Next Grounded content update arriving end of June, future releases will be larger and less frequent
The Grounded team teases the next major update and a change to how updates will look.
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Groundedis already one of thebest survival games on Xboxandbest survival games on PC, and Obsidian Entertainment still has big plans for how to make their tiny adventure even better.Grounded’s early accesshas tried to deliver one major content update every month, with smaller patch updates scattered in between, but the small team at Obsidian Entertainment has decided to change this, as noted in their recentGrounded developer update. Moving forward, Grounded will release less frequent updates that are broader in scope and include more significant changes.
A letter from the Developers.https://t.co/Jixm3Po2yrpic.twitter.com/zsAlC50LdiA letter from the Developers.https://t.co/Jixm3Po2yrpic.twitter.com/zsAlC50Ldi— Grounded (@GroundedTheGame)May 28, 2021May 28, 2021
Obsidian apparently has a ton of major features in the works for Grounded, but the push for monthly releases has slowed down development on these larger additions. The 0.10.0 content update, which follows the0.9.0 April Content Updateis now scheduled to release near the end of June, 2021, rather than the end of May. The trade-off for a longer wait, however, is the inclusion of more features in content updates. Grounded has teased some of the upcoming features, which include more building pieces, the ability to mirror building pieces, changes to giant food items, improvements to Photo Mode, a new enemy known as the ARC.R, and much more.
The Grounded team also noted that they’ve made the move to the most recent version of Unreal Engine (no, not Unreal Engine 5), which Grounded is built on, which will allow them to take advantage of more advanced features and tools for future updates.
I’m happy to wait longer for Grounded updates, if it means we get to enjoy bigger and better additions on the road to Grounded’s official public release. If you haven’t played Grounded yet, it’s an excellent survival game that’s available onXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and PC. It’s also available throughXbox Game Pass, making it one of thebest Xbox Game Pass gamesyou can play right now.
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