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09.12.2023 - 19:13 / pcgamer.com / Jaeho Hwang
One of the smaller pleasant surprises at this year's Game Awards was the announcement of a free, Dredge-themed crossover DLC for Dave the Diver. The two fishing games will collide when the update launches on December 15.
Things actually seem pretty friendly between the duelling fishing games of 2023—in a Mintrocked dev update, Dave the Diver director Jaeho Hwang and designer Nolan King cited a huge fan demand as the reason for the update, and explained that each team loved the other's game.
The brief trailer shows a spooky red mist descending on the Blue Hole, as well as brief shots of Dave's fishing boat exploring the lagoon in full 3D. Hwang and King describe this as a new minigame coming with the update, a fun nod to Dredge's signature gameplay. The now-haunted Blue Hole has been infested with «aberrant» fish from Dredge, and these nasty boys serve as extra-challenging enemies with their unique sushi in demand among a special new clientele.
The DLC will see grim hooded horrors showing up to Bancho Sushi alongside your usual customers, with the gaggle of ghouls only eating aberrant sushi while normal customers refuse to touch the stuff, adding another layer to the restaurant management side of things. You can still sell leftover aberrant fishies to the Traveling Merchant, a character from Dredge who's come along for the crossover.
It's an extremely fun addition that combines two of our surprise favorites of this year—I'm especially tickled by the Dredge send-up 3D exploration mode that's going to be added to Dave the Diver. We've got less than a week to go until Dave the Diver gets this free addition, and this just might tempt me to hop back into the Blue Hole after a long Baldur's Gate 3-related absence.
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Feel-good fishing and restaurant management RPG Dave the Diver is getting an eldritch crossover with the creepy nautical exploration game Dredge.
Dredge, the sinister fishing game from Black Salt Games and publisher Team 17, has teamed up with Mintrocket's Dave the Diver for a new crossover.
The add-on includes a new night map and Aberrant fish.
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Two of the best games released this year, Dave the Diver and Dredge, involve fishing. It only makes sense then that they should collaborate. The cosmic horror of the latter manifests in the former, with aberrations, new characters and even some cult-like customers in the sushi bar. Check out the trailer below.
Watch out, Dave! The grotesque fish of Dredge’s spooky world are invading the depths of Dave the Diver, developers MintRocket and Black Salt Games announced during The Game Awards 2023. Dave the Diver is getting a free update to bring Dredge into Dave’s world. The update will be released on Dec. 15.
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