Deck13 · Focus Entertainment
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Greetings, Warriors, We just rolled out a patch that fixes several recurring issues. Please find the patch notes below. Patch notes Fixed an issue where Eli could suddenly die during the fight at the University without even being touched. Fixed an issue where Nano Echo in the bos
Greetings, Warriors,
We just rolled out a patch that fixes several recurring issues. Please find the patch notes below.
The Surge 2 Premium Edition, including the base game and all DLCs, is now available ! Play the hardcore Action-RPG featuring brutal exoskeleton combat on a dying earth on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC now! Today we are happy to have BowsToHymns - Helge Borgarts and Thomas Stang
The Surge 2 Premium Edition, including the base game and all DLCs, is now available! Play the hardcore Action-RPG featuring brutal exoskeleton combat on a dying earth on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC now!
Today we are happy to have BowsToHymns - Helge Borgarts and Thomas Stanger, the composers behind The Surge 2 Original Soundtrack, tell us some interesting anecdotes and their main inspiration on this project.
As with every game the main inspiration comes from the project itself. The Surge 2 has a very distinct and unique setting that instantly triggered our creativity. The team from Deck13 provided us with a lot of materials, from concept art to videos and design documents, so it was easy for us to dive into this world and to see how we could contribute to the artistic vision.
We were lucky that the developers at Deck13 had a very clear idea of what they wanted different scenes to feel like. So, we sketched music for different scenarios with the intention to add an additional layer of content to what is happening in the visuals and in the gameplay. After implementation, in-game testing, and revisions we always found the right mood for the scenes.
Harbor Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHe1EV-EEM
Although the scenario of the game allowed a variety of musical styles, we chose a hybrid approach combining classical orchestral instruments, heavily blended with modern synths and sound design. This reflects the ambiguousness of the game scenario, where Jericho City is set in a science fiction world, but the player also finds familiar visuals and hints from a lost world. We wanted this feeling to be reflected in the music.
There are several outstanding battle scenes with incredible monsters and we wanted to give the connecting scenes not only a unique kind of signature, but also an additional emotional level. For example, in one of the very last scenes, when the big nano monster dies in a furious inferno before you enter the dreamspace for the final battle, we wanted to write some music that enhances the emotional level of the fantastic graphics of the destroyed buildings and the monster, so we chose not to write a typical epic and loud piece, but instead a very emotional track that added a very intense level to the game. In the end it worked very well and everyone was really happy with the result.
Of course there are way too many excellent soundtracks, so we can just mention a few. Every score from Olivier Derivière is fantastic, because his music is always perfectly connected to the game experience. We absolutely try to go the same way with our work. The Bioshock music from Garry Schyman is amazing for different reasons. It perfectly shapes the world of the game and is also extremely artistic from a composer’s point of view. What Michael McCann did for Deus Ex is outstanding, because it captures so sensitively certain feelings that immerse you in the game, as well as Austin Wintory’s music for Journey. We could go on forever and are sorry for every great fellow composer we cannot mention here.
As not all music is used as full tracks in the game, but to fit the specific needs in different gameplay situations, we had to make full tracks from the existing music. That took some time, but after some rework and an excellent mastering at the fantastic Scoring Berlin Studios, we are very happy with the final soundtrack.
We combined classical orchestral instruments with different analog and digital synth sounds. As we love to work with physical gear as much as with plugins, we used almost every tool that is available on the market to manipulate, create, and record sounds. Our intention is always to make a difference and I think the sound of the score reflects that.
We feel that every track supports the respective scenario within the game really well, so the variety within the score makes it difficult to pick one track. But we are very happy with “The Escape” featuring the amazing singer Alina Lesnik. The track is used during a very important part of the game and contributes very well to this exciting situation and Alina adds a sensitivity to the music that can only be accomplished by such an amazing voice. Also, the track “Black Market” falls completely out of line with the rest of the album and marks the wide variety of what we think is necessary for a great game like this.
