Hinterland delays Blackfrost and shifts devs back to The Long Dark for new DLC

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Hinterland reassigned a small team from its sequel Blackfrost to produce new DLC and ongoing updates for The Long Dark’s survival mode, extending support for the nine-year-old game. The studio will continue Blackfrost development in the background but pushed the sequel’s early access launch to next year. The move aims to protect the studio amid industry disruption while Hinterland remains independent and will self-fund and self-publish the sequel.

• A small team has been moved from Blackfrost to The Long Dark to develop new DLC and continue updates to the survival sandbox over the next two years.
• Planned updates include bug fixes, quality-of-life improvements, new features, and additional regions drawn from the game’s final story episode.
• One upcoming DLC will be released piecemeal like the previous Tales From The Far Territory expansion pass; a second DLC is planned in a different format and is still early in development.
• Blackfrost development continues in the background but its early access launch is delayed to next year; Hinterland has declined publisher partnerships and will self-fund and self-publish the sequel.