Hi all, Here we are, the last DLC for We Happy Few, We All Fall Down. We are really excited to bring you all this final chapter. Victoria Byng has been a part of the We Happy Few journey ever since she first appeared in the E3 gameplay trailer in 2016. This our farewell to Wellington Wells and to all of you. We sincerely hope you enjoy it. I'm afraid we've come to the end of our time.
Hi all, On Monday, November 11th at 11am ET, update 1.9 of We Happy Few will drop on all platforms along with a little something else! We Happy Few 1.9 Release Notes Patch Summary This patch addresses general gameplay issues, and a few bugs that were happening in some encounters. General Bugs/Stability • When crafting with weapons as reagents, they no longer appear as fractions. Partial items c…
Hi everyone, We are excited to announce that Lightbearer, our second DLC is now live on Xbox One, PS4, Steam and GOG! In this second piece of handcrafted Season Pass content, you play as Wellington Wells’ most beloved rock star, Nick Lightbearer, in a brand-new story! Heartthrob, artist, and personal trainwreck Nick Lightbearer is adored by legions of fans—until disaster strikes when a Nick-cen…
Hi everyone, We are happy to announce that update 1.8 is now live on Xbox One, PS4, Steam and GOG! We are aware of a specific issue that was specifically affecting PS4 users where there was a chance of the game crashing upon arriving in the Parade District, this issue has now been fixed with this update. Patch Summary This patch contains performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progres…
Hi everyone, We hope you enjoyed this little teaser trailer, stay tuned for the full trailer on July 30th when Lightbearer launches on Steam, GOG, Xbox One and PS4! In this groovy thriller and second piece of DLC for We Happy Few, you play as Nick Lightbearer, notorious Wellington Wells rockstar and Joy aficionado. But Joy, sex and rock n’roll comes with a killer price. Stay also alert for upda…
The first We Happy Few DLC, They Came from Below, is available now on all platforms! Join James and Roger in this hand-crafted story of mystery and robots! Explore a fresh perspective of Wellington Wells TODAY! You can get this DLC as a standalone here: Or as part of the Seaon Pass here:
They Came from Below, our first DLC for We Happy Few, will drop tomorrow at 9am ET on all platforms! This DLC is included in the Season Pass and the Deluxe Edition of We Happy Few and can also be purchased as a standalone. Stay tuned for the trailer tomorrow!
In case you missed it on the Gearbox panel at PAX East. They Came from Below, our first DLC and newest hand-crafted story for We Happy Few will be available on April 4th! More info:
Hi all, Patch 1.7 which contains our free game update, Arcade Mode is now live on Steam, UWP, PS4 and Xbox One. You can read the patch notes below! PS4: 1.7.80097 UWP: 1.7.80002 GOG: 1.7.79954 Windows: 1.7.79954 Xbox One: 1.7.79954 We Happy Few 1.7 Release Notes Patch Summary This patch contains Arcade Mode, including three separate new ways to play We Happy Few. It also includes infrastructure…
Hi everyone, We Happy Few 1.7, including the new Arcade Mode, will be coming to all platforms on Monday March 25th! In the distant past, during our Kickstarter campaign in 2015, we promised that we would build additional modes for We Happy Few - at the time, loosely titled Sandbox and Wellie Mode - and we have been working on what this would look like since launch. Today we are excited to final…
Patch Summary This patch contains a new save game system, performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay bugs, and localization fixes. General Bugs/Stability • Reworked save system and menu. You now have access to significantly more saves and save slots than before. • Performance improvements. • Crash fixes. • Fix for audio corruption issue that could…
Hi everyone, After a much needed holiday break, we are officially back in the studio and ready to start a brand new chapter! From all of us at the studio, we wish you a happy new year. Big things are coming this year, including the DLCs. We are happy to say that things are going well and that we’ll start sharing specific news very soon. Let’s say that we hope you enjoyed the wacky side of We Ha…
Hi everyone, It’s been a while since we last wrote a blog post - we’ve been hard at work on patching, DLC and figuring out what we’re doing next. But, the end of the year is here and 2018 being such a pivotal year for Compulsion Games, we couldn’t disappear into holiday break without a bit of a recap. As everybody knows by now, this year we were brought into the Microsoft family as a first part…
Our latest patch 1.5 is live, read the patch notes here! As usual, if you are still experiencing issues after this patch, let us know and we will look into it for the next patch. Patch Summary This patch contains performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay bugs, and localization fixes. General Bugs/Stability • Framerate improvements across all plat…
