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Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Played from a first-person viewpoint, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an action role-playing game that takes place in an open world.[1] By May 2025, more than 10 million copies of the game had been purchased.[2]

Quick Facts

Director
Daniel Vávra
Producer
  • Martin Klíma
  • Prokop Jirsa
  • Kateřina Matějíčková
Designer
Viktor Bocan
Programmer
Tomáš Blaho
Artist
Mikuláš Podprocký
Composer
Jan Valta, Adam Sporka
Engine
CryEngine
Series
Kingdom Come

Facts from the source article.

Making and release

On 22 January 2014, Warhorse Studios launched a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter.[3] Daniel Vávra, after departing from 2K Czech in 2009, initiated the project with a proposal that eventually became Kingdom Come: Deliverance.[4] 21 July 2011 marks the date when Warhorse Studios was established.[4] Having secured a license for CryEngine 3, Warhorse Studios made their first public statement on 9 February 2012 about developing a role-playing game that had not yet been named.[5]

22 October 2014 was when the public could first access the alpha version.[6] Backers received access to the beta on 3 March 2015.[6] A publishing agreement with Deep Silver, which is Koch Media's game publishing division, was revealed on 29 September 2016; this deal covered the console versions and the PC retail edition.[6] 13 February 2018 was the global release date for the game.[7]

A substantial patch, available from day one, updated the game's code and gameplay extensively.[7] A collaboration between Warhorse Studios and Saber Interactive to create a Nintendo Switch port was announced on 10 June 2021, and that port became available on 15 March 2024.[8]

What the cited sources add

Jan Valta and Adam Sporka composed the game's adaptive music, with segments performed by a symphonic orchestra at Rudolfinum.[6] Including marketing expenses, the game's reported cost was 750 million crowns, which is roughly US$36.5 million.[7] Erik Barmack and Warhorse Studios revealed in October 2020 that a live-action adaptation of Kingdom Come was in the works.[9] Sumerian Comics created a four-issue comic book prequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which came out in 2022.[10]

For those who supported the game early through crowdfunding, A Woman's Lot was provided at no additional cost.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kingdom Come: Deliverance brings Skyrim crashing down to medieval reality", PCGamesN (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "《天国：拯救》新作发售档期曝光！会努力加入中配 _ 游民星空 GamerSky.com", www.gamersky.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tach, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance funded after two uncertain years", Polygon, 21 February 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Czech Veterans Form New Studio, Warhorse", Rock, Paper, Shotgun, 26 July 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Warhorse Studios Licensed CRYENGINE® to Develop RPG", CryEngine, 9 February 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Makuch, "Medieval RPG "Kingdom Come" Signs Publishing Deal With Dead Island Studio", GameSpot, 29 September 2016; Sporka, "Design and implementation of a non-linear symphonic soundtrack of a video game", New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, December 2017, p. 229–246; "Kingdom Come: Deliverance Original Soundtrack"; Check out how Kingdom Come: Deliverance's music is made . Gamereactor. 7 December 2017.; Purchese, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance successfully funded on Kickstarter", Eurogamer, 2014-01-30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Murnane, "Here's The Story Behind 'Kingdom Come: Deliverance's 23 GB Day-One Patch", Forbes; Palumbo, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance Reportedly Cost 36.5 Million Dollars", Wccftech, 4 March 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kingdom Come: Deliverance Switch Port Is Finally Confirmed", Nintendo Life, 10 June 2021; Yin-Poole, "2018 Medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance Finally Has a Nintendo Switch Release Window", IGN, 2023-12-07; "Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase – 21/02/2024", 21 February 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hopewell, "'Kingdom Come: Deliverance' Gets Live-Action Adaptation From Erik Barmack, Warhorse Studios (EXCLUSIVE)", Variety, 2020-10-08 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Arrant, "Kingdom Come Deliverance slashes its way into comics", gamesradar, 2022-01-25 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chalk, "The next Kingdom Come: Deliverance DLC will let you play as a woman", 9 May 2019; "Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Modding tools available now! - Steam News", store.steampowered.com, 2019-10-29; "Creators of Kingdom Come About Petting Dogs, Mods, and Pissing Against the Wind (2)", Gamepressure.com, 24 August 2019; "CRYENGINE Official modding tools released for Kingdom Come: Deliverance", CRYENGINE (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kingdom Come: Deliverance (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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