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Standard or Deluxe
Valor Mortis Deluxe Edition: what you get
Separate the 2027 story expansion and paid skins from the free New Game+ update planned for later this year.
Global launch schedule
Valor Mortis release time on PC, PS5 and Xbox
Use the 9 October release map and read the time zone as well as the date. Storefront availability may still change before launch.
A blade for precise timing
With a rapier in Valor Mortis, there's no block to fall back on
A precise stab can do the pistol's work, but the rapier's weapon defence depends on a well-timed parry.
Action RPG / PC and console
Valor Mortis has the right studio for a difficult first-person Soulslike
The Ghostrunner studio is taking first-person melee into a slower, more deliberate kind of action game.