Black Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBtFPTZfB0Y
Oh, we could tell anecdotes for hours. As we are working in two studios some hours away from each other, we skype and telephone every day to talk about the tracks, to exchange ideas or just to organize the projects. So sometimes, and this usually happens when deadlines are close, we just want to have a brief chat about a specific track, an instrumentation or a short theme and then we start to develop ideas, play each other’s parts. When midnight gets closer, we get ourselves a glass of wine and continue playing and talking and before you know it, the initial topic is completely forgotten and the day ends at 2am in the morning with a lot of new material but not what we initially intended. What an exciting life!
Thank you Helge Borgarts and Thomas Stanger (BowsToHymns) for telling us some behind-the-scene stories on this project. The Surge 2 Original Soundtrack is now available: http://hyperurl.co/sosf80.
http://hyperurl.co/sosf80
Greetings, The Surge 2 Premium Edition, including the base game and all DLCs, is available today! Watch the launch trailer for the Premium Edition to get a glimpse of the retro-themed suburban environments and deadly new enemies you’ll soon be engaging in brutal combat, as well a
Greetings,
The Surge 2 Premium Edition, including the base game and all DLCs, is available today!
Watch the launch trailer for the Premium Edition to get a glimpse of the retro-themed suburban environments and deadly new enemies you’ll soon be engaging in brutal combat, as well as all the excellent content available in previous DLCs. The Premium Edition collects the base game and all DLCs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmUoyS--5I
The Kraken expansion adds hours of narrative-driven content with a brand-new storyline and location, as well as a wealth of new weapons, implants and armor to discover and craft. On the outskirts of Jericho City, enter the VBS Krakow, a massive decommissioned aircraft carrier retrofitted as a retreat for the rich and famous. Battle robot pirates, deranged security systems, and an imposing new boss, each with their own unique combat mechanics. Fight hard, and uncover the truth behind the desolate military vessel!
In the Premium Edition of The Surge 2, get every DLC, including the Kraken expansion, alongside the base game in one package. This includes the two free weapon and gear packs, Future Shock and JCPD, as well as the URBN Gear Pack, the Public Enemy Weapon Pack, and the latest Jericho’s Legacy Gear Pack. Alongside the Kraken DLC this is hours of new content to hack, slash, and dismember your way through.
The Kraken Expansion and the Premium Edition are available for all today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Hello everyone, The Kraken expansion is now live on Steam for Season Pass Owners! Fight your way through a retro-themed suburban environment battling pirates and security systems aboard the desolate military vessel, VBS Krakow! /!\ Spoiler alert /!\ You can find how to access The
Hello everyone,
The Kraken expansion is now live on Steam for Season Pass Owners!
Fight your way through a retro-themed suburban environment battling pirates and security systems aboard the desolate military vessel, VBS Krakow!
You can find how to access The Kraken content here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkQL0UsJ-kE
The Premium Edition, including the base game and all DLCs, release January 16 on Steam.
Enjoy your fight!
Hello, Happy New Year! We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Kraken expansion will come to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on January 16 . Check out the newly unveiled teaser trailer, for a glimpse of the retro-themed suburban environments you’ll soon be exploring. The Kraken expansion
Hello,
Happy New Year! We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Kraken expansion will come to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on January 16. Check out the newly unveiled teaser trailer, for a glimpse of the retro-themed suburban environments you’ll soon be exploring.
https://youtu.be/McDhW39Dfek
The Kraken expansion adds hours of narrative-driven content with a brand-new storyline and location, as well as a wealth of new weapons, implants and armor to discover and craft. On the outskirts of Jericho City, enter the VBS Krakow, a massive decommissioned aircraft carrier retrofitted as a retreat for the rich and famous. Battle robot pirates, deranged security systems, and an imposing new boss, each with their own unique combat mechanics. Fight hard, and uncover the truth behind the desolate military vessel!
