Two Point Hospital is a revolutionary new treatment for Light-Headedness. In what 'experts' are describing as a 'light bulb moment for completely fictional medicine', Farnham/UK based studio Two Point Studios are drawing plaudits for their inception of the 'De-Lux Clinic', which is being rolled out across Two Point County to tackle the recent epidemic of this filamentally flummoxing affliction.
Two Point Hospital, inspired by and from the creators of Theme Hospital, is set to be a return to one of gaming's most loved sim genres. Two Point Hospital draws on the experience of some the gaming industry's most experienced and successful sim developers, who between them, in addition to Theme Hospital, have worked on titles like Black and White, Theme Park and Fable at studios including Bullfrog, Lionhead and Mucky Foot. Two Point Hospital will deliver a compelling experience packed with the humour, charm and replayability fans of the genre have come to expect.
Originally planned for release on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in late 2019, the release window for Two Point Hospital has been pushed to the first half of 2020.
“Our community have asked for Two Point Hospital on consoles for a while now and we want to make sure we deliver a game that can be enjoyed to the fullest on all platforms”, said Mark Webley, Game Director at Two Point Studios. “This means we will need a little bit more time to optimise the game to ensure the best possible experience across all platforms.”
Two Point Studios issued further clarifications:
As you no doubt know, we’ve been beavering away hard at work on Two Point Hospital with our pals at Red Kite Games, who have been doing a great job working with us on the transition of Two Point Hospital over to console.
We invited press to come into the studio and get hands on with the game not too long ago, and they loved the direction we were heading in, especially with the revamped control scheme, redesigned for console platforms.
We also showcased the game at Gamescom, with hands-on playable code on the show floor, which went down well with hundreds of players. It was exciting and rewarding to see so many people getting hands on with the game.
All of that reaction has been fantastic to see, and it’s just another reason why we really care about getting the final release right.
So why the delay? Put simply: making a management simulation game on three consoles (and making it the best it possibly can be on all three), is a tricky programming puzzle.
We have to take the game apart and figure out how to fit it into what is essentially a smaller box. That takes a fair amount of time and engineering work, and it turns out we need to take a little more to iron out the remaining creases.
So, we’re going to take a bit longer to get that right. We expect a new release date for Two Point Hospital Console to be in the first half of 2020 and we’ll be sure to keep you right up to date with our progress.
We know you’ll be a bit disappointed by this news, but hopefully you understand why we’re doing it: quality is the most important thing and we want you to have the very best experience.
Since its PC release, Two Point Hospital has seen a wide-range of new features added to the game thanks, in part, to a lot of great community feedback. Many of these features, such as Interior Designer, copy-paste room layouts and character customisation will all be included for the console launch later this year. Players will even be able to experience the recently added expansions 'Bigfoot', set in a snowy region and 'Pebberley Island', where you tackle new challenges in the tropics. Two Point Hospital will be fully rebuilt for console gaming, with controls that brilliantly work for playing on the go or with a controller in hand.
Key Features:
- Design Your Hospital: Build and customise your hospital - it is yours after all - with specialist diagnosis and treatment facilities, as well as the very latest in ornamental technology!
- Cure Your Patients: Feeling light-headed? Just wait until you see the other unusual illnesses afflicting the people of Two Point County. Care for, and profit from, the ill: that seems like it’s probably a win-win. They’ll need feeding, entertaining and curing if they’re going to recommend you to all their equally unwell friends! That cash isn’t going to make itself, now.
- Manage Your Staff: Hire your staff, juggle their demands and cater to their personalities. Train a crack team that can handle every sickly challenge that’s thrown at it, and fire anyone that can’t.
- Expand Your Organisation: Grow the sickness business across the beautiful Two Point County. Research illnesses and develop new inventions to compete with rival healthcare companies.
- Collaborate and Compete with Friends: Once you’ve conquered the world with your medical empire, contribute to Two Point County’s global medical community with collaborative research projects, or demonstrate your medical prowess in competitive multiplayer challenges.
Currently available on PC (Steam and SEGA Store), Two Point Hospital is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One later this year.
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