Hi everyone We Happy Few 1.4 is beginning to roll out across various platforms. Thank you for your patience, I know many of you have been waiting some time for this. Release Timing Timing is as followings: - Steam today (Windows: 1.4.71191) - PS4 Tuesday/Wednesday depending on rollout from Sony (PS4: 1.4.71201) - Xbox Tuesday/Wednesday depending on rollout from Microsoft (Xbox: 1.4.71195) - GOG…
Hi folks The 1.3 Hotfix is now live for all Steam users, solving a couple of progression blocking issues and several crash fixes. The download should be <20MB as it's a binary only patch. The full patch notes are listed here: We will continue working on optimization, performance and more rare progression blocking issues over the next couple of weeks. This will be a larger patch that fixes conte…
We Happy Few 1.3 - Hotfix Platform specific versions: Windows: 1.3.70168 PS4: 1.3.70168 Xbox: 1.3.70173 Patch Summary The first post-launch binary patch for We Happy Few addresses progression blockers, limited performance issues and crashes. A larger content update will be available soon, addressing performance optimization and other issues. This hotfix is available now on the “patchpreview” be…
Hi everyone, After 4 years, we are happy to announce that We Happy Few will finally launch on Friday! Worldwide, on Steam at 10am PT/1pm ET. See the launch trailer below EDIT: The game will now be released at 9am PT/12pm ET. We really hope you'll enjoy the full game. Know that support for the game will not stop here, we will keep on working on it for a quite a while. The final version of the ga…
Hi everyone, We’re thrilled to share the first details about We Happy Few‘s post-launch content! These will not be available at launch but we wanted to give you a little taste of what's coming after. Sandbox Mode This free update will add an infinite mode, set in a world that you can customize as you wish (larger, smaller, more dangerous, less food, more Wellies, etc). You will be able to custo…
Hey everyone! PC players may have noted that pre-orders are not currently available across all digital storefronts. To remedy that, we've worked with our partners at Steam and GOG.com to offer the pre-order bonus and discount for the entire weekend following the launch on August 10. The 15% discount and Jolly Brolly weapon will be available from launch until 11:59pm PT/2:59am ET on Sunday, Augu…
Hi everyone, We are less than a month away from launching the full game! We are really excited as this means we can finally start opening up a bit more about the characters, the world and the soundtrack. Starting with this newly released trailer! Always Be Cheerful: The ABCs of Happiness. Today we also revealed the wonderful actors behind our main characters. Alex Wyndham is Arthur Hastings. Ch…
Hi all, After considering our appeal to get We Happy Few reviewed for classification, the Australian Classification Review Board has decided to allow the release of We Happy Few in Australia! We went to a great deal of effort to get this decision overturned. We Happy Few will be rated R18+ in Australia. We are extremely pleased with the decision of the board and excited that our Australian fans…
Hey all, The appeal for We Happy Few classification is under way, and the Classification Review Board is opening submissions from the public. "If an individual or organisation wishes to apply for standing as an interested party to this review, please write to the Convenor of the Review Board. The names of interested parties will be disclosed in the Review Board’s final decision report, unless r…
Hi everyone As many of you may know by now, yesterday the Australian Classification Board chose not to classify We Happy Few, effectively banning We Happy Few from sale in Australia. We are looking into it, and have asked for more information on the decision. To our Australian fans, we share your frustration. We will work with the ACB on the classification. If the government maintains its stanc…
Hi everyone, Before we dive into this topic we have a small announcement: today marks the end of our retrospective journals, and regular Friday updates, as we move into the big picture marketing campaign for the release of We Happy Few! For 2.5 years we’ve been writing weekly journals, every Friday, to share the development process behind We Happy Few: what the team has been working on, why we…
Hi everyone, This week’s journal will be on the notorious topic of Survival mechanics! To understand the evolution of the survival mechanic, we’ll need to go back to the beginning, when we first started conceptualizing the game. At the beginning of the project, we had a few specific ideas of what we wanted for our game. The first one was that we wanted the game to take place in a procedural cit…
Hi everyone, This week we will discuss all the preparations that go on behind attending a convention! As you know, we are a medium sized studio that makes video games. While crafting games is our main passion, it would be wasted if we didn’t put ourselves out there to show the games and meet players. Here’s what that’s like: PAX East 2015 Early in 2015, we released the first concept art for We…
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