Lords of the Fallen 2 has finally found a development partner in New York-based Defiant Studios.

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CI Games has partnered with Defiant Studios - founded by the former head of Avalanche Studios New York office (the team behind Just Cause 3), David Grijns, to develop the sequel to 2014's Lords of the Fallen."We talked to a number of globally respected studios that had shown a strong interest in making the next LotF, and received several solid pitches. We finally decided to move forward with Defiant because we were impressed with their game concept, production expertise, and the pedigree of their developers,” said CI Games Chief Executive Officer, Marek Tymiński.“Defiant is made up of some the industry’s most talented creators, and we are thrilled to have them create the sequel to LotF. We look forward to bringing their next big game to the global market on consoles and PC.”"We have been talking with CI Games for several months now, and went through a detailed process of getting to know one another's expectations and motivations in regards to Lords of the Fallen 2," added Defiant's Grijns."We are happy that we can commit our studio to developing a great game in a well-established franchise. Our team has been excited about the chance to make the next LotF from the moment we started to work on our pitch for CI. We are particularly thrilled about the creative freedom that CI Games is willing to offer.”Lords of Fallen's combat earned it the title of Lite Souls in our review , with "its goal of creating a more accessible Dark Souls-style experience" going "a step or two too far."A Lords of the Fallen sequel was confirmed in December 2014 and shortly afterwards, CI Games confirmed the Deck 13 wouldn't be returning to work on the title Initially slated for a 2017 release, the title has been on hiatus for a couple of years. The series lost its executive producer, Tomasz Gop, after he departed CI Games due to conflicting views on the direction of the series

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