housemarque to extend Selene’s journey through an 88-page graphic novel, Returnal: Fallen Asteria, out March 22/23. Will be available October 2024.
“Returnal Fallen Asteria is our bold expansion of the gaming universe with a new story that follows Selene. This is a brilliant graphic novel that expands on our dark, deep and beautiful thriller.” explains creative director Gregory Louden (via GamesRadar). Ahead of its release in a few months, Dark Horse has created an animated adaptation of the first issue, available for free on YouTube.
But that’s not all, as the publisher is also working on a 224-page Returnal art book, which the company has the secret to. And if you look at the contents of the box, you can assume that it is a nice collector’s item. Dark Horse Comics has notably collaborated with PlayStation on The Last of Us 2 and Horizon Forbidden West books. “It will bring together illustrations of the biomes and fearsome enemies, as well as behind-the-scenes commentary from the game’s creative team.”.
