Once captured, the human researchers conducted experiments on the Aetherial, and learned that these beings are made of a spiritual energy known as aether, and that they have the ability to fuse with the human mind possess the human body if the host is unable to withstand their attempts at control. Wishing to know more about them, the researchers open a portal with the intention of bringing one through, while as a failsafe they also devised a way to capture it. Years before the beginning of the game, during a time when the world was prospering and hadn’t been destroyed, human researchers came into contact with the extra-dimensional Aetherials. While the Aetherials wish to control humans and use their bodies as resources, while the Chthonians wish to wipe out the human race completely to prevent the Aetherials from being able to make use of them. Both sides of the war seek to destroy humanity in one form or the other. Grim Dawn takes place in the dark, war-torn, post-apocalyptic world of Cairn, which is caught in the middle of a ravaging war between two extra-dimensional species of beings, known as the Aetherials and Chthonians, while the scant remnants of humanity struggle to survive in the crossfires. However, there has been no update from them regarding this since then. Crate Entertainment later announced that an Xbox One version of the game was also in the works, and was scheduled for a launch in the second half of 2018.

By the time the campaign ended, they had collected far more in funding than their goal, with $537,515.Īn alpha version of Grim Dawn was released through Steam in 2013, before the game received its full launch on PC in 2016. They set a goal of $280,000, with the campaign reaching the halfway point within just four days. Following this, they started a Kickstarter campaign for the funding of Grim Dawn’s development in 2012. Finally, in 2010, it was announced that they would be using the engine to develop a new hack-n-slash RPG titled Grim Dawn, which would act as a spiritual successor to Titan Quest.Īfter initially accepting funding from fans through pre-orders and donations for the development of Grim Dawn, the developers revealed in interviews that the amount they had accrued had not been enough to completely fund the project’s development. In 2009, the studio announced that it had acquired licensing rights to use the same engine that had also been used for the development of Titan Quest.

DevelopmentĬrate Entertainment was founded in 2008 by former staff members of hack-n-slash action RPG Titan Quest developers Iron Lore Entertainment, which was closed down a few months earlier in that very year.

It was built as a spiritual successor to Titan Quest, which was developed by Iron Lore Entertainment, which, before its shuttering, used to be comprised largely of the staff that founded Crate Entertainment. Grim Dawn is a hack-n-slash action role playing game developed and published by Crate Entertainment.

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