Supermassive Games has rolled out The Dark Pictures Anthology Man of Medan update 1.18, which is an unannounced title update. Given that this is a single-player focused game, and it’s been quite some time since it got an update, don’t expect anything major from it. Read on for the Man of Medan September 27 patch notes.
Man of Medan Update 1.18 Patch Notes | Man of Medan September 27 Patch Notes:
Update 2: Bandai Namco has sent out the press release announcing the free upgrade as well.
Man of Medan started off the entire Dark Pictures Anthology series and Little Hope followed closely afterwards. These games marked the start of the Anthology series featuring horrific tales from the Curator’s own collection of stories. Today all owners of one or both of these titles can download a free update that will improve several aspects of the game giving an even greater immersive experience.
The free PlayStation 4, Xbox One & PC update for Man of Medan and Little Hope includes:
- New difficulty settings & QTE warnings,
- Improved UI & interactions,
- Updated bearing art & event triggers,
- Increased walking speeds,
- More accessibility options, including subtitle sizing,
- Additional Bonus for Man of Medan: discover a previously unseen chapter called “Flooded”, introducing new gameplay and new deaths to the climatic ending of the game.
All these improvements will also be available for new-gen players as Man of Medan and Little Hope are now added to the digital stores of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Update: Thanks to reliable PlayStation Network data scraper PlayStation Game Size who has mentioned that this patch is for a free upgrade to the native PS5 version of the game.
🚨 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan Version 2 Released.
⬛ Update For PS4 + Native PS5 Version (Free Upgrade)
🟦 PS5 Size : 27.902 GB pic.twitter.com/pI5D52Csnj
— PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) September 28, 2022
Here’s what’s new per the game’s official PSN Store page:
Experience the upgraded version of Man of Medan, now available on PS5™ and updated on PS4™.
New to this upgrade: difficulty settings & QTE warnings, improved UI & interactions, updated bearing’s art & event triggers, increased walk speeds and wider accessibility options including subtitle sizing.Discover an extended playable chapter “Flooded”, introducing new deaths in this climatic ending to the game!
Unfortunately, Supermassive Games has not mentioned anything about the patch. However, we do know that PS5 Trophies for the game has shown up online, and this could very well be tied to it.
Over on Reddit, a user has reported that installing the patch has messed up his Man of Medan game save files, so proceed with caution if you’re installing it.
Released in 2019. you can go read our Man of Medan review right here, where we state, “Man of Medan is a bold new idea as far as anthology ideas go. Perhaps the experience is a bit too similar to Until Dawn for some, yet those that were looking for that series to continue now have something a new series to look forward to that packs just as an exciting experience.”
We’re on the look out for any official patch notes released by the developers, and will update the post if we spot anything. Likewise, if you notice any gameplay-facing changes, leave a comment below and let us know.
Update: Official press release from Bandai Namco has been sent, and we’ve update the article accordingly.
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