Funny how time flies. This past August, we were kind of tilting our heads along with longtime players in confusion over Last Epoch’s decision to offer a tease for its next major seasonal update that wouldn’t be arriving until Thursday, October 1st. Well, we’re in mid-September now and October doesn’t feel quite so far away, and Eleventh Hour Games is ready to step on the gas pedal of its hype engineas it counts down to Season 5’s arrival.
The festivities (such as they are) have already kicked offwith a much longer trailer that summarizes Rage of the Forstborn’s upcoming features that include a new pinnacle boss, a Rage of Morditas seasonal mechanic, a few new class skills, and other granular features that include an overhaul to prophecies, an activities UI, and as one would expect out of an OARPG, new unique and set items.
From this point on, September 21st through the 25th is deemed “hype week” as the devs drill down on Season 5’s main content pillars and close out with full patch notes, followed by the reveal of a supporter’s pack on the 27th, dev tours on the 28th and 30th, and Twitch Drops unveiled on the 29th.
In otherLast Epoch news, the devs have confirmed that Mike Wieckerwill take over as game director, while Judd Cobler will be “focusing on his CEO duties” more, though he’s promised to continue to help shape where the game goes next. The announcement assures that this doesn’t change anything in terms of comms from the studio and that fans are “getting a game director who lives this game, who’ll keep showing up to talk with you directly, and who is ready to take Last Epoch into the future.”
