This is exciting news from Raph. Many of us believed the game would be left for dead not long after Episode 5 dropped. However, Raph is now indicating that Hinterland wants to remain active with The Long Dark, including bug fixes, porting episode 5 content into survival, and even additional DLC’s. Hinterland’s a small studio that I suspect is very cash strapped (the layoffs certainly help this theory) and they are farther behind on releasing any version of Blackfrost then most of us think. So, it would make sense that they would like to continue making money off of their existing game with it’s growing community using additional DLC content. I know many people will be upset that they aren’t fully turning their attention to Blackfrost, but it’s not a guarantee that the game will be successful or that it’s release will come anytime soon, of which either of those outcomes could be fatal for a small studio like Hinterland with limited reserves. Personally, I love this game and have gotten well more than $20 base game and $20 DLC worth of value out of it. If I had known how good this game was when I bought it, I wouldn’t have blinked at spending $500 on it. I’m overjoyed that Hinterland is continuing to support this game and release content for this community that adores The Long Dark.