11 Bit Studios has introduced that the PS5 port of Frost punk 2 will launch on 18th September 2025, with each bodily and digital variations accessible. You may catch the console reveal trailer above.
Launched simply shy of a 12 months in the past on PC, the freezing metropolis builder is nicely regarded by critics and gamers, with a score of 85 on Metacritic.
Based mostly on its experiences porting the primary recreation to PS4, the developer improved its round navigation UI. 11 Bit Studios desires to show “complicated technique video games” can nonetheless really feel at dwelling on consoles, so it started by trying to convey throughout as lots of its authentic options as potential.
In keeping with manufacturing coordinator Igor Skibinski, this proved extra of a problem than anticipated attributable to how totally different the 2 Frostpunk video games are. These gameplay techniques have now been tailored and reworked in an try to “make interplay with the sport really feel seamless — so gamers by no means have to consider methods to play whereas they’re taking part in”.
The tip result’s a management scheme with “a number of enhancements”. The bumper buttons cycle between your districts of the identical sort, and a radial menu seems over assets presenting particular actions associated to their use.
In addition to the same old PS Retailer digital launch, 11 Bit Studios can also be working with Skybound Video games to supply two bodily editions. There’s the Icebreaker Version and the Whiteout Version.