V Rising full release revealed, along with a “heart-stopping finale”

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V Rising is one of my long-standing game obsessions, as I’ve poured hundreds of hours into it since its early access launch. Stunlock Studios managed to perfectly merge two of my favorite things, crafting and vampires, to create a unique gaming experience I have yet to find elsewhere. The free Secrets of Gloomrot update reignited my excitement, but it seems there’s more to come. Stunlock Studios has just revealed another massive update that’s underway, the game’s full 1.0 release which is accompanied by the final boss, new zone, and more.

Stunlock Studios says that the team is “set on making this next major update our full release of V Rising.” The 1.0 release will drop sometime in “the second quarter of 2024.” If you’re wondering what the full version of thesurvival game entails, the dev describes it as “a fully fleshed-out and enticing journey through Vardoran, with a captivating beginning and a heart-stopping finale.” A “complete vampire experience” is on its way with 1.0, including a menacing final boss.

If you’re hoping to see Dracula in V Rising’s grand finale, so am I. While the final boss doesn’t yet have a publicly released identity, Stunlock Studios describes it as the “ultimate rival.” The developer says that the boss will accompany the “final challenge,” and that we’ll be seizing the throne of “Vardoran’s top predator.” Since “an experience that feels like the grand finale of an age-old legend” is coming, “such a grand tale requires a grander stage.”

We’re getting an entirely new zone, and it looks like a white, wintery wonderland (if you ignore all of the bloodshed, death, and monsters of course). “It’s time to venture beyond Hallowed Mountains into dark and icy realms,” the dev writes, “where history has