A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. This update features the latest update to the story, as well as an all new intro cinematic. A reworked Glacial Basin biome also awaits you as you return, plus the introduction of cold mechanics, and escalating weather conditions. Visit the Frostbite site to learn more!

• Experience the beginning of an all-new story and intro cinematic
• Explore the extensively reworked Glacial Basin
• Interact with the new cold mechanics and avoid hypothermia
• Discover new Snowball interactions with the Snow Stalkers
• Encounter escalating weather conditions
• Uncover further improvements and polish to existing biomes
• Enjoy crisper, and more clear in-game text

New Story and Intro Cinematic

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Hi everyone,

Narrative Designer Jill here. As you know, we’re changing the story for Subnautica: Below Zero. I wanted to give you an idea of what goes into this process.

First, the basic requirements:

• Our narrative since Subnautica has been delivered primarily by breaking the story into dozens of fragments and scattering them around the ocean floor.

• In Subnautica: Below Zero, Robin is a speaking player protagonist with a lot to think and say compared to Ryley in Subnautica. In addition to a detailed personality and working inner-life, she needs a character arc that will develop as players play.
• That implies some kind of linearity but only some. As a player, you need to be able

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