Finally, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire gets a PS4 and Xbox One release date Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Finally, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire gets a PS4 and Xbox One release date Hylea recommended. News by Robert Purchese Senior Staff Writer Updated on 4 Dec 2019 8 comments Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire finally has a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release date. It comes out in just over a month: 28th January 2020. We've been waiting for this for a while. The original PC game came out in spring 2018. Even the Nintendo Switch version has been released. But who can argue with a statue? What a clever question, Bertie! It's got two meanings, you see. There's both a big god-statue in the game, rampaging around, and a god-statue in the Collector's Edition box. The Collector's Edition statue is of Eothas stirring up the sea like a bubble bath, but ho - there's your boat caught up in it! These are exactly the events which begin the game. Want. It's a fetching statue but it costs a pretty penny - £120/€130/$130 - and there's nothing much else in the box, besides the game of course (with all DLC included). There's a spacepig keychain, I don't know why, and a sticker. I reviewed Pillars of Eternity 2 on PC and I'm very fond of it. I loved the watery Caribbean-like playground I got to sail around, meddling in factional affairs and, naturally, affecting the power-struggle outcome. I wasn't so fussed with where the story went, although it had some grand moments. It didn't feel like I had much effect on it. But changes have been made since I played - significant ones. New story has been added to exactly the areas I mentioned and a whole, turn-based mode has been patched in, considerably changing how the game plays. In other words, Pillars 2, a fine game, is now at its best. I just hope the load times aren't tedious. They were dreadfully annoying in console Pillars 1. In related news: Obsidian recently put the Pillars of Eternity series on hold while it figures out why sales of Pillars 2 were so much lower than Pillars 1. I also took a trip to Obsidian a month ago to see how much has changed since Microsoft took over. This is a talk I watched Sawyer give in Poland this year. In it, he gives a really frank postmortem of Pillars 2, where it succeeded, where it didn't. It gives a great insight into design. Entertaining, too. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store