Surviving Mars News

Surviving Mars is back with free tourism update

After two years, development has resumed on Surviving Mars, with a different studio at the helm, and two updates are being released to celebrate. One covers tourism for the red planet, and the other brings eight new buildings.

Announced by Paradox Interactive during the most recent PAradox Insider, Abstraction is now the developer working on the strategy game. Not resting on their laurels, players will have access to a free tourism update, and the in-dome buildings pack, on March 15, to commemorate this reveal. The tourism update changes how tourist ratings from affect your score, introduces safaris, and lets you build hotels and amusement parks to keep your holidayers happy.

A good "Holiday Experience" rating can get you rewards and funds, for which you can increase your chances by making a Low-G Amusement Park, and completing the Smart Homes research to unlock hotels. Snazzy. You can mark out a lovely tour of the cosmic scenery by doing the Rover Printing research, and building your own radio-controller safari. The course is then marked out by waypoints, and away everyone goes. If the research is taking too long, you will have the option of renting a rover from earth - all depends on your patience, really.

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Surviving Mars has a new developer, new expansion coming this year

Life has been detected on the red planet; Surviving Mars is back, and it's in the caring hands of a different team. Publisher Paradox has revealed that Abstraction Games is now handling development of the space game, and there'll be a new expansion this year.

Revealed during the latest Paradox Insider, Surviving Mars is making its return after a two year break, with a new studio, and some plans for 2021. Development of the strategy game has shifted from Haemimont Games to Abstraction Games, a Dutch studio that's also contributed to Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Ark: Survival Evolved, and the Hotline Miami games. Paradox reports that five million players have bought Surviving Mars, and this is a new start for that community.

"The tourism update is just the beginning. The game is in good hands with Abstraction, they're a team of veteran developers with years of experience making AAA titles, and are passionate about Surviving Mars," Magnus Lysell, product manager for Surviving Mars at Paradox Interactive, says in the press release. "We're humbled by the overwhelming support for Surviving Mars. five million players is huge and we can't wait to share what's next with all of you soon!"

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Build 1002354

fixes some crashes and other things that affect PDX and internally

Stability fixes

This update should fix stability issues that have been reported

NASA used the Surviving Mars soundtrack for the Perseverance landing stream

The world watched in eager anticipation February 18 as the Perseverance rover made its descent to the surface of Mars after a nearly seven month voyage through space. The engineers working in NASA's mission control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory leapt from their chairs to cheer as confirmation came through that Perseverance had successfully landed in Mars' Jezero Crater.

If you're a Surviving Mars player, then you probably heard some familiar sounds during the stream. During one pre-produced segment aired during NASA's livestream of Perseverance's touchdown, a song from the Surviving Mars soundtrack played in the background as Al Chen, the Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing lead explained the mission and its complexity.

"Well this soundtrack sure sounds familiar," Surviving Games tweeted the next day, along with a clip. "Honored to have the Surviving Mars theme in such a monumental stream!" Paradox Interactive, which publishes the strategy game, chimed in: "We finally made it! To space!" Both accounts added little rocket ship emoji to punctuate their celebratory tweets.

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