The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe coming April 27 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. The Stanley Parable's expanded Ultra Deluxe edition finally arrives in April With loads of new secrets and surprises News by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on March 30, 2022 17 comments Several years later than planned, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe finally has a release date: April 27th. It's an "expanded re-imagining" of the surprising and funny and first-person explorer about an office worker who ends up on a surreal adventure probing strange depths and crashing through the fourth wall. Now, his adventure will be even bigger. The devs claim that "the script for the new content is longer than the script for the original game." Watch on YouTube Along with an updated look and nice accessibility features like colourblind options and content warnings, Ultra Deluxe whams in a whole load of newness. It had initially been expected to launch in 2019, but plans change and here we are. "Early in development, the plan was just to bring The Stanley Parable to consoles with a few small tweaks, but as time went on we kept getting more and more excited about what else we could do with the game. We learned what we wanted it to be as we were making it," the Stanfangang said in today's announcement. "Since The Stanley Parable was a game about surprises, we've tried to implement new content in ways that players won't be expecting." SPUD is being made by Crows Crows Crows with Stanley creator Davey Wreden. Crows Etc were behind games including Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist, VR joke 'em up Accounting, and, most famously, BirdBall. The studio were co-founded by William Pugh, who previously worked with Wreden to rebuild and expand the original Stanley Parable mod from Half-Life 2 into 2013's standalone commercial game. Now, they're back together and making it even bigger. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is coming to Steam on the 27th of April for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It'll also be on Switch, PlayStations, and Xboxes. In the meantime, hey, why not revisit Pip's chat with Wreden and Pugh about the impossible architecture of The Stanley Parable. And fittingly for a game with oh so many paths to discover, our The Stanley Parable review came in 13 different forms. Disclosure: William Pugh isss? wasss? a pal. We've not spoken in years but I still have a soft spot for him. Hi William, hope you're alright, I'm honestly doing pretty good, let's catch up on a park bench in a few years but right now I have to finish this post, okay, bye. 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