{"id":431153,"date":"2025-11-06T06:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:02:41","slug":"the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Finally Launches Early Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The Stanley Parable is as unique and humorous today as when it launched way back in 2013. However, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/the-game-awards-2018\/2018\/12\/06\/a-deluxe-version-of-the-stanley-parable-is-coming-to-consoles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018\u00a0Game Awards<\/a>,\u00a0fans were treated to the announcement that an expanded version of the game, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, would arrive in 2019. It&#8217;s now 2021, though developers Davey Wreden and Crows Crows Crows have\u00a0always been the first to admit that window may have been wishful thinking. But\u00a0after three years and a few\u00a0sassy trailer updates, the game appears to be ready to ship \u2013 for real this time (hopefully).<\/p>\n<p>Crow Crows Crows <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crowsx3\/status\/1466455472807059472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced on Twitter<\/a> that The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe is now content complete and is prepping to release it to consoles and PC in early 2022. This marks the first time the game will be available on consoles, though there\u2019s still no mention of specific platforms. The game\u2019s website only\u00a0states the intention to release it to all platforms, basically.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/02\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who missed the boat in 2013, you may be asking, \u201cwhat exactly is The Stanley Parable?\u201d. Good question, and unfortunately,\u00a0it\u2019s one of those games that\u2019s best experienced as blindly as possible. But if you really need to know what you\u2019re playing before committing cash to it (fair), you can read our review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/the_stanley_parable\/b\/pc\/archive\/2013\/10\/22\/the-stanley-parable-review.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original game here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Are you a Stanley Parable fan looking to revisit the experience with Ultra Deluxe? Are you diving in for the first time to see what the fuss has been all these years? Let us know in the comments!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/02\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stanley Parable is as unique and humorous today as when it launched way back in 2013. However, during the 2018\u00a0Game Awards,\u00a0fans were treated to the announcement that an expanded version of the game, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, would arrive in 2019. It&#8217;s now 2021, though developers Davey Wreden and Crows Crows Crows have\u00a0always been the first to admit that window may have been wishful thinking. But\u00a0after three years and a few\u00a0sassy trailer updates, the game appears to be ready to ship \u2013 for real this time (hopefully). Crow Crows Crows announced on Twitter that The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe is now content complete and is prepping to release it to consoles and PC in early 2022. This marks the first time the game&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-launches-early-next-year\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":431154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Finally Launches Early Next Year | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Stanley Parable is as unique and humorous today as when it launched way back in 2013. 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