Babylon's Fall's Season 2 update is being extended to "re-evaluate" the game's future Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Babylon's Fall's Season 2 update is being extended to "re-evaluate" the game's future Graphical improvements are on the way, too News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on May 23, 2022 28 comments Square Enix and PlatinumGames have announced they're extended season two of Babylon's Fall from three months to six in order to "re-evaluate the game's future operating roadmap". The game's second season is still due to launch next week on May 31st, but will now run through November 29th instead of the originally planned date of August 22nd, the devs said in a statement on the game's Hanging Garden website. They also promised more info on season two in a livestream "coming soon". Watch on YouTube Check out the best new PC games releasing in May. Season two of Babylon's Fall will introduce a new part of the campaign called 'The Light Of Aaru', as well as a new faction and a new pistol weapon type. It will also see the arrival of a paid battle pass - a game whose base version is still priced at £60/$60, and whose concurrent player count on PC has peaked at just 78 so far in the month of May. Counts have been steadily falling, too. Season two's extension is credited to player feedback after the game's damp squib of a launch. PlatinumGames and Square Enix realised fairly early on that there were significant issues, launching a survey that concentrated on garnering players' opinions on the graphics. A week later, PlatinumGames announced that continued service for Babylon's Fall was not in danger and that they were already working on season three, with content for season two almost complete. Babylon's Fall's game directors Kenji Saito and Takahisa Sugiyama touched on issues with the game's graphics in an interview posted on Square Enix's site last week. They say improvements are coming in the season two update. Sugiyama said that the development team had not been able to do enough testing on the graphics before the game launched, and they had not been aware of the "visibility aspect and how that could create stress for players repeatedly playing an action game over a long period". When it launched in March, Ed called the game "a live disservice" in his Babylon's Fall review. Some players are still digging it though, particularly Babylon's Fall enthusiast Dashiell Wood. I spoke to Dash earlier this month after he'd stood up to claim the title of Babylon's Fall's only concurrent player. "I suppose the appeal is in its unpopularity," he told me. "Despite being an MMO, no one is really talking about it and I don't imagine many people have even played it." If you want to try Babylon's Fall for yourself then there's a demo on Steam. You can also see the full list of what's coming in season two on the Babylon's Fall site. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here