Get every DLC with the Premium Edition of The Surge 2, which not only includes the Kraken expansion, but also the URBN Gear Pack, the Public Enemy Weapon Pack, and the latest Jericho’s Legacy Gear Pack.
The Kraken Expansion and the Premium Edition will be available to download on January 16. In addition, all Surge 2 Season Pass owners will get an exclusive 48 hours early access, meaning they can play starting January 14.
The Surge 2 is out now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Hello, The Surge 2 continues to get bigger and better with the release of the Jericho’s Legacy Gear Pack today! This brings three brand new gear sets to the game, and is available both standalone and as part of the Season Pass. With the pack out today, new screenshots take you to
Hello,
The Surge 2 continues to get bigger and better with the release of the Jericho’s Legacy Gear Pack today! This brings three brand new gear sets to the game, and is available both standalone and as part of the Season Pass. With the pack out today, new screenshots take you to the heart of the action.
This is the second major release as part of The Surge 2 Season Pass, with a massive story DLC yet to come. Jericho’s Legacy includes the BEAST Tank Buster for pushing back enemies, the Kyoko Hacker Suit, giving extra range to horizontal attacks, and the Jericho Firetails Mascot, which encourages a block-and-attack playstyle.
Further down the line, a whole-new storyline, complete with new enemies and new bosses, all aboard an enigmatic repurposed aircraft carrier in the Kraken expansion are coming in January. Season Pass owners will get access to Kraken 48 hours early.
The Surge 2 is available now on PC. The Jericho’s Legacy Gear Pack is available today for free as part of the Season Pass or standalone. The Kraken expansion is coming in January. http://thesurge-game.com/shop
Greetings, The nominations for the Steam Awards are here, and The Surge 2 would be honored with your vote in the “Best Game You Suck At” category ! We feel that this fits the essence of The Surge 2 and its hard as nails combat. If you’ve ever clutched your controller in barely re
Greetings,
The nominations for the Steam Awards are here, and The Surge 2 would be honored with your vote in the “Best Game You Suck At” category! We feel that this fits the essence of The Surge 2 and its hard as nails combat. If you’ve ever clutched your controller in barely restrained rage and self-contempt, welcome to the club, and please vote for us!
The Surge 2 has been out for more than 2 months, and we’ve been hard at work adding more content to the game and expanding its collection of futuristic gear! The Kraken DLC planned for January 2020 will bring you to a brand new location with new enemies, bosses, and more! If you haven’t purchased The Surge 2 yet, it’s 40% off on Steam until December 3!
Thank you, and we hope to see you chopping limbs in Jericho soon!
Hello everyone, The Surge 2 continues to expand its collection of futuristic loot with the release of its second free DLC - the JCPD Gear Pack - containing a whole new set of armor and four new implants! Jericho City scientists have cooked up new toys for players to hunt down and
Hello everyone,
The Surge 2 continues to expand its collection of futuristic loot with the release of its second free DLC - the JCPD Gear Pack - containing a whole new set of armor and four new implants!
Jericho City scientists have cooked up new toys for players to hunt down and acquire, such as the JCPD Team Zola armor set, which is all about generating stamina to keep those combos going. Combine it with the Omni-Cell Battery Converter Implant which converts batteries into drone ammunition, and you can keep slaying without pause.
In addition, we also rolled out a patch that brings some new features and bug fixes, such as Nvidia Ansel support, an option to remove multiplayer tags, and so on. You can find the patch notes below.
If you are not familiar with Ansel, below is a brief instruction.
The free JCPD Gear Pack is available right now on PC for free. All future DLCs will be included in The Surge 2’s Season Pass, available for purchase on all platforms.
Season Pass owners will also get a 48-hour head start on January’s The Kraken expansion, where they will explore new areas with new deadly threats.
