Deliverance 2 Dev Debunks Claim Pre-Orders Have Dropped

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Summary

  • Vávra dismisses rumors Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's pre-orders are down due to backlash.

  • The director accused grifters of spreading misinformation.

  • Vávra calls out backlash, fake “unskippable” cutscenes, and dismisses rumors of a country ban.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director and Warhorse Studios co-founder Daniel Vávra has dismissed rumors claiming the game's pre-orders have dropped due to the recent backlash. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct sequel to the 2018 game of the same name, and will be released in February 2025. Players will follow protagonist Henry as he navigates the “turbulence of a civil war” in the Middle Ages, and the new installment will feature a world twice as large as the size of its predecessor.

Vávra recently responded to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2s backlash against the inclusion of LGBTQ scenes in the upcoming sequel. Acknowledging the online discourse and ongoing culture war about inclusivity, the game's director said Warhorse wanted no part of it. The successor title is considered to be more inclusive than its predecessor, but Vávra confirmed that the authenticity of the series was not compromised.

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Posted on Twitter, Vávra shared two screenshots that reveal the rumor about it Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 pre-orders had been lost. A screenshot highlighted a YouTuber whose caption addressed the game as “woke” and alleged “mass refunds for pre-orders” were issued. Vávra labeled the YouTuber a “grifter” and confirmed that the game's pre-orders had not dropped while the percentage of copies sold and returned remained the same. Additionally, Vávra highlighted waning advance hype and the arrival of nine “massively discounted” games in the chart as potential reasons for a decline. The alleged “grifter” in question hit back at Vávra, claiming to have defended the game in his video, highlighting the latest update to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2s code of conduct for Steam as a point of contention.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Director Debunks Pre-Order Drop

In a separate Twitter thread posted a few days ago, Vávra discussed many “wild claims” related to the sequel's backlash, saying that the Warhorse team didn't want the game to become clickbait, and relayed that it was “really sad” to witness the amount of hateful behavior circulating the release, which is doomed to “damage all causes connected with it.” Vávra also confirmed that there are no “unskippable” cutscenes in the sequel, accusing anyone who said otherwise of being Kingdom Come: Deliverance beginner.

In addition, Vávra addressed recent reports that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 may be banned in Saudi Arabia due to its LGBTQ content, confirming that the sequel was not banned in any country as far as Warhorse knows. The director also reiterated that the studio did not have to do certain things regarding inclusive content and assured players that they were in full control of any relationship decisions.

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