Yesterday,
Housemarque
teased
some
sort
of
Returnal
announcement
for
the
game’s
third
anniversary.
It
successfully
got
people
excited
for
a
sequel
or
maybe
an
expansion.

Well,
it
turns
out
the
announcement
was
for
a
graphic
novel
adaption
courtesy
of
Dark
Horse,
along
with
an
art
book
and
an
animated
adaption.

Returnal:
Fallen
Asteria
will
launch
in
paperback
on
October
22.
If
you
don’t
want
to
wait,
you
can
actually
get
it
right
now
for
free,
in
animated
form.
It’s
just
the
first
issue,
but
it
provides
a
decent
look
at
what
we
can
expect
from
the
full
graphic
novel.

“Selene
must
fight
for
her
life
against
horrific
hostiles
that
live
beyond
every
shadow
and
a
trail
of
distorted
memories.”
reads
the
official
blurb.
“Mystery
shrouds
the
world
of
Atropos,
and
Selene
begins
to
wonder:
will
she
find
the
answer
at
the
end
of
her
journey,
or
is
this
nightmare
inescapable?”

It
seems
like
the
book
may
add
some
new
lore
to
Returnal
as
well.
In
a
statement,
creative
director
Gregory
Louden
said:
“Returnal:
Fallen
Asteria
is
our
bold
extension
of Returnal with
a
new
story
following
Selene
on
Atropos
from
our
team
at
Housemarque
with
Dark
Horse
Comics.
This
is
a
brilliant
graphic
novel
you
don’t
want
to
miss
that
expands
on
our
dark,
deep
and
beautiful
thriller,
Returnal.”

The
224-page
Art
of
Returnal
will
also
be
available
on
October
22.

This
whole
thing
is
a
small
lesson
in
the
dangers
of
teasing
an
audience.
The
announcement
of
a
new
graphic
novel
and
an
art
book
is
really
cool
for
fans,
but
by
teasing
the
announcement
beforehand
and
timing
it
with
the
game’s
third
anniversary,
people
got
hyped
up
for
a
sequel
or
expansion
and
so
the
reception
has
been
rather
tepid.