Divinity: Original Sin will be released on June 20th, 2014 developer Larian Studios has announced.
To mark the one-year anniversary of Divinity's successful million dollar Kickstarter campaign, the developer announced the launch date alongside a new gameplay trailer.
While news of the full release date is welcome, those who've opted for the Steam Early Access version can avail of a host of new features from today which are:
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Complete overhaul of loot generation matrix. Expect much cooler treasure.
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Added 135 music tracks, including some all-time favourites from previous Divinity games
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Added a new “Way of the Rogue” ability and a variety of new Rogue skills
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Full overhaul of your Homestead at the End of Time
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You can create different user profiles, so your little brother or sister can play, too.
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Difficulty settings have been added, so players can pick which sort of experience they prefer.
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Added formations, both in turn-based combat and in real-time, for optimal tactical positioning
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All players playing Divinity: Original Sin can now chat with each other, making it easier to form multiplayer groups within the community.
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Added an “Illusionist Mirror” through which you can change your player’s looks in-game
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Replaced “repair” with “blacksmithing” and charm/intimidate/reason abilities by “charisma”
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Amended stats of “Way of the Ranger” skill
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Skill stats now level up with the characters, e.g. a level 1 flare is still useful at level 15.
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Added plenty of new skill visual effects
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Skills now have certain requirements. You can still learn a skill by boosting the relevant ability artificially, but once you lose the boost, you won’t be able to use the skill anymore.
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Full overhaul of all lighting, shading, and zoom. Get up close and personal!
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You can now give commands to each party member independently. Commands will be executed even if you’re focused on another party member.
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Party members avoid traps. Traps can be disarmed with disarm trap kits (an alternative solution to blowing up the trap, which may destroy neighboring objects).
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Journal now tracks the recipes you’ve learned.
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You can switch between party members while trading.
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There is now an interface to assign companions to other players in multiplayer.
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Several stability and performance fixes were made, in addition to loads of bug fixes. Most of the remaining networking issues should be solved now, too.
Divinity: Original Sin entered beta phase earlier this month.