Mintrocket has revealed the ultimate downloadable content material (DLC) for DAVE THE DIVER, a free Subnautica 2 Content material Pack set to launch in early 2027.
In response to a launch, the growth was made with assist from Unknown Worlds Leisure, the studio behind the Subnautica sequence. It should take gamers to Proteus, an ocean moon full of recent creatures and assets to search out. Mintrocket additionally launched an announcement trailer for the pack.
Within the DLC, Dave and Bancho, two of the sport’s characters, will journey between dimensions to unlock new recipes and assist out new pals. Gamers will even face occasional run-ins with the Leviathan, which the discharge referred to as Subnautica 2’s ‘signature creature’. Mintrocket has billed the pack as ‘totally immersive’.
“For our remaining DLC growth, we wished to create one thing that felt particularly significant, and a Subnautica collaboration is what gamers have been asking us about for a very long time,” stated Jaeho Hwang, Studio Director at Mintrocket. Hwang added that though each video games are set underwater, Subnautica has “such a definite method to underwater exploration,” which gave the staff an opportunity to attempt one thing new with DAVE THE DIVER. He stated the studio hopes the collaboration offers gamers “yet another recent and stunning journey with Dave and his pals, outdated and new.”
Unknown Worlds additionally commented on the crossover. Anthony Gallegos, Artistic Director of Subnautica 2, stated: “We’re so excited to collaborate with the staff at Mintrocket. It’s clear that we each adore each other’s video games so much, and the growth is a love letter to each Dave the Diver and the Subnautica universe. Persons are in for a deal with.”
The Subnautica 2 Content material Pack can now be wishlisted on Steam, Epic Video games and Xbox. Mintrocket has not but shared a precise launch date, and additional updates might be posted on its X (previously Twitter) account and Discord server.
What’s DAVE THE DIVER?
DAVE THE DIVER is a single-player journey role-playing recreation (RPG) that mixes deep-sea exploration with restaurant administration. By day, gamers dive into the Blue Gap, a mysterious stretch of ocean that modifications over time, to catch fish and different sea creatures with harpoons and different weapons. By night time, they run a sushi restaurant, utilizing the cash they earn and the assets they collect to improve their gear.
Dives even have rogue-like components, a time period for video games the place errors can value gamers their progress (right here, working out of oxygen means forsaking every part collected on that dive). In response to the discharge, the sport options over 200 sorts of sea creatures, together with facet quests, minigames and a narrative filled with in-jokes and spoofs. Mintrocket described it as an ‘award-winning’ mixture of journey, RPG and administration.
Mintrocket and Unknown Worlds
Mintrocket is a recreation studio based mostly in South Korea, greatest identified for DAVE THE DIVER, which it described as a ‘hybrid marine journey with a sushi twist’. The Subnautica 2 Content material Pack will shut out the sport’s run of DLC.
Unknown Worlds is a recreation developer greatest identified for the Subnautica sequence, which the studio stated has offered over 18.5m items worldwide. It has additionally made the Pure Choice franchise and Moonbreaker, a turn-based technique recreation.