Updated on April 1st

Subnautica is coming to XBox One’s ‘Preview Program’ on April 1st, 2016 some time around mid 2016, or possibly earlier. If you have an XBox and are interested in diving into the Subnautica ocean, this will be your first opportunity! To receive XBox-specific news updates, follow the new Subnautica Xbox One Twitter feed.

More information about the Xbox One Preview Program is available on the XBox website.

We originally planned to release on April 1st, but haven’t been able to hit that goal. Here’s some words from Charlie:

Hey guys,

Today is April fool’s, but this post is true. It’s hard to say ANYTHING today, but I will try anyways.

As you can probably tell …

Hi everyone! We’ve just released a small patch that addresses some issues with the Crash Sequence Update. Here’s what it does:

• Stops the user interface becoming garbled in some cases
• Fixes a problem with the information displayed on the loading screen
• Stops a levitating props appearing in new games
• Ensures background videos properly show up in the main menu
• Fixes a graphical glitch where black props would appear in some biomes

We hope you are enjoying the Crash Sequence Update and are sorry that many of you have been experiencing these problems. Now, they are vanquished! To be notified when the next major Subnautica update is released, sign up to the Subnautica mailing list.

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A brand new Subnautica update is available on Steam! This is the Farming Update, and it allows you to build underwater farms. To see what’s inside, check out the Farming Update site.
 

New “Grow Boxes” can be used inside or outside sea bases. Over twenty-five different seed types can be placed in these boxes. Flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees, and even some plants that will try to kill you…

Seeds can also be planted in a variety of pots – Both on the floor of bases, and on the walls. Using pots, you can decorate sea bases with all sorts of greenery. Compartments can also be decorated with ‘Living Walls’ – lush green panels.

LED Lightsticks are a great …

We got wrecked, and a giant piece of explorable Aurora wreckage is now available in Subnautica Early Access. At the same time, you may have noticed that you have lost the ability to build water filtration machines. A bug? A nefarious plot by Unknown Worlds to cause you all to run out of water?

Not quite! We are steadily introducing ‘progression’ into the Subnautica ‘tech tree.’ For example, by introducing new base building elements over the course of the game, rather than offering them all up front for free. This will ideally ease learning for new players, and adds a sense of ongoing accomplishment throughout the game.

Water filtration machine blueprints now require a fragment found inside the new …

The ocean on Subnautica’s underwater world sure is pretty, but is isn’t potable. Constantly scavenging for water to drink can be tiring. Enter the Water Filtration Machine: A habitat component that will constantly filter the ocean for you!

The Water Filtration Machine can be built against bulkheads in large rooms. Give it power, and it will happily hum along producing water. But wait, there’s more! The machine will also produce salt, which has culinary and medical applications.

Every so often, a water bottle and pile of salt will appear at the dispenser. The Water Filtration Machine is now available in the default Early Access branch on Steam. That means you don’t have to do anything to get it, it’s available …

We’ve got some Shocking news – A new update is available for Subnautica Early Access! It’s called ‘Shocking,’ and it will download automatically to your Steam library. Some say that combining amps with seawater is dangerous. We say it’s a recipe for having lots of fun! Fun as in… being electrocuted. By a giant sea snake.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyAhPYCyoRU

Shockers can be found in Koosh Zones and Blood Kelp forests.

That’s right, Blood Kelp forests. These creepy deep-ocean arboretums are as friendly as they look – But they do contain some sweet, juicy blood-sac loot. Good luck in there!

The Seaglide has always felt like it was missing something. Ever since release, the round thingamajig on its dorsal panel looked like a …

Several weeks have passed since the Seamoth Update, and Subnautica development continues at full speed. Major updates are arriving on a roughly monthly basis at the moment. While it will be a few more weeks until the next update, now is a great time to take a peek at some of the sweet underwater gameplay being worked on behind the scenes.

Not everything you read about in this post will make it into Subnautica. Throughout the development process, ideas come and go, concepts are favoured then discarded, and gameplay mechanics iterated upon. Some of what is on show here may end up in an update some time in the next few months, and some might never be seen again!…

The Habitat Update is now available! Build an underwater home with Moon Pools, Observatories, large compartments, bulkhead doors, and more. Head over to the Habitat Update website to see all the new features in action, or stay on this page to see an update video, and screenshots.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USpYf6Y47c

Steam will automatically download the Habitat Update. Don’t have Subnautica in your Steam library yet? Get a copy of Subnautica in the Steam Store.

The Moon Pool is the new king of sea-base components. This massive structure can be used to dry-dock a Seamoth submersible. The Moon Pool can be customised to your preference with reinforcements, windows, and multiple attachment points for corridors.

Subnautica features a diverse array of unique, beautiful …

Tom Jubert joins the Subnautica Dev Team

FTL: Faster Than Light, The Talos Principle, The Swapper, and more: Tom Jubert has been weaving great narratives into games for a while now. He know’s what’s up. Now, Tom is working on a story for Subnautica. He saw the crashed Aurora Starship and saw a canvas upon which he could paint. In his own words…

“Subnautica’s world is without parallel”

Head over to Tom’s blog to read about why he decided to sign on for some underwater adventure. We can’t wait for his skills to start shining through in Subnautica updates!…

Subnautica is an underwater adventure game. It is also a big, complicated collection of computer code, 3d models, sound recordings, and all sorts of other bits and pieces. Subnautica’s 3D models are created by 3d art studio Fox3D. After creation, many of these models are uploaded to SketchFab. This means we can peak at them outside the game. For example, here is a model of a potential future creature, the Warper:

You can rotate, zoom, and re-position these models using the SketchFab viewer embedded above. The Warper is just the beginning! There all sorts of 3D models on the Fox3D Subnautica Sketchfab page. