"Xbox is mistaken," says indie publisher teasing "what's next" for its mega-hit biking roguelike, because "Descenders 2 does not exist"
Aug. 1, 2024Though an unnamed follow-up was confirmed earlier this year
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Descenders, the extreme free riding roguelike,isgetting a follow-up of some kind, even as its publisher insists that “Descenders 2 doesn’t exist.”
Publisher NoMoreRobots' company director Mike Rose announced the yet-unnamed sequel in an interview earlier this year withPCGamesN, affirming that original studio RageSquid is back in the development chair. “They’re just three guys and it’s been played by 20 million people or something like that,” Rose said at the time.
Despite an Xbox Gamescomannouncementthat said Descenders 2 would be on the show floor, Rose was quick to respond with the at-first confusing tweet below, saying “Xbox is mistaken” because “‘Descenders 2’ does not exist,'” and he’s asked the publisher to “remove it from the list.” Rose is likely playing up the joke since he previously confirmed the sequel wouldn’t have a “2” at the end.
In the aforementioned interview from March, Rose also said he was talking to various parties to collaborate on its imminent announcement: “Soon, something Descenders-y is going to happen.”
We won’t need to wait too much longer to hear something about New Descenders, it turns out. The game’s officialwebsiteis counting down the hours to a’What’s Next For Descenders?' videopremiering on August 8 that will probably either tease or announce the follow-up, before we presumably see more of the project at Xbox’s Gamescom booth.
We thoughtDescenders carried on the legacy of games like Tony Hawk SSX and Skate by nailing the rush of extreme sports, even in early access.
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