The Deliverance next-gen update is now official.

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Warhorse Studios has officially released the long-rumored next-gen update to the original. Kingdom Come: Salvation. The 1.9.7 update is big and finally Kingdom Come: Salvation Applies to both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. This is a free upgrade. This means that players who already own the game on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 can enjoy the new version on the latest generation consoles for free.

text Kingdom Come: Salvation It is the debut title from Czech studio Warhorse Studios and was released in 2018. It's an ambitious RPG set in the medieval kingdom of Bohemia, taking a historical approach at a time when similar role-playing games were rooted in fantasy. but Kingdom Come: Salvation received solid critical reviews, its hardcore mechanics weren't for everyone, and as Warhorse Studios' first game, it was still a little rough around the edges. 2025 sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2was a huge critical and commercial success, and was even nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025. The success of the sequel reignited interest in the original. Kingdom Come: Salvation yet again.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is officially released on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

From the exciting trailer and patch notes posted on the Deep Silver website: Kingdom Come: Salvation The long-rumored next-gen update has officially been shadowdropped, bringing the game to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The main improvement is the significantly improved visual effects. Ultra quality on PC is now the benchmark for current generation console versions, and asset quality has improved across the board. native resolution Upscaled to 3840×2160, but increased to 2560×1440. Kingdom Come: Salvation It now runs at 60FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series

Who is that character?

Check out the silhouette before time runs out.




Who is that character?

Check out the silhouette before time runs out.

Easy (7.5 seconds) Medium (5.0 seconds) Hard (2.5 seconds) Eternal Death (2.5 seconds)

There is good news for active athletes. Kingdom Come: Salvation You can also play it on previous generation consoles. Existing game owners can get the next-gen update completely free, and there's also the ability to transfer save games. This means players won't have to start playing from scratch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. There were a number of other small bug fixes and improvements, and Czech and Japanese voiceovers were added to the game. Patch 1.9.7 was also released for the PC version of the game, but for obvious reasons it did not include any console-specific changes.

Rumors have been going around about a next-gen update. Kingdom Come: Salvation For a while now, Warhorse Studios has been radio silent on the subject. The release isn't a huge surprise considering previous leaks, but it's still nice to see it come to fruition. With the success of the sequel, now might be the right time to experience the original. Kingdom Come: SalvationConveniently, it just arrived on Xbox Game Pass as well.

Last year, Warhorse Studios released what was claimed to be the final DLC. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. At the moment, it's unclear what the future holds for the developer, but recent successes give it runway to take on more ambitious projects in the future. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is one of the best RPGs of recent years, so no matter what Warhorse Studios does next, KCD Otherwise, it's sure to bring with it a new legion of fans hoping for something completely new.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Update 1.9.7 Patch Notes (Next-Gen Update)

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Enhanced Visuals

  • Improve visual quality with PC Ultra Quality as the default

  • It includes both improved quality of existing graphics features and the addition of new graphics features previously only available on PC.

  • Improve asset quality

  • The resolution of textures and models has been increased to match PC HD assets. You can turn it on or off in the game settings.

  • AMD FidelityFX™ Very High Resolution (FSR) v1.2

  • Upscale final image to 3840×2160

  • Increased the default resolution that the game renders at to 2560×1440.

Improved performance

  • Improved performance across the game, including some notable outliers.

  • Performance has been significantly improved in demanding scenarios such as in-game cutscenes, combat, and dialogue.

  • Performance has been significantly improved in challenging locations such as large cities with many NPCs and areas with dense foliage.

  • Dynamic resolution implementation for smoother frame rates in GPU-demanding areas

  • Upgraded rendering backend using the latest graphics API

  • CryEngine has been significantly revised with many improvements and optimizations tailored for PS5 and Xbox Series hardware.

  • Improved and optimized multithreading to better utilize all available cores

  • Asset streaming has been improved and optimized to reduce stuttering and pop-ins.

  • Reworked culling to reduce the amount of unnecessary draw calls.

  • These are just the highlights of the biggest changes we've made to reach 60FPS at Ultra's target quality.

platform features

  • Continue where you left off with inter-generational save game transfers.

  • Owners of Kingdom Come: Deliverance for PS4 and Xbox One can seamlessly transfer their previous save games (playlines) to PS5 and Xbox Series respectively.

  • Deep Silver account integration

  • Upon signing up for a Deep Silver account, players are granted the horse Caparison. Once the prologue is completed, the item will be added to the player's inventory.Activity Cards for PS5

localization

  • Czech voiceover has been added.

  • Japanese voiceover has been added.

  • Added and improved Turkish language (interface and subtitles)

  • Added Ukrainian language (interface and subtitles)

  • Added Portuguese (Brazil) language (interface and subtitles)

  • Improved localization of achievements/trophies

  • Revised and updated terminology

  • Fixed several additional localization issues in all languages.

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stability

  • Fixed an issue where sleeping on certain benches during a run would cause an infinite loading screen to appear! quest

  • Fixed infinite loading screen after Trebuchet movie during Siege quest.

  • Developer notes:
  • When doing the “From the Ashes” DLC quest line ahead of time, you will rarely encounter infinite loading during Siege quests that will permanently brick your save game. During the Trebuchet cinematic, the game waits for Sir Divish to complete the scheduled action for that DLC, but it is not completed because it is no longer a valid action.

  • Fixed a very rare deadlock in physics synchronization.

  • Fixed several crash issues during Baptism of Fire.

  • Fixed several crashes related to the vegetation system.

  • Fixed several crashes related to invalid models or regions.

  • Fixed several race condition crashes.

  • Fixed several crashes in the texture garbage collector.

  • Fixed several memory leaks throughout the game.

  • Fixed an issue where dogs could fail to find a valid path in the world and performance could degrade significantly.

gameplay

  • Fixed an issue where the “Casanova” and “Full House Sinner” achievements would not unlock under certain conditions.

  • Fixed an issue where control would be blocked when rolling dice with Stefan.

UI

  • Fixed several instances of overlapping text or icons in some languages.

  • Fixed several instances of placeholders/missing text and icons.

  • Fixed several instances of strings being truncated.

  • Fixed an issue where incorrect subtitles would appear in the final cinematic.

  • We fixed an issue where fonts could become garbled, missing or square symbols appearing when switching between Japanese and other languages.

  • We fixed an issue where the Settings menu would appear intermittently when switching between Japanese and other languages.

  • Fixed an issue where the compass marker would not appear after changing languages ​​in-game.

  • Fixed an issue where the map cursor would not resize based on in-game resolution.

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  • Fixed an issue where the “Quilted Vest” would make Henry’s arms transparent.


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released

February 13, 2018

ESRB

M Rated for adults 17+ due to blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, strong language, excessive sexual content, alcohol consumption

developer

Warhorse Studio


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