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Red Hook Studios has announced a new standalone game mode for Darkest Dungeon 2<\/strong> called Kingdoms, and it’s out later this year.<\/p>\n

Kingdoms also blends some of the permanence and roster management of the original Darkest Dungeon with the traversal and combat of Darkest Dungeon 2 and finds you racing against the clock to stop a threat from destroying this strange Kingdom made up of a network of safe haven Inns.<\/p>\n

You will journey across these lands to gather resources and battle evil incursions, using acquired resources to upgrade heroes and the Inns via extensive upgrade trees. You can also expect to go on unique quests and fight back against three new monster factions: the Coven, Beastmen, and Crimson Courtiers, independently of the game’s original Confessions mode.<\/p>\n

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Red Hook Studios has announced a new standalone game mode for Darkest Dungeon 2 called Kingdoms, and it’s out later this year. Kingdoms also blends some of the permanence and roster management of the original Darkest Dungeon with the traversal and combat of Darkest Dungeon 2 and finds you racing against the clock to stop a threat from destroying this strange Kingdom made up of a network of safe haven Inns. You will journey across these lands to gather resources and battle evil incursions, using acquired resources to upgrade heroes and the Inns via extensive upgrade trees. You can also expect to go on unique quests and fight back against three new monster factions: the Coven, Beastmen, and Crimson Courtiers, independently of the game’s original…<\/p>\n

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