LONDON (Sept. 9, 2025) - A brand new terrifying story awaits within the Olympic Exclusion Zone, as developer Ironwood Studios and video game publisher and creative studio Kepler Interactive today reveal Whispers in the Woods, a premium downloadable expansion for the critically acclaimed driving survival adventure Pacific Drive, coming later this year on PC and PlayStation 5.
Watch the Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods Reveal Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRk1pFRgOc
Return to the Olympic Exclusion Zone
Witness the rise of a group of Anomaly-obsessed fanatics in this terrifying expansion to Pacific Drive. Whispers in the Woods is a brand new story for you and your trusty station wagon. Available at any point after the first few hours of the game, this expansion takes you deep within a strange and mysterious part of the Olympic Exclusion Zone’s forests.
Marked with strange symbols and effigies, these woods are filled with new dangers and mysteries to uncover. There you will find and experience the power of Artifacts, each adding bizarre and inexplicable effects to gameplay.
Seek Answers in the Dark
Within the expansion’s effigy-filled woods, players will discover brand-new junction types, anomalies and anomaly behaviors as they delve deeper into the Zone. Learn the ways of this mysterious group as you interact with their altars, use their Artifacts and adorn your trusty station wagon with new parts.
About Pacific Drive
Since its launch in February 2024, Pacific Drive has sold over one million units across both PlayStation 5 and PC globally. In the past 18 months, Ironwood Studios has supported Pacific Drive with regular large free content updates like April’s Endless Expeditions update, which featured endless trips into the Zone and a Suspend Run feature. With hours of additional gameplay and story content, Whispers in the Woods is close to one-third of the size of the base game and marks a major addition to Pacific Drive for both new and returning fans to discover.
Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods DLC will launch later this year for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. To find out more, visit: https://www.pacificdrivegame.com/
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About Ironwood Studios
Since its founding in 2019, Ironwood Studios has been hard at work on Pacific Drive and are extremely proud to be working with PlayStation to bring it to life. The team’s passion stems from a love of road trips and the relationship between the driver and the car, always dreaming about surreal worlds and the Pacific Northwest - two things that feature prominently in the game. Ironwood’s goal is to create games that inspire players to tell their own stories, with systems that work together to create unexpected and unique experiences.
About Kepler Interactive
Kepler Interactive is a video game company and creative studio headquartered in London. With games like Pacific Drive, Sifu, Rematch and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler curates its partnerships with developers worldwide to showcase some of the newest and most brilliant ideas in gaming that combine experimental game design with unique art direction.
Alongside its game portfolio, Kepler’s creative studio seeks to bring games to life in areas such as art, fashion, music, architecture and design through development of lifestyle products and collaborations with artists like fashion designer Robyn Lynch. Kepler explores the creative spaces that inspire games and the people who make them - challenging perspectives and elevating the medium to a new level.