We figured this would make the community be able to enjoy it more since they'd know the rewards that they’d unlock along the way weren't that far away in time. For this year, we felt it'd be nice to squeeze it together for 17 days instead of doing two months. Listo: For last year's event, we had an event that lasted from August to October before the actual Crimefest event hit, so last year's "Road to Crimefest" was much longer, even if we didn't call it like that back then. What went into the decision to offer a 17-day prelude event prior to the 10-day Crimefest event. Shacknews: This year, you wanted a prelude to the big Crimefest event. We know what we want to do for the foreseeable future, but we revise our plan more times than you might like to think! What happens in the narrative of the trailer or the website doesn't necessarily have a greater plot than what you see - where we take it in the long run is all up to the community and how they react to the stuff we do. What can you tell us about the adventure narrative behind this year's event?Īlmir Listo, Starbreeze Global Brand Director: For this year's Road to Crimefest, we wanted to tease the community with a mystical website filled with homages to other games, films, and so on. Shacknews: It looks like there's more of a story to this year's Crimefest, involving Bain and the ancient treasure of Cagliostro.