The twisted world of the Olympic Exclusion Zone is about to get even more terrifying. Developer Ironwood Studios and publisher Kepler Interactive have just announced “Whispers in the Woods,” a premium downloadable expansion for the hit driving survival adventure, “Pacific Drive.”
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.
In the survival game “Pacific Drive,” you find yourself trapped in the mysterious and dangerous Olympic Exclusion Zone, a distorted version of the Pacific Northwest. Your only hope for survival is a dilapidated station wagon that becomes your lifeline.
The core of the game is a tense loop of driving, scavenging for resources, and upgrading your car at your home base—a central garage. Every trip into the Zone is filled with unpredictable environmental hazards and anomalies.
Since its launch in February 2024, “Pacific Drive” has sold over one million units across both PlayStation 5 and PC globally. Over the past 18 months, Ironwood Studios has supported Pacific Drive with regular, large-scale free content updates, including 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 significant addition to Pacific Drive for both new and returning fans to discover.
The “Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods” DLC will launch later this year for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
