Open-world survival hit Sons of the Forest leaves Early Access in under 3 months with new story updates featuring a beloved Alan Wake 2 actor
Nov. 30, 2023Shawn Ashmore will be joining Sons of the Forest as Timmy
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The developer of hit open-world survival gameSons of the Foresthas announced the game will be leaving early access early next year and getting additional content.
The rest of the post reveals that X-Men, The Boys, andAlan Wake 2actor Shawn Ashmore has joined the cast, voicing side character Timmy LeBlanc. As well as expanding Timmy’s role in Sons of the Forest, the developer has also promised story updates, new features, and polish.
The game is also expecting a patch today, but after that, the team has said it “will continue to release hotfixes as needed” but “will be focused on the bigger content release for v1.0” - which makes it sound worth the wait.
“Thank you to everyone who has joined us so far in this Early Access journey, we are really excited for what we have in store for the v1.0 release and beyond,” the announcement ends.
Sons of the Forest may only be in early access right now, but as ourSons of the Forest reviewreveals, the survival game is “already a deeply satisfying game.” In our review, we described it as an “enjoyable survival craft em up,” with strong horror roots and a fantastic focus on exploration. With this in mind, it’s exciting to think how much better the game could become once it leaves early access in February.
It really didn’t take long for Sons of the Forest fans to get into the game, and more specifically, warm up to NPC Kelvin. So much so, when it was revealed that Endnight was making someadjustments to the character, as well as other elements in the game, fans were very quick to beginmourning Kelvin- or rather the person he used to be.
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