Hello everyone, We’re happy to release the first paid Public Enemy Weapon Pack DLC today! This DLC contains an array of 13 weapons across 8 different types, adding more diversity in the game’s acclaimed combat system once it comes to rip and tear equipment from foes using brutal
Hello everyone,
We’re happy to release the first paid Public Enemy Weapon Pack DLC today! This DLC contains an array of 13 weapons across 8 different types, adding more diversity in the game’s acclaimed combat system once it comes to rip and tear equipment from foes using brutal executions.
The Surge 2’s Season Pass owners will receive this new weapon pack as part of the Season Pass offer. The Public Enemy Weapon Pack DLC is out today on PC. Get a glimpse of the new weapons!
To acquire today’s new weapons, such as the Strongarm Twinblade sword or the Codename: Zarathustra punching gloves, players must delve into the most inhospitable places of Jericho City in search of the one-time “citizens” who wield them. All that remains is to take what’s yours from their bodies.
Looking ahead to December, new full sets of cutting-edge gears for your exo-rig are coming as part of the Season Pass. Due to arrive in January 2020 is “The Kraken” DLC, also included in the Pass, which features a narrative-driven adventure set in a brand-new location with new enemy types and bosses.
Purchase the Public Enemy Weapon Pack DLC now on PC at 4.99€/$, or the full Season pass for 19,99€/$ to get the exclusive BORAX-I Quantum weapon immediately and guarantee yourself hours of new limb-chopping content.
The Surge 2 is out now on PC.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135970/The_Surge_2__Public_Enemy_Weapon_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/644830/The_Surge_2/
Hello everyone, The Surge 2 releases its Season Pass today, chock-full of content coming in the next months to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC ! Players who purchase the Season Pass will experience new weapons, including the exclusive BORAX-I Quantum weapon depicted in today’s sc
Hello everyone,
The Surge 2 releases its Season Pass today, chock-full of content coming in the next months to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!
Players who purchase the Season Pass will experience new weapons, including the exclusive BORAX-I Quantum weapon depicted in today’s screenshots, new gear sets, and a brand-new storyline in a new district introducing fresh enemies and bosses. The release schedule and contents of the Season Pass are outlined in our post-launch roadmap below.
13 new weapons will arrive in The Surge 2 in November, followed by three complete sets of gear for your exo-rig in December. Finally, in January, players can explore a brand-new location - a mysterious aircraft-carrier - in the The Kraken DLC that will include hours of new content, and a sinister new threat.
The techno-crazed citizens of Jericho City are crafting fresh killing tools and exo-suit attachments all the time. To acquire these new sets, players must find these mad pioneers and tear the prize from their bodies.
Purchase the Season Pass right now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC at 19,99€/$ to get the exclusive BORAX-I Quantum weapon immediately and guarantee yourself hours of more visceral gameplay content.
The Surge 2 is out now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/644830/The_Surge_2/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162230/The_Surge_2__Season_Pass/
Hello everyone, We’re excited to bring more content to the game and expand the collection of high-tech killing utensils with our free Future Shock Weapon Pack . This pack adds four new vicious weapons today on PlayStation 4 and PC, and tomorrow on Xbox One. This free Weapon Pack
Hello everyone,
We’re excited to bring more content to the game and expand the collection of high-tech killing utensils with our free Future Shock Weapon Pack. This pack adds four new vicious weapons today on PlayStation 4 and PC, and tomorrow on Xbox One.
This free Weapon Pack includes the deadly Golden Twin Blades, the devastating “BFH” Heavy Duty Weapon, the brutal Mangled Articulators Punching Gloves, and the versatile Golden Harvest Double Duty Weapon. Find the enemies wielding them and execute them to claim the weapons for yourself!
And that is only the beginning. Stay tuned as next week will see the full reveal of The Surge 2’s Season Pass, with more weapons, more implants, more gear sets, and a brand-new storyline DLC with hours of content in a new environment to be released down the line.
We also released a patch for PC, featuring bug fixes and improvements. Read the patch notes below!
