Summary
CI Games has signed a contract with Epic, ensuring the latter exclusive publishing rights toLords of the Fallensequel on PC. The developer is now working on a sequel toLords of the Fallen, but this one will be skipping Steam at launch.
Lords of the Fallenis a reboot of the action-RPG from 2014. 2023’sLords of the Fallensaw greater success and sold 1.3 million units in 3 months, helping increase CI Games' fiscal year revenue by 400% year-over-year. Despite the success,CI Games was hit with more layoffsthis year, letting go of around 30 employees as part of restructuring efforts initiated at the company in January 2024.
Even with this unfortunate situation, CI Games has already ensured thatLords of the Fallenwill have a sequel, as indicated in afinancial document. The document shows that CI Games signed a contract with Epic Games to ensure the exclusive distribution of the sequel toLords of the Fallenfor PC. Everything indicates thatLords of the Fallen 2, or perhapsDeath of the Fallen, will be skipping Steam, at least on launch. Meanwhile, the right to distribute the IP on other platforms, such as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, remains with CI Games.
Lords of the Fallen Sequel Will Be Epic Games Exclusive on PC
It’s not uncommon for Epic to make deals with developers to keep PC games exclusive to its ecosystem, especially when it’s the publisher, as withAlan Wake 2. Still, many Epic-exclusive games have ended up on Steam. One of the most recent examples istheKingdom Heartsseries, exclusive to Epic on PC since its release in 2021, but now the entire collection is on Steam.Final Fantasy 7 Remakealso followed the trend.
CI Games has published 2023’sLords of the Fallenon several platforms. In addition to the game being on Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG,Lords of the Fallenrecently joined GeForce NOW’scloud streaming service and Game Pass. This indicates that the publisher wants to distributeLords of the Fallenon as many different platforms as possible. If the sequel follows suit,Lords of the Fallen 2will indeed be a temporary Epic exclusive at launch and will make its way to other PC platforms down the road.
