A month ago, Risk of Rain fans learned that Gearbox fully owns the IP and will take charge of development for future installments. Amid that news, Gearbox briefly mentioned that both it and developer Hopoo Games had some sort of passion project that would cater to Risk of Rain fans. This came as somewhat surprising since Hopoo’s community manager, Jonathan Cheetham, stated that the studio would not develop future games in the series. Well now, it appears we don’t have to speculate about what this passion project will entail anymore. It comes in the form of an enhanced remake of the first Risk of Rain, and it goes by the name Risk of Rain Returns.
Today’s announcement came with a slick new animated trailer for fans to gawk at. Additionally, Hopoo Games uploaded its 28th “Dev Thoughts” video, which goes over what fans can look forward to with this remake.
What is Risk of Rain Returns all about?
According to Cheetham, Risk of Rain Returns does much mor…