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Publisher Krafton has officially unveiled a trailer and additional details about the upcoming multiplayer extraction gameDark and Darker Mobile. Just a few weeks after the PC game released in early access, the South Korean publisher announced that amobile version ofDark and Darkerwas also in development, though details about the new project were scarce.
Many people will recognize the nameDark and Darkerbecause of the legal issues the first-person dungeon crawler had before it even launched. The offices of developer Ironmace were raided by police in March 2023, following an accusation of stolen game code by Nexon. Though Ironmace claimed that theDark and DarkerDMCA allegations were baselessand the lawsuit was later dismissed, the game was still delisted from Steam, and to date, has not returned. Those wishing to purchaseDark and Darkermust do so either directly from the developer or from third-party platform Chafgames.
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The mobile game, however, is in the hands of another developer, Krafton’s Bluehole Studio. At this point, it seems thatDark and Darker Mobilewill not be a direct port of the PC game, but rather a new adventure entirely.Kraftonhas stated that Bluehole will be working to “recreate” and “capture the spirit” of the original’s gameplay, but the mobile game will be optimized to ensure that it runs and plays well on portable platforms with smaller screens. The game currently is slated to release sometime in 2024.
In the mobile game,players will have five standard roles to choose from — fighter, barbarian, ranger, rogue, and cleric — rather than theeight classes available inDark and Darker. Multiplayer parties will venture into dark dungeons searching for treasure while a mysterious magnetic field called the Darkswarm slowly pulls the disparate dungeons together. Players must gather as much loot as they can and then escape through a portal before it’s too late.
In this way,Dark and Darker Mobilecombines battle royale elements, extraction gameplay, survival mechanics, and dungeon crawling in one package. It’s for this reason thatDark and Darkerhas been compared toEscape from Tarkov, which also melds elements from various multiplayer games, though in a modern first-person shooter setting. However, though the PC version ofDark and Darkeris touted as a PvPvE experience, details about the mobile game haven’t yet mentioned anything about PvP, so it’s unclear if that aspect of the original game will carry over into mobile. Fans of the IP will just have to wait patiently as development progresses and more information becomes available.
Dark and Darker Mobileis currently in development.
