Just under two weeks from its release date, devil's bargain deckbuilder The Killing Stone announces it will be launching into early access instead

"Inscryption-inspired card battler The Killing Stone gets a rad new trailer showing off voice talent from Critical Role and Baldur's Gate 3, and it's out next month," we said in January. All of that remains true, except that when it releases on February 18 The Killing Stone will now be releasing into early access rather than celebrating a full 1.0 launch.

In an announcement on Steam, writer/director Jordan Thomas, who you may know from Bioshock, The Blackout Club, or that one outstanding level from Thief...