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Build 246 has been released on Steam!

Posted by 11 years ago

Brian tried to stop us. ‘No! Not another patch! I don’t know if I can handle another patch!’ But we made him do it. The 19th post-release update is now live on Steam, where you can download it, keep it on your hard drive, and even play it!

Build 246 is a fun build because it allows you to play Last Stand, La Fauche, and Fighter – The three mods created during the UWE Modjam just over a week ago. They are in various states of disrepair and dysfunction, but the basics are there and you can host your own games. We are working on releasing the source code soon, so that you can improve on what we …

Natural Selection 2 Build 244 Live on Steam!

Posted by 11 years ago

Aww yeah, it’s patch day! Natural Selection 2 Build 244 is out in the wild and ready for you to play. It was a doozy to get out the door, scheduled for Thursday PDT but sneaking out Friday afternoon PDT instead. This is post-launch update number 17 for NS2! Here is a changelog highlights video:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrFkNxMy3Q

Lots of stuff changed in Build 244. Mineshaft and Refinery received lots of love, Andi made balance tweaks, Dushan changed the way the Spark Editor works, and Brian fixed a bug. The changes to Mineshaft and Refinery have made several tech points much more viable, and eliminated long standing indisyncricies of fights in certain rooms. For example, check out the changes to Operations:…

State of the Game: March 2013

Posted by 11 years ago

Four and a half months have passed since the launch of Natural Selection 2. That’s a long time! The title of this article is somewhat deceptive: It isn’t about the state of the game itself, but our work on the game. What is Unknown Worlds up to? Are we still working on NS2?

Absolutely! Unknown Worlds has no active projects other than NS2. Everyone is working full time on making the game better.

Cory is working on concepts for new additions to the game. It is too early to say which ones will make it in, so we won’t yet reveal what they are. He is also spending lots of time guiding our offsite artists as they create …

Natural Selection 2 Build 238 Released!

Posted by 11 years ago

It has now been three months since Natural Selection 2 v1.0. Since launch, there have been ten updates, and today we present the eleventh! Build 238 is a ‘maintenance build.’ It is focused on improving what is already in the game, rather than adding lots of new content. We are planning a huge ‘content build’ for mid/late February, which will contain lots of goodies such as the new map Descent. However, several small features have snuck in! Check out this video for some of the highlights:

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Q72rJToY8

Games will no longer start until both sides have a commander. This eliminates a common problem in public games, where one team would be thirty seconds or so behind the other. You …