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Deep Rock Galactic's next update adds two new biomes full of horrible new beasts

There's a rich vein of new content on the way for Deep Rock Galactic, the co-op game about being a disturbingly expendable dwarf miner. Update 33 adds two new biomes, new missions to complete in them, and new enemies who will make your job harder than it already is. Let's dig in, shall we?

The new biomes are the Azure Weald and the Hollow Bough. In the Azure Weald, you'll be treated to a dazzling world full of bioluminescent neon, populated with the new Mactera Tri-Jaws and Mactera Brundles, which will attempt to eat your face (as well as your beard). The Hollow Bough is a more garden themed area, gloomy and full of twisted, thorny vines. Here you're meet Deeptora Bough Wasps, which do unpleasant wasp things like swarming. There are also the irritable Stabber Vines, and you'll just have to figure out how they got their name on your own.

Update 33 also brings with it some overhauls to several of Deep Rock Galactic's core mission types. In Elimination tasks, you'll be up against two new variants of the Dreadnought - there's the Dreadnought Hiveguard and the twin Dreadnoughts, Arbalest and Lacerator. Again, you'll work out how these guys got their names pretty quickly, we reckon.

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Update 33 Release Date

[h3]Greetings, Miners! [/h3]

You’ve all been twiddling your beards in anticipation of this, so here it is. Update 33 will release onto Steam on February 4th. Titled NEW FRONTIERS, Update 33 will grant access to two brand new biomes - the mysterious wonders of the AZURE WEALD, and the thorn-infested hell of HOLLOW BOUGH. Update 33 also includes all-new Mactera variations and several new strains of horrible Glyphid Dreadnought mutations.

Should the new biomes, the Dreadnought Hiveguard, and the monster twins: Dreadnought Arbalest and Lacerator, not satisfy your thirst, we also have the Mactera Trijaw and the Mactera Brundle standing by to harass your endeavors, together with tweaks and changes to current mission types, such as being able to retrieve Doretta's control unit in Escort missions plus downloading the location M.U.L.E legs, and building fuel lines in Salvage missions.

We will also be adding the horned helmet we promised during the Steam Award nominations, and rumor has it that a new paid cosmetic DLC will allow you to dress your dwarf in an exotic dreadnought carapace.

The Xbox/Win10 version of Update 33 will release a week later on February 11th.

[h3]Experimental Branch and Dev-streams[/h3]

If you absolutely can’t wait to get your pickaxe dirty, we will release Update 33 onto the Experimental branch on Steam on January 25th, and if you’d like to put your boots up and ingest a glyphid slammer with some good, solid dwarven entertainment, we will be live-streaming the two new biomes on our Twitch channel on January 21st and 22nd (1 PM UTC+1 both days). Update: The stream for Thursday will take place at 8 PM UTC+1.

Finally, we'll leave you with a handful of fresh screenshots and images from the upcoming update:

with love
- The Ghost Ship Crew

Biome change for Update 33

[h3]Hello Miners,[/h3]
We got an announcement to make. On the last road map, we stated that the two new biomes we would add to update 33 would be Azure Weald and Caustic Mire. When we made the decision for those two biomes we were actually experimenting with multiple different types of biomes and after a couple of weeks of prototyping, we fell in love with a different biome than Caustic Mire. Say hello to Hollow Bough!

[h3]Biome Description[/h3]
Hollow Bough is a biological oddity that has the Science Department scratching their heads - this entire region of the planet is dominated by colossal, organic conglomerations resembling the inside of hollow trees. However, these structures are under attack by an invasive species of voracious vine-like plants, as much a threat to us as the planet itself. We recommend traversing these environs with extreme caution. The deep, dark folds of wood and bark house much more than a first glance let on.

[previewyoutube][Hollow Bough Teaser][/previewyoutube]
[h3]The Reasoning Behind the Change[/h3]
So why this change? Well, in our prototype Caustic Mire felt a bit like a cheap mix of Crystalline Cavern and Magma Core. And Hollow Bough immediately stood out in our first prototype as very original and interesting. We felt it looked both better and was more distinct from the other biomes. Furthermore, we simply had more original ideas for Hollow Bough and we really wanted to explore the spline tech we used for building pipelines in On-Sight Refining to do creepy thorny vines.

Changes like this in our production planning is simply a consequence of two things. First, we try to share information with you guys as early as possible (and we can only share what we know at that point), and secondly, we are very agile and change plans on the spot if we think it is the right thing to do. This will most likely not be the last time this happens, but, as always, we will share any changes with you as soon as possible and when we are confident that the change is the right thing to do.

So what about Caustic Mire you may ask? The short answer is that we are not doing that now or in the foreseeable future. And when we decide to add more biomes at some point there is no guarantee that we are gonna create that biome.

We are passionate game developers and we always prioritize features that we think will be the coolest for the game at any given point, but we also make decisions based on what we think will be more fun to work on. Luckily these two things align most of the time :-)

[h3]Update 33 release date[/h3]
Next week we will reveal more info on Update 33 including a release date. Until then, here are a few teasers (and no, sorry, Azure Weald is not actually under water even though it has an under-water-feel to its looks).

[previewyoutube][Azure Weald teaser 1][/previewyoutube]

[previewyoutube][Azure Weald teaser 2][/previewyoutube]

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with love
- The Ghost Ship Crew

Vote for Deep Rock Galactic to win the Better With Friends award!

[h3]Hello Miners,[/h3]

You did it!

You nominated Deep Rock Galactic so hard it got shortlisted for the Better With Friends category. We are extremely proud of this. Deep Rock Galactic was always a game about playing together, so this nomination feels like a win in it self.

And now we just need one more vote from you to bring us to the top. So smash that vote button and spread the word to prove to the world that Deep Rock Galactic truly is Better With Friends.

Oh, we didn't forget that we promised you a reward if we got nominated. The BOLTED MARAUDER helmet will be added to Update 33 scheduled to release in late January. Not sure what we'll do if we also win the award, but we'll come up with something.

Since this will likely be our last Steam post before Christmas, we would like to say thanks for all your support in a year that was a bummer for the world, but a fantastic year for Ghost Ship Games and our wonderful community!

with love
the Ghost Ship crew

XMAS PARTY 2020 starts on Monday

[h3]Hello Miners[/h3]

It's soon time to get in a very merry mood! On Monday December 14 at 1pm UTC, The Space Rig will be dressed up, presents are to be found in the caves, and The Yearly Performance Bonus assignment will be available to all. And just because Management really likes you the generous rewards includes two Xmas flavored head wear. On top of this, you all get to claim a fancy Yuletide Sock to put on your head.

Take note that the Yearly Performance Bonus can NOT be aborted and must be completed before this event ends on the 2nd of January, 2021.

[h3]Update 33[/h3]
Update 33 is still on track for release towards the end of January 2021. We will have more information and teasers for you when we get back in the new year (the dev team is off for the Holidays from December 23 and back on January 4). For now, you will have to do with this short snippet from the upcoming Azure Weald biome:

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Rock and Stone!
Ghost Ship crew