Elex - will there be dlc/expansions?
And then what's next for PB?
I can answer that already
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1) No DLC and expansions for Elex, as usual for PB ever since NotR (remember that the G3 add-on was not made by PB but outsourced to a cheap Indian dev). The latter two Risens only had preorder/release day DLC which was already finished when the game(s) shipped.
Björn Pankratz actually said when asked about DLC not too long ago that DLC causes him -and I quote literally from German- an unpleasant "
itching of his balls"
. They definitely made the Risen 2 and 3 DLCs very reluctantly at Deep Silver's request.
2) Elex 2 has been revealed and confirmed via a EU funding project where video game devs can apply for EU funds. Check
here and entry no. 29.
The AWins GmbH is affiliated with the Pluto 13 GmbH, same address, same CEO (Michael Rüve).
As you can see, the EU greenlighted €150,000 which, according to the spreadsheet, is 9% of the total budget. So they apparently applied for the funds making the EU believe that the total budget will be around €1.5 million which is silly, of course, but some preliminary funding has apparently been secured.
Mr. Pankratz also revealed last month in a Q&A session that he pitched their next project. He did not say to whom or what the next project would be. The latter has been confirmed now. It's Elex 2.
And he was probably talking about an "internal" pitch since Elex is a THQ Nordic Games brand so unless PB purchased the Elex brand from Nordic in the meantime then they can not work on Elex 2 unless THQ Nordic is also the publisher again.
All of this indicates that Elex is already selling very well. Preorders of Elex must be looking really good for Elex 2 to already be on its way. It looks like this will be a smash hit for PB in just a few weeks (October 17th is E-day).
