The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Directive 8020 - Story Trailer | 2025-02-13 | The brave astronauts of the Cassiopeia embark on a deadly mission to save humanity, but their ship is infected by an alien lifeform that perfectly imitates its prey. 🧑🚀 When friend could be foe, who do you trust? Directive 8020 lands October 2nd 2025. |
| The Curator Plushie, from The Dark Pictures Anthology Available Now! | 2024-09-04 | “I am the Curator. The Curator of stories. Stories of love and hate… greed and beauty… life… and death. You see, we each make decisions according to our own moral compass, and we have to live with those decisions, or die by them. But you shouldn’t fear death. It is, after all… inevitable." From his Repository in The Dark Pictures, to your own home – The Curator is available now to celebrate 5 years of The Dark Pictures Anthology, to judge all your life decisions. Only available for a limited time on Makeship! The Curator Plushie, from The Dark Pictures | Makeship |
| What were your choices ? | 2023-02-24 | Throughout your time with the Curator, your stories have taken shape before your very eyes as you were making these choices. Now, your decisions will allow us to improve your experience in the upcoming games. It is time to tell us your choices by clicking on the image… The survey should take about 5 minutes. |
| Update – Revoked Game Keys | 2022-10-12 | If you have encountered a problem with your House of Ashes Steam key being revoked, please contact the reseller who sold you the key. We have provided all official resellers with replacement keys for this purpose. If you have already contacted your reseller and they were not able to send a replacement key, please contact the Bandai Namco Support Team. We will ask you to send the key that has been revoked plus a copy of your purchase invoice from the reseller (most digital resellers will send an email invoice after purchase). With this information, our team will be able to issue a replacement key. Our sincere apologies for this inconvenience. |
| Issue - Game key revoked on the platform | 2022-09-30 | We are aware that some owners of House of Ashes on Steam, who purchased their key from one of our partners, have had their game key revoked on the platform. This is a mistake and we apologise for the inconvenience. We are currently working to resolve this issue as soon as possible in order to restore access to all impacted players. We’ll keep you informed. UPDATE OCT. 12th: Thank you for your patience during this investigation. We have communicated with all official resellers of House of Ashes to provide them with replacement keys. If you purchased your copy of House of Ashes from an official reseller, please contact them for a replacement ke |
| The Devil in Me available for pre-order now! 🪓 | 2022-08-29 | Can you outsmart a serial killer? ☠️ Make life-or-death choices when The Devil in Me launches on November 18. Digital pre-orders are now open! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1567020/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_The_Devil_in_Me/ |
| The Dark Pictures Anthology: Crossgame Easter Eggs | 2022-04-15 | The beauty of a horror anthology is that each story stands on its own merit: a uniquely dark tale, with its own terrifying threats and hapless victims. Read more |
| Happy Holidays 🎅 | 2021-12-24 | Are you on the Curator’s Naughty or Nice list this year? Happy Holidays from The Dark Pictures! |
| Everyone can live, everyone can die 💀 | 2021-12-09 | Experience the critically acclaimed House of Ashes, the third entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology, available now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281590/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_House_of_Ashes/ |
| Patch 1.04 is live 📜 | 2021-11-10 | This update to House of Ashes implements stability fixes in all game modes, including Shared Story, and fixes a block caused by non-playable characters in "Enemy of My Enemy”. We are actively working on the following known issues: Endless loading screen in “The Horror”, Missing levels in Scene Selection, Game freezes in “Daylight”, An endless loading screen in “The Temple” when in multiplayer mode. An upcoming patch is in progress to fix these issues. |
| Are you prepared to meet a killer? | 2021-10-29 | A group of documentary filmmakers receive a mysterious invite to a replica of the ‘Murder Castle’ of H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer. They soon discover that they’re being watched, and there is much more at stake than their viewing figures… 💀 Step into the anthology’s most bloodcurdling story yet, where each of your choices once again determines who lives and who dies. Watch in horror as your unfortunate crew falls prey to a twisted host who is observing their every move. We hope you enjoy your stay... Peep through the keyhole of the ‘Murder Castle’ and watch the trailer here: While you’re waiting for The Devil in Me, get into the |
