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Stunlock Puts V Rising in Maintenance, Begins New Game in Vardoran

The pivot aims to rebuild the studio’s tech to escape limits from earlier design.

Overview

  • Stunlock Studios confirmed Thursday that major V Rising development has ended and a new game set in the same universe is now in the works.
  • The studio says V Rising will get balance and bug-fix patches guided by player polls and a Google Form, while most developers shift to the new project.
  • The next title sits in a very early phase as the team builds fresh architecture to support bigger ideas than the current codebase allows.
  • Stunlock will not ship official mod tools for V Rising because the game’s structure cannot meet the quality bar the studio expects.
  • Reaction from players is split, with MassivelyOP noting Discord outcry and PCGamesN highlighting calls for a full MMORPG in the next game.