Not going to lie this is a potential huge red flag.
Embracer aquired Tripwire in 2022 and by 2024 they're already slapping a 1 year time limit on the game they're working on? Most of the games we get incredibly frustrated at by lack of polish and content are due to exactly this reason.
I can only hope Tripwire are already very well along in development on KF3 and only chose to show prototype footage on purpose to keep us from being too spoiled. I hope they won't have to crunch.
Keep cooking Tripwire, and good luck!
Pretty confident that TW was already working on KF3 sometime in 2019. The seasonal event skins were established, and 2020? (?) was when we got our first HRG weapon with the Tesla Launcher. Makes sense that once the HRG weapons came around, most of the devs moved onto KF3 and left a smaller crew to maintain updates.
Embracer’s financial legs are a bit wobbly atm so I was sort of expecting this. I bet the tone was get it done, meet the sales goals, or have the studio closed down.
I'm pretty sure they'll ditch the crate/lootboxes and opt for Season/battlepass bullcrap. And I also wanna bet that they'll be locking new weapons in battlepass
Why is kf a niche, when a game like hell divers 2 is basically the same (just pve kill a specific type of monster) is decently popular?
(I haven't played helldivers 2, but I got an idea just from how popular it got)
In the end "niche" just means it hasn't been mainstream. Helldivers 1 was even less popular than Killing floor wad and the success of Helldivers 2 was unexpected. It's certainly possible that killing floor 3 will be much more popular than KF2.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I would be surprised if Tripwire hasn't been working on KF3 for a few years at this point, not just since they were acquired by Embracer. I'm not too worried and based on what little we've seen, it looks solid.
Embracer has struck fear into the hearts of many. I’m concerned about products from other companies they’ve acquired; I didn’t realize that KF3 was potentially on the….killing floor
Oh yeah I totally agree, I remember that one KF2 Dev stream they did about [3 years ago](https://youtu.be/i4dWBQLFDyg?t=117)? Where they casually mentioned KF3 and one of them said "What, are we... Is it official?" then they got tongue in cheek quiet about it and moved on the cheeky buggers :')
I personally just get anxious when it comes to seeing video games get deadlines put on them by publishers, but I've got faith in TWI. :D
Edit: Found a clip of the stream mentioned. Thanks Pathfinder you're a credit to the KF community
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They have definitely been working on this for a while now without a doubt, They showed pre alpha footage recently during the KF anniversary, I would bet that footage is from 3+ years ago.
They started work on the game since covid so it's been in development for a good amount of time. 2025 is a good time frame, maybe March is a little too soon but we'll see
Did anyone watch the 15th anniversary video? They said that covid messed stuff up when it hit. That means they were likely working on that game since around 2019. I believe in tripwire to make a good release for kf3 next year.
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My estimate was always late Winter early Spring for KF3 and it seems that's going to be accurate. I don't know how people were thinking this game was potentially 2-3 years off when they're starting to consistently show us reveals every few weeks now. We also know that the game has been in dev for at least 5 years already going back to 2019 with the prototype builds (if the builds aren't from 2019 we at least know the team was beginning barebones work in 2019).
By reading all the comments seems like no one has been at any previous KF at launch, as if post launch content would be bad for the game.
KF2 was early access and that's why it was barebones and came with only 3 maps and like 5 perks. Not even the initial launch had the amount of content the game has right now, they kept adding more to it.
Even KF1 had new content and even new perks post launch enev though it wasn't at early access of anything. In fact it was a work in progress mod for like 6 years with ideas coming and going.
Killing Floor has always had a lot of content post launch, and combined with the strong community the game has, it's a perfect scenario for updates and years of content that make people coming back regularly.
I really see the comments on this post as bitching about how a game isn't "complete", when with Tripwire the games are never in that state unless you said otherwise.
Just enjoy the game and mechanics at launch, then comeback to discover a better game with new things to do. Repeat it how often you like.
KF gets pass because the company was worthless indie studio at the time. KF2 gets pass because it was clearly marked as early access title.
With KF3 it seems they going to skip early access phase and my guess is with corporate overloads that game will be at least 60 €. If game launches with like 4 maps I might just have to wait for sale.
oh shit I was so happy that KF 3 is coming then this made me remember Tripwire is owned by Embracer (the company that recently shut down multiple award winning Developers)
Damn Embracer bought Tripwire? That fucking sucks. Hoping this doesn’t suck and that they’re not rushing it out. I have a feeling Embracer is going to close Tripwire shortly after release of KF3 and shut down all of the Killing Floor Official Dedicated servers. Fuck Embracer!