As usual, please give us any feedback with regards to the changes or the game. If you encounter other technical issues or in-game bugs, please make a thread on our official forums or Steam forums with as much detail as possible (i.e. DxDiag, game logs).
Thanks again for your support.
The Surge 2 Team
Hello everyone, The Surge 2, our brutal Action-RPG set in the chaotic city of Jericho, released last month to a wide critical acclaim on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC! In order to celebrate, we are happy to present today’s limb-lopping, visceral Accolades Trailer, recapping the
Hello everyone,
The Surge 2, our brutal Action-RPG set in the chaotic city of Jericho, released last month to a wide critical acclaim on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!
In order to celebrate, we are happy to present today’s limb-lopping, visceral Accolades Trailer, recapping the positive reception in typical Surge 2 style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48BsJSKuIDI
The Surge 2 drops you in the crumbled carcass of Jericho amid a DeFrag nanostorm take-over of the city, and throws crazed techno-cultists, nanomachine monstrosities, and more at you as you try to slash and dash your way out.
Create your own character and put your reactions and RPG character-building skills to the test. Deep character progression and customization let you decide how to equip yourself and handle enemies - with many additions over the original game and the return of its signature executions.
Each fight is a desperate risk-versus-reward decision where you must utilize all the tools in your arsenal to survive, from a customizable combat drone, to game-changing implants, to a new directional parrying system and many more.
Carving your way through the intricately interlocking pathways of Jericho has clearly struck a chord with press and players alike and the team is delighted for you to return, as one reviewer put it, “time and time and time and time and time and time again”.
The Surge 2 is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. http://thesurge-game.com/shop
Hello everyone, The Surge 2 was released last week on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and you have begun your treacherous journey through Jericho. To aid your mission, our Essential Tips Trailer has some simple and advanced tips on The Surge 2’s gameplay elements. Each fight in The Surge
Hello everyone,
The Surge 2 was released last week on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and you have begun your treacherous journey through Jericho.
To aid your mission, our Essential Tips Trailer has some simple and advanced tips on The Surge 2’s gameplay elements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSy6UbxzPfs
Each fight in The Surge 2 is a desperate risk-versus-reward decision. Will you target a weak spot to end the fight quickly? Or will you target an armored part to gain powerful materials and weapons? You must utilize all the tools in your arsenal to survive, including a customizable combat drone, game-changing implants, and a new directional parrying system, all of which are discussed in our latest video.
Discover the mysteries of Jericho City and the sources of the nanomachine plague alongside Athena, a mysterious young girl linked to your past, and escape the carnage of Jericho City.
The Surge 2 is now available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. For more information, visit http://thesurge-game.com/shop
Hello everyone! Our first update is live! Thanks to reports from all of you, we have been able to identify and resolve a number of technical issues. Also, we updated our beta branch liveops_beta (accessible through right clicking on Surge 2 in your library> Properties > Bet
Hello everyone!
Our first update is live! Thanks to reports from all of you, we have been able to identify and resolve a number of technical issues.
Also, we updated our beta branch liveops_beta (accessible through right clicking on Surge 2 in your library> Properties > Betas) with an even more updated build with further fixes.
We will continue to work hard to improve everyone's experience in The Surge 2!
If you are still experiencing stuttering, we are interested to know if it’s in specific areas or if it can happen anywhere.
If you are experiencing general performance issues (not only stuttering, but abnormally low framerate), we are interested in getting some more details (dxdiag and logs).
We are still working on a solution for the visual issues some of you are experiencing, as well as the other crashes.
As usual, if you encounter any other technical issues or bugs, please make a post on our official forums or Steam Technical Support, with as much detail as possible (dxdiag, game logs).
Thanks.
The Surge 2 Team
Hello, We’re very thankful for your feedback since release. We really appreciate it. As we mentioned yesterday, the team are hard at work addressing some recurring and urgent issues. Thanks to your feedback, we can today update our beta branch “liveops_beta“ that should fix the F
Hello,
We’re very thankful for your feedback since release. We really appreciate it. As we mentioned yesterday, the team are hard at work addressing some recurring and urgent issues.
