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Rust devs surveil cheaters like they're 'playing an RTS game': 'Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged'

The worst part about getting matched up against a cheater in any game is knowing there's not much you can do. You can send in a report, you can wait for some automatic trigger to ban them, you can curse the gods in a faith tradition of your choice, but no one with any authority to call out foul play is sitting there and watching you. Except in Rust, where they might be...
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Rust player says goodbye to his server neighbours by constructing a giant, illuminated middle finger: 'Making one of these is often how I like to end a successful wipe'

It can be tough getting on with your neighbours. Sometimes you want to say things to them, like "Don't let your adult children play bassy music until 2AM", or "Don't leave your dog alone at home all day so he spends the whole. Time. Barking." But for the sake of a peaceful life, you don't. Instead, you sit there, quietly seething...
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Rust gets rusty boat building, so you can sail in search of ghost ships, floating cities and tropical islands

Rust, the survival game also the world's foremost simulator of rock-chucking battles between naked people, has gotten a naval update adding in the ability to cobble together your own watercraft and sail the high seas. Those seas have plenty to discover and point your cannons at too, especially the "high risk, high reward, and intentionally unforgiving" deep sea region.

We've been able to swim around just off the coast of Rust's murder island for years now, but I'm absolutely terrified of the sharks most players seem to shrug off, so I keep myself parked on land watching from a safe distance. After today's Naval Update, I'm thinking that may change as Rust adds buildable seafaring boats, among other things...
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The Rust Naval update is just the start of an exciting year, as Facepunch promises to keep "evolving" with a new roadmap

As the Rust Naval update finally sails into port, you'd be forgiven for assuming developer Facepunch Studios was ready for a break. More than 12 years on from its initial early access launch, the biggest survival game on Steam still hasn't run out of ideas, and we've been treated to regular drops and expansions nearly every month over the past few years. The huge Naval update, however, was so big that it forced a rare delay - yet a new Rust roadmap shows that 2026 could well be its most exciting stretch yet.

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