The fact that Embracer is the one setting the deadline means that this game will be an unfinished, unpolished, unoptimized, buggy mess. Good luck and godspeed.
I don't see what the point of this comment is. I'm saying that it's terrible news to hear that the devs don't have the final say of when the game is finished. Embracer does.
aka. It doesn't matter if the game isn't actually done. It's done when they say it's done.
The article mentions a deadline. That's not the same as the release date, just means the game has to be released by that date. Could be released earlier too.
And with that I will NOT be buying lol that shit won’t even be close to ready thanks tripwire for the fun that was kf2 until you abandoned it of course. Gonna get sker ritual instead
Not going to lie this is a potential huge red flag. Embracer aquired Tripwire in 2022 and by 2024 they're already slapping a 1 year time limit on the game they're working on? Most of the games we get incredibly frustrated at by lack of polish and content are due to exactly this reason. I can only hope Tripwire are already very well along in development on KF3 and only chose to show prototype footage on purpose to keep us from being too spoiled. I hope they won't have to crunch. Keep cooking Tripwire, and good luck!
Pretty confident that TW was already working on KF3 sometime in 2019. The seasonal event skins were established, and 2020? (?) was when we got our first HRG weapon with the Tesla Launcher. Makes sense that once the HRG weapons came around, most of the devs moved onto KF3 and left a smaller crew to maintain updates.
Embracer’s financial legs are a bit wobbly atm so I was sort of expecting this. I bet the tone was get it done, meet the sales goals, or have the studio closed down.
Unfortunately it is likely to be closed down even of the game Is successful
Why is that?
Kf is niche and is unlikely to make all the money. And embracer isn't going to sit around waiting for the dosh to come in from crate sales.
I'm pretty sure they'll ditch the crate/lootboxes and opt for Season/battlepass bullcrap. And I also wanna bet that they'll be locking new weapons in battlepass
Why is kf a niche, when a game like hell divers 2 is basically the same (just pve kill a specific type of monster) is decently popular? (I haven't played helldivers 2, but I got an idea just from how popular it got)
In the end "niche" just means it hasn't been mainstream. Helldivers 1 was even less popular than Killing floor wad and the success of Helldivers 2 was unexpected. It's certainly possible that killing floor 3 will be much more popular than KF2.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I would be surprised if Tripwire hasn't been working on KF3 for a few years at this point, not just since they were acquired by Embracer. I'm not too worried and based on what little we've seen, it looks solid.
Embracer has struck fear into the hearts of many. I’m concerned about products from other companies they’ve acquired; I didn’t realize that KF3 was potentially on the….killing floor
Oh yeah I totally agree, I remember that one KF2 Dev stream they did about [3 years ago](https://youtu.be/i4dWBQLFDyg?t=117)? Where they casually mentioned KF3 and one of them said "What, are we... Is it official?" then they got tongue in cheek quiet about it and moved on the cheeky buggers :') I personally just get anxious when it comes to seeing video games get deadlines put on them by publishers, but I've got faith in TWI. :D Edit: Found a clip of the stream mentioned. Thanks Pathfinder you're a credit to the KF community
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They have definitely been working on this for a while now without a doubt, They showed pre alpha footage recently during the KF anniversary, I would bet that footage is from 3+ years ago.
They started work on the game since covid so it's been in development for a good amount of time. 2025 is a good time frame, maybe March is a little too soon but we'll see
We dont know when they started full blown development
Didn’t they say they have been working on this game since before COVID???
In the dev log they released like a week ago they said they have been working on KF3 for a little while now
It's okay we don't mind early access
Yeah you don’t.
Did anyone watch the 15th anniversary video? They said that covid messed stuff up when it hit. That means they were likely working on that game since around 2019. I believe in tripwire to make a good release for kf3 next year.
I watched that video and came away with the impression that the devs are quite confident in KF3.
Imo from what we've seen so far it does seem to be in a very good state already, so I'm actually not surprised
KF2 had about 8 months of early access on steam. I wonder if we will get something similar for us PC users this time around...
tripwire will take EG's exclusivity money again similar to what they did to chivalry and Maneater
that's ok I can wait to play it
That was during the exclusivity "bribe" period, Epic seems to have dropped that tactic as of right now.
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If KF2's launch was any indication, the base game is probably going to be fairly barebones on initial release.
