The game "Pacific Drive" is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass
LONDON (October 23, 2025) – Fans of Pacific Drive, the critically acclaimed driving-survival adventure game developed by Ironwood Studios and published by Kepler Interactive, can now explore a new area of the Olympic Forbidden Zone with Whispers in the Woods – a paid DLC expansion now available on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.At the "Galaxies Autumn Showcase" held today, Ironwood Studios and Kepler Interactive brought surprises to fans, announcing that the "Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods" DLC expansion pack will be released on all platforms. At the same time, the "Pacific Drive" game body will also be launched on the Xbox Series X|S console platform for the first time.Xbox Game Pass subscribers can also play the base game starting today.
As part of today’s surprise DLC release, players can look forward to experiencing an all-new story set in an eerie and mysterious area of the Olympic Forbidden Zone, discovering new pathway types, anomalies, and experiencing artifacts and their eerie and indescribable effects.
Along with today’s release of the new DLC, the base game Pacific Drive is also getting a new patch across all platforms, which includes several bug fixes and significant performance improvements.
New players to Pacific Drive can purchase the game starting today via various bundles on Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox consoles; the new Ritual Edition offers a complete package that includes the base game of Pacific Drive, the Whispers in the Woods expansion pack, and four previously released cosmetic packs that allow players to personalize their trusty wagon with Space, Friendly Bin, Frozen and Anomaly themes.
For those who wish to purchase the DLC and base game at the same time, the Whispers Edition includes the base game of Pacific Drive and the Whispers in the Woods expansion pack released today.
Pacific Drive and the new Whispers in the Woods DLC expansion are now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store).The original game "Pacific Drive" has also been added to Xbox Game Pass.
About Ironwood Studios
Ironwood Studios has been working on Pacific Drive since its inception in 2019 and is extremely proud to bring Forbidden Zone to life.The team's passion stems from a love of road trips and the relationship between driver and vehicle, with an ongoing fascination for the surreal world and the Pacific Northwest - both of which figure prominently in the game.Ironwood's goal is to create games that inspire players to tell their own stories and create unexpected and unique experiences through the synergy between systems.
About Kepler Interactive
Kepler Interactive is a London-based video game company and creative studio.With games like Pacific Drive, Sifu, Rematch and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler carefully selects its partnerships with developers around the world to showcase the latest and greatest ideas in gaming that combine experimental game design with unique art direction.In addition to its gaming portfolio, Kepler's creative studio is dedicated to bringing gaming into the realms of art, fashion, music, architecture and design through the development of lifestyle products and collaborations with artists such as fashion designer Robyn Lynch.Kepler explores the creative spaces that inspire games and the people who make them, challenging traditional perspectives and taking the medium to new heights.