Thanks to your feedback, we can today update our beta branch “liveops_beta“ that should fix the FLR crash and improve the stuttering issue.
Please find the patch notes below.
As usual, please give any feedback you may have with this hotfix. If you encounter other technical issues or in-game bugs, please make a post on our official forums or Steam Technical Support, with as much detail as possible (dxdiag, game logs).
Thanks.
The Surge 2 Team
Hello, Thank you so much for all your feedback since the release yesterday. We are really hard at work addressing some recurring and urgent technical issues. Today we invite you to try out the beta version of our next hotfix, including keybind and some potential performance fixes
Hello,
Thank you so much for all your feedback since the release yesterday. We are really hard at work addressing some recurring and urgent technical issues.
Today we invite you to try out the beta version of our next hotfix, including keybind and some potential performance fixes.
For now, we advise you to try the following settings when you play The Surge 2:
We hope this could fix your performance issues. Please give us your feedback on this.
Please keep us updated in the replies on the current performance state for you with this beta branch.
Use the Windows file checker to repair corrupted files: file checker tool
Before launching the beta branch, please make sure to back up your saves: D:\Steam\userdata\XXX\644830\remote
If you still have performance issues, please send an email to [email protected] with a brief introduction of the issue, alongside your DxDiag and log file. This will help us identify the issue and find a fix.
If you are still encountering the error message “0XC0000005”, please update your GPU drivers.
AMD owners: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
NVIDIA owners: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
If you encounter other technical issues, we advise you to read our technical FAQ. If the issue you’re experiencing still persists, please make a thread in technical support with as much detail as possible.
Thanks!
The Surge 2 Team
Hi everyone, The Surge 2 has released this morning and we've spent the day reading reviews, watching streams and videos, and compiling your feedback on forums and social networks. Thank you so much for playing the game and posting your feedback! As this sequel is strongly influen
Hi everyone,
The Surge 2 has released this morning and we've spent the day reading reviews, watching streams and videos, and compiling your feedback on forums and social networks.
Thank you so much for playing the game and posting your feedback! As this sequel is strongly influenced by community reports from The Surge 1, we're delighted to hear that many of you are loving The Surge 2!
We're aware that some of you encounter technical issues and a first patch is on its way to fix the most urgent problems. Please find below a quick overview of the fixes we're working on right now.
While we we work on improving the performances, we advise you to activate adaptative v-sync and nvidia triple buffering. It should improve your framerate.
Namely the crashes at launch with the messages "FLR" and "VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST".
We're going through logs from players as we speak to investigate the issue. If you encounter these specific errors, please do as follow:
The crash at launch "0XC0000005" is caused by the lack of drivers update. If you get this error, please update your GPU drivers.
We also strongly advise to check our technical FAQ if you're having any issue.
We hope to be able to share a first update in a Beta branch really soon to get your feedback about it.
Thanks for reading and talk to you soon,
The Surge 2 Team
Hi everyone, The Surge 2 is now available! We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all of you playing the game already and slicing their way through Jericho City. We're now reading feedback carefully and working on updates based on your reports. We’re sorry to read that some of y
Hi everyone,
The Surge 2 is now available!
We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all of you playing the game already and slicing their way through Jericho City. We're now reading feedback carefully and working on updates based on your reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xezCII893aY
We’re sorry to read that some of you are experiencing technical issues and crashes. We're already working hard on fixes and improvements. In the meantime, we've compiled a list of useful technical fixes and workarounds that you can find HERE.
Please let us know if you have any feedback about the game, wether technical or gameplay suggestion. This sequel is largely based on your feedback from the first game and we can't wait to read your thoughts about The Surge 2.
Best,
The Surge 2 Team
The Surge 2 is Now Available on Steam! In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.
The Surge 2 is Now Available on Steam!
In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.
