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Press release:
Prague, March 7, 2023.
The Prague-based (Czech Republic) video games publisher Bohemia Interactive and Brno-based (Czech Republic) indie games developer CBE software, today announced with great thrill and joy that their first-person psychological horror game “Someday You’ll Return“, is now available as a Director’s Cut edition for PC via Steam and Playstation (PS5 and PS4) via PSN for 24, 99 USD.

Previous owners of the game will receive the enhanced version for free. Less than three years after its initial release, the critically acclaimed game “Someday You’ll Return” has received a significant improvement by CBE Software in the form of a Director’s Cut.

The extended version of the newly improved game is being published by Bohemia Interactive and offers hundreds of improvements and additions to both its content and gameplay.

Furthermore, PlayStation owners will be excited to learn that the game’s dark atmosphere and powerful story set in the depths of Moravian forests will be available to them for the very first time.

The original Someday You’ll Return (released in 2021) is a critically acclaimed psychological horror game developed by CBE Software. With Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut, the game has been significantly improved and expanded, and is now available on both PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as for PC.

Someday You’ll Return is a story-driven game about the search for Stela, a young daughter lost in the surreal forests of South Moravia. Players take on the role of Stela’s father Daniel who is forced to return to the forest which he’s vowed to stay away from. The game deals with the concepts of fear, lies, and fatherhood, as well as coming to terms with one’s past. There are numerous elements of fantasy and horror involved, where it’s not always clear what’s real and what isn’t, or who the actual monster truly is.
In Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut, players must use their wits, a map, and local tourist signs to explore a landscape that is both beautiful and treacherous. The world is full of old memories, abandoned camps, steep hills, gloomy swamps, and collapsed bunkers. It is within these magical forests, inspired by the South Moravian landscape, where stories, riddles, and hidden dangers await.

The game also offers extensive crafting, allowing you to edit, disassemble, and craft new artifacts out of items you collect along your travels in order to advance the story. Included as well are the ancient arts of herbalism and alchemy. This enables players to craft mystical potions that will help them solve difficult puzzles and eventually lead them to uncovering the truth about Stella.

“Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is a compendium of more than two years of intensive work on a title that Lukáš Medek and I are very proud of. Although the original intention was only to port the game to consoles, to complete proper support for game controllers and to localize the game into more languages, thanks to the cooperation with Bohemia Interactive, Director’s Cut now includes both a lot of new content and features, as well as adjustments to gameplay and overall better smoothness as you progress through the game.

In addition to new features, the game includes over a thousand fixes and improvements that make the game an incomparably better experience.

I firmly believe that players will appreciate the effort and plunge into exploring the secrets of the dark story of the search for their missing daughter,” – Says Jan Kavan from CBE Software, the main creator of the game.

Summary of Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut:

Available for PS4 and PS5 (with haptic control support)
Significant optimization for smoother gameplay
DLSS support
Better scene lighting in many locations
Full support for Xbox and PlayStation controllers
More dynamic gameplay (i.e. fewer “walking” scenes)
More intense and terrifying scenes
New puzzles
New hidden game ending (for New Game+ mode)
New interactive tutorial for alchemy and herbalism
Photo mode
Improved sound system and over 30 minutes of new music
Localized into 7 new languages
Extensive bug fixing

For more information about Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut, please visit: www.somedaygame.com.

About Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut
Someday You’ll Return is a single-player game about the search for lost daughter Stela in the surreal forests of South Moravia. You play the character of Stella’s father Daniel, who is forced to enter the very same forest he vowed to never return to. Someday You’ll Return explores the concepts of fear, lies, and fatherhood, as well as the refusal to accept one’s past. The story contains elements of both fantasy and horror. It’s not always clear what’s real or imaginary or who the real monsters truly are. Gameplay can last anywhere between 12-20 hours, depending on the amount of research a player is engaged in. Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut was created with Unreal Engine 4. All textures were drawn by hand.
For more information, visit www.somedaygame.com.

About CBE Software
CBE software is an independent Czech video game studio based in Brno which transformed from two-member company Cardboard Box Entertainment in 2011. CBE Software made its debut with the paranormal comedy Ghost in the Sheet (2007). Other titles include their series J.U.L.I.A. and the distinctive puzzle game Vampires! CBE Software explores the possibilities of video games beyond proven gaming paradigms. Its philosophy is that “it’s much better to fail at trying something new and original than to succeed by copying already successful games.” So far, the studio’s most famous game is the psychological horror Someday You’ll Return (2021), which is set in the forests of South Moravia.
For more information visit www.cbe-software.com.

About Bohemia Interactive
Bohemia Interactive was founded in 1999 and is the largest video game studio in the Czech Republic. Its portfolio includes the ARMA series of military simulations for PC, the groundbreaking online survival game DayZ for PC and consoles, the creative platform Ylands for PC and mobile, and the free-to-play looter-shooter Vigor for Xbox One, PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch. Bohemia Interactive prides itself on cooperating closely with its community, on maintaining long-lasting game creation and support, and on identifying innovative solutions when it comes to the development and release of new titles. Bohemia Interactive is a member of the Association of Czech Game Developers and participates in the development and improvement of conditions for game development throughout the Czech Republic
For more information visit www.bistudio.com.