| House of Ashes is now available 💀 | 2021-10-22 | 𝕱𝖔𝖗 𝖌𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖔𝖗 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖎𝖑𝖑, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘. Today marks the release of the latest cinematic horror experience in The Dark Pictures series, House of Ashes. From today we challenge you to embark on this terrifying adventure alone or invite up to four friends to join you. Watch the new live action trailer, where the familiar figure of the Curator will welcome you back to the Anthology and share some new scenes from the game, giving you a new glimpse of the horror, darkness and death to come. You will be forced to endure horrific discoveries and make tough decisions between sacrifice and survival t |
| Join us for a launch livestream event 🎮 | 2021-10-21 | Join us tomorrow, Friday 22/10 at 7PM (CEST) for a launch livestream event with passionate fans, and get ready for a terrifying experience in The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 💀 Set in Iraq, 2003, in the shadows of the Zagros mountains, Special Forces are hunting for weapons of mass destruction when they are attacked. The resulting firefight causes an earth tremor where both sides fall into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. With all communication severed, our protagonists are trapped in a terrifying underworld they must navigate to escape - unaware that something ancient and evil has awakened in the shadows and has found a new |
| Day 1 Patch 📝 | 2021-10-21 | The Day 1 patch for House of Ashes will include: 💀 Online play fixes 💀 Overall quality improvements and fixes 💀 An additional piece of content you do not want to miss... The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes releases on October, 22nd. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281590/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_House_of_Ashes/ |
| Would you confront the monster – or run away? 🎬 | 2021-10-14 | Would you confront the monster – or run away? In the second part of this exclusive interview, Ashley Tisdale shares her own strategy to survive. House of Ashes will release on October 22, 2021 and is available for pre-order now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281590/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_House_of_Ashes/ |
| Ask Me Anything with Supermassive Games 🧭 | 2021-10-11 | On September 15th, fans of The Dark Pictures Anthology were able to ask Will Doyle (Game Director) and Dom Ireland (Production Director) questions about House of Ashes during a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). Here are the answers to some of the community’s most burning questions: 💬 There are non-playable characters such as Merwin, Joey and Clarice who are savable and their lives have an effect on the story, an idea unique to House of Ashes, but how come, say, Jason and Nick are playable as opposed to Merwin or Clarice? (RedSon5) We always want to have five playable characters. It’s a magic rule for us for the anthology! Our games are very much |
| Hell is empty, and all the devils are here... | 2021-10-07 | In the shadow of the Zagros mountains a US military unit comes under fire from Iraqi forces. The resulting firefight causes an earth tremor where both sides fall into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. With all communication severed, our protagonists are trapped and must navigate a way to escape - unaware that something ancient and evil has awakened in the shadows and is hungry for blood. Dive into this terrifying underworld where the fate of the characters is in your hands, their survival depends on the choices you make where every decision might trigger terrible and gruesome consequences. Take on these life-threatening dilemmas and guid |
| Ashley Tisdale discusses her experience as part of the cast of House of Ashes 🎬 | 2021-09-22 | Watch the first part of this exclusive interview with Ashley Tisdale, who plays Rachel King in House of Ashes. Ashley explains what her experience was like on set shooting a video game for the very first time. Get a glimpse of motion capture sessions with behind-the-scenes footage as well as her feeling towards the horror genre in general. House of Ashes will release on October 22, 2021 and is available for pre-order now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281590/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_House_of_Ashes/ |
| Watch the Dev Gameplay [Re-Broadcast] 🎮 | 2021-09-14 | Watch the exclusive playthrough of Will Doyle, Game Director, as he explores the branches available in the 1-hour preview of House of Ashes, revealing developer knowledge and secrets. Tune in today, September 14, at 7:30PM CEST 🕢 House of Ashes will release on October 22, 2021 and is available for pre-order now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281590/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_House_of_Ashes/ |
| Who is the real enemy in The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes? 💀 | 2021-08-26 | In the shadow of the Zagros mountains a US military unit comes under fire from Iraqi forces. The resulting firefight causes an earth tremor where both sides fall into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. With all communication severed, our protagonists are trapped and must navigate a way to escape - unaware that something ancient and evil has awakened in the shadows and is hungry for blood. In this terrifying underworld, ask yourself who your real enemy is. The monsters hiding in the shadows or the other people trapped with you? Will you set aside your rivalries to face a common enemy? Tough decisions will have to be made… and the consequen |