Mortal Shell Physical Release Coming on October 2

On Thursday, developer Cold Symmetry announced that due to popular demand, Mortal Shell will get a physical release on October 2.

“We’ve heard your requests. in fact we’ve been stunned by the sheer amount of people who have asked for a physical edition of Mortal Shell,” the studio wrote on the official Mortal Shell blog. “So we’re delighted to reveal that a boxed version of Mortal Shell is now in production!”

We’ve been stunned by the number of requests for a physical release of Mortal Shell. Today we’re delighted to answer those requests.

👉 Mortal Shell physical edition is coming October 2, shortly after the digital release on August 18.

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— Mortal Shell (@MortalShellGame) August 13, 2020

This announcement comes one day after the studio had announced that they would be unable to open pre-orders for Mortal Shell on consoles.

To our amazing fans,

We wish it was possible to open Mortal Shell pre-orders on console, and certainly we have tried. Ultimately we are unable to do this and there will be no pre-order phase for console. For PC, you can pre-order now on EGS.

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— Mortal Shell (@MortalShellGame) August 12, 2020

The digital edition of Mortal Shell will release on August 18. It can be pre-ordered for PC, PS4, and Xbox in the Epic Games Store. A Steam release is coming in 2021.

The physical edition of Mortal Shell will release on October 2 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One in North America and Europe. It will come with an exclusive fold-out poster and softback artbook with never-before-scene concept images and character art. The physical edition will retail at $29.99 (€34.99 / £29.99).

Cold Symmetry notes that the PC edition of the physical version will not carry a disc. Instead, it will contain a key that can be redeemed on the Epic Games Store.