2026-08-03 13:42 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Hands up! Who likes award-winning games? How about games made by The Chinese Room? What about award-winning games, created by The Chinese Room, at half price??? Then you're in luck, as our brand-new bundle, "The Chinese Room Award Winners", is just that! This discount runs until August 28th, so get it now before some random Scottish person who calls himself "the king" shouts at us for such an insane discount!
2025-12-04 17:12 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
We've been closing out 2025 by partnering with some of the best in the horror games business, to bring you some bone-chilling bundles featuring Still Wakes the Deep on Steam! First up, Secret Mode and Raw Fury have teamed up to bring you the Atmospheric Horror bundle, featuring Still Wakes the Deep and the brand new first person sci-fi horror, ROUTINE. Set in the 1980s, ROUTINE has you carefully navigating an abandoned lunar base with the vision of the future. Let’s just hope there’s no random oil dripping or corruptive gloop blocking your path… Get the bundle here! We also have three other sp
2025-10-14 13:10 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Yes, you read that right. Still Wakes the Deep now officially supports Steam Cloud Saves. Thank you so much for sticking with us on this topic (and giving us the occasional prod, we read them all!) Now go out there and get your daily dose of disgruntled Scottish workers shouting expletives at you.
2025-10-01 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
“These are characters who are opting into a difficult situation. They are choosing to go to the wreck of the Beira D.”Have you wondered how much research went into concepting Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest? Or how saturation diving differs from traditional diving, and what does it do to the body and mind? We sat down with Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest Principal Narrative Designer Sagar Beroshi to ask him these questions - and so much more - in an exclusive 50-minute interview, embedded below. Sit back, fill your Cadal mug with a cup of tea, and enjoy.
2025-07-21 14:17 UTC · Gamemag.ru · Вадим Съедин
Британская студия The Chinese Room объявила о разрыве отношений с компанией Sumo Group (она же Sumo Digital) и обретении независимости. Согласно анонсу, менеджмент команды совершил обратный выкуп акций.
2025-07-11 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
A few weeks back, four developers from The Chinese Room answered your questions over on Reddit. This blog is a compilation of the brilliant questions and deep answers provided. Be warned, it’s a long one! Please note that these answers will contain spoilers for both Still Wakes the Deep and Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest. The four developers who took part were: Principal Narrative Designer Sagar BeroshiPrincipal Game Designer Jade JacsonLead Sound Designer Francesco Del PiaLead Environment Artist Iain Gillespie Question from Gorvar1: "How do you feel about the community calling the organis
2025-07-09 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Dear wonderful players of Still Wakes the Deep and its story expansion, Siren’s Rest. We're overjoyed to finally drop this release and read everyone’s incredible impressions and theories. We gathered representatives from each department that worked on the game (be sure to check the full credits!) and have a few paragraphs from each, resulting in a friendly little letter to the fans. Do let us know more of your impressions in the comments, follow us on Steam and other social media, and we’ll see you around! Art Thank you to all the fans who have supported Still Wakes the Deep and who are excit
2025-07-07 10:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Hey everyone. Today, we are releasing a small patch that packs a punch - by thawing the frozen and demystifying the hidden. Thank you all so much for your patience as we have been working on this - your reports helped us identify patterns and locate the problem! Patch Notes: Fixed an issue that caused the fog to be incredibly potent in Still Wakes the Deep, especially on the deck. Now you can see your monsters friends clearly! Fixed an issue that caused freezes when the corruption effect played on both Still Wakes the Deep and Siren’s Rest, especially on AMD GPUs. This should have a positive k
2025-06-25 12:59 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Hey everyone! We’ve been thrilled to see your reaction to exploring the wreckage of the Beira D in Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest, the new paid story expansion. Today, we’re releasing a patch packed full of fixes and adjustments, much of which is driven by your feedback. Below is a full breakdown of what’s coming in the patch, available now on all platforms: PATCH NOTESFeatures:Added a Memento collection menu, so players can track which mementos they’ve discoveredAdded a Chapter Selector option, based on community feedback. Players can now head straight to the beginning of any chapter they
2025-06-25 02:55 UTC · Gamemag.ru · Вадим Съедин
В британской студии The Chinese Room стартовала реструктуризация, в рамках которой было уволено неназванное число сотрудников. Об этом сообщает индустриальный портал Game Developer.
2025-06-24 09:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Still Wakes The Deep and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 developers The Chinese Room have laid off a number of staff, seemingly as part of parent company Sumo Digital's wider strategic decision in February 2025 to move away from original game creation and "focus exclusively on development services for partners". Read more
2025-06-21 17:26 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Sublime horror game Still Wakes The Deep is taking us ever-further into the dark, terrifying depths with the launch of new DLC Siren's Rest. Its arrival is a welcome chance to talk about the original, which plays into developer The Chinese Room's strengths in immersive storytelling to deliver a sweary, Scottish tale of an engineer aboard the doomed Beira D oil rig. If you've never played it, you're in luck, as we have ten free Steam keys to give away. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Still Wakes the Deep Siren's Rest review - should've been a sequel Still Wakes the Deep is getting
2025-06-20 15:01 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Hey everyone! Thanks so much to the entire Still Wakes the Deep community for sharing your thoughts since diving into the Siren’s Rest paid story expansion. We’ve been doing some diving of our own, wading through player feedback and documenting points for our team to action. Our planned post-launch patch is being worked on right now and will be released once all tests are complete, very likely before the end of June. This patch will include a wide range of fixes and optimisations for both the expansion and base game. The patch will include fixes for audio and dialogue bugs such as overlapping
2025-06-19 11:45 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
It's Christmas in June, which could only mean I'm back on the Beira D. Siren's Rest is Still Wakes the Deep's first DLC, and it's also entirely unexpected. The Chinese Room's BAFTA-winning disaster horror set on the North Sea had a pretty definitive ending, so the news that more was on the way took me by surprise. Still Wakes the Deep was a standout of 2024, but it was difficult to see where a story expansion could take us after that final, explosive flourish. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Still Wakes the Deep is getting its first DLC, and it's just around the corner Still Wakes
2025-06-18 09:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Dive deep into the North Sea as Mhairi and explore the creaking wreckage of the Beira D, as the Still Wakes the Deep story continues with Siren’s Rest, the brand new paid story expansion, available now. Bust open doors, cut through rusted grates, and uncover lost mementos as you carefully manoeuvre through the cursed halls of Cadal’s collapsed centrepiece, to find closure for the fate of the crew that sank without a trace.Get a glimpse of what awaits you in this extended gameplay trailer:Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest is a paid story expansion costing £9.99/$12.99/€12.99 and requires an in
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