Mainframe Industries used Discord to outline Pax Dei's next update: a giant deer, a handful of items and UI tweaks. Buried at the end, word that work on mounts has finally started.
Playable Worlds pushed Stars Reach hotfix 8.4.3, its third since early access opened. A planned half-hour downtime stretched into several hours and worlds came back with no objects on them.
Gloria Victis has switched on State of War: guild-versus-guild warfare over Guild Islands, with sieges of up to 30 minutes against player-built castles. The first battles are fought tomorrow.
Playable Worlds opened paid early access for Stars Reach on Steam on August 18, seven years into development. The studio admits it is still wrestling with its servers, and the first Steam reviews landed mostly negative.
Playable Worlds closes years of Stars Reach testing and moves to paid early access on August 18. On Steam the studio commits to staying in that stage for at least six months and going free-to-play at 1.0.
Patch 3.0.0.106 starts making good on the Sarducaa promises: connection and performance fixes, wider fishing, and a new material Star Vault won't name.
Playable Worlds recapped the final playtest weekend of Stars Reach: a load test with no published numbers, a homesteading event caught on video, and the creator program, which restarts with early access on August 18.
Playable Worlds has closed the Stars Reach playtest servers for good to prepare the August 18 early access launch, warning that the debut build is only a first step.
Sandbox Interactive devoted a Dev Talk to Dragonfire's new region: portals split solo players from parties of up to 20, the routes between islands are opened by players themselves, and a Fire Drake waits at the center.
Update 66 arrives on August 18 with more reliable aircraft packaging, masks for scout pilots and a new heavy fighter for the Colonials. The studio also says a 2027 roadmap is already being drafted.