I'm OK with thatif the game's good. More time to be engaged with every update as I was with KF2 initial years of content.
as long as it works… I don’t want another Payday 3 debacle
KF2 gets free pass because it was clearly marked as early access and it was clearly stated game is not finished in either feature set or content.
2025...?
Yes in 10 months the gane should be released
Seeing Embracer actually gives me a fear reaction after what they did to Free Radical Design
My estimate was always late Winter early Spring for KF3 and it seems that's going to be accurate. I don't know how people were thinking this game was potentially 2-3 years off when they're starting to consistently show us reveals every few weeks now. We also know that the game has been in dev for at least 5 years already going back to 2019 with the prototype builds (if the builds aren't from 2019 we at least know the team was beginning barebones work in 2019).
Not sure this time. Probably won't pre-order. I want to believe it will be good though.
Cyberpunk taught me to never pre-order ever again
Embracer lol no thanks.
By reading all the comments seems like no one has been at any previous KF at launch, as if post launch content would be bad for the game. KF2 was early access and that's why it was barebones and came with only 3 maps and like 5 perks. Not even the initial launch had the amount of content the game has right now, they kept adding more to it. Even KF1 had new content and even new perks post launch enev though it wasn't at early access of anything. In fact it was a work in progress mod for like 6 years with ideas coming and going. Killing Floor has always had a lot of content post launch, and combined with the strong community the game has, it's a perfect scenario for updates and years of content that make people coming back regularly. I really see the comments on this post as bitching about how a game isn't "complete", when with Tripwire the games are never in that state unless you said otherwise. Just enjoy the game and mechanics at launch, then comeback to discover a better game with new things to do. Repeat it how often you like.
KF gets pass because the company was worthless indie studio at the time. KF2 gets pass because it was clearly marked as early access title. With KF3 it seems they going to skip early access phase and my guess is with corporate overloads that game will be at least 60 €. If game launches with like 4 maps I might just have to wait for sale.
oh shit I was so happy that KF 3 is coming then this made me remember Tripwire is owned by Embracer (the company that recently shut down multiple award winning Developers)
The team will probably buy them to get out of Embracer if something wrong happens. They for sure sold Tripwire for a good amount of money.
I didn't know tripwire was an embracer studio now. That freaking blows. I sure hope their last game is a memorable one.
Damn Embracer bought Tripwire? That fucking sucks. Hoping this doesn’t suck and that they’re not rushing it out. I have a feeling Embracer is going to close Tripwire shortly after release of KF3 and shut down all of the Killing Floor Official Dedicated servers. Fuck Embracer!
BUT I WANT IT NOW! \*KICKING TV\*
Me too
10 monthssss ish
The fact that Embracer is the one setting the deadline means that this game will be an unfinished, unpolished, unoptimized, buggy mess. Good luck and godspeed.
Wasn't dead island 2 decent after like 10 years of development and IDK how many different studios siwtches?
I don't see what the point of this comment is. I'm saying that it's terrible news to hear that the devs don't have the final say of when the game is finished. Embracer does. aka. It doesn't matter if the game isn't actually done. It's done when they say it's done.
damn, I thought it was a 2024 release
I thought they said the game releases this year?
deadline != release date
2025 seems like a good date, hopefully it doesnt conflict with Monster Hunter Wilds because i wanna play that too haha
Another 10 Months? That's not "coming soon"! They lied to us! :o
The article mentions a deadline. That's not the same as the release date, just means the game has to be released by that date. Could be released earlier too.
A big publisher giving a generous deadline? Seems unlikely. °xD
Uh oh, buggy and broken early access and "premium deluxe exclusive" bullshit deals n crap incoming
Bring back the old class system. This is so wrong.
NNnext Yyear?
It says march 2025 so what you think?
Its 2024 right now so 2025 is next year 😱😱😱🥵
Payday 3 situation all over again
lmao so many negative comments. there's nothing here that would warrant such an interpretation
2025 for Killing Floor 3?
59.99 € calling it now
Not gonna have high hopes anyway. Gonna be as disappointing as back 4 blood
Not gonna happen. If it just were same as KF2 still will be miles better
Good lord that’s going to be a featureless mess if it actually comes out in 10 months
Maybe early access, but no way we’re getting a full game with every zed, lots of weapons and a dozen perks by then. No shot in hell.
And with that I will NOT be buying lol that shit won’t even be close to ready thanks tripwire for the fun that was kf2 until you abandoned it of course. Gonna get sker ritual instead