Until Dawn Gets a Release Date; Peter Stormare Joins Cast
Steve Barton
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Horror fans have been keeping a close eye on the Sony exclusive video game Until Dawn, and though things have been eerily quiet, we now have a release date! Look for the slasher-fest in stores on August 25th in North America and August 26th through the 28th in other regions.
According to the PlayStation Blog there will be three editions of Until Dawn: the standard edition, an extended edition, and a steelbook edition. You’ll need to check with your local retailers to find out where each is available in your area. More details on the specific content of each version will follow.
The Extended Edition and Steelbook Edition will be available in UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Iceland, Israel, Cyrpus, and Malta.
In addition, Peter Stormare (Constantine, The Big Lebowski, “Arrow”) has been revealed as a new cast member. He joins the previously announced Scream 4 actress Hayden Panettiere.
Pre-orders are also available from today, and doing so will unlock a special bonus scene for free.
Check out a new trailer and more below.
Until Dawn will feature thousands of storyline branches and hundreds of endings. The game accomplishes this through the use of what Supermassive calls “the butterfly effect.” When a choice must be made, such as whether or not to pick up a book, a small butterfly icon will appear, indicating this choice will have consequences later in the game. The path you choose will lead you to one of Until Dawn’s hundreds of endings.
The choices that shape the game’s path can be something as simple as which door you open to something as pressing as whether or not to put a bullet in your friend’s brain. Sony pointed out at its press conference that every character can die in the game, and if they die, they stay dead and the game moves on. Until Dawn will alter its story based on character deaths, having unique endings based on the number of characters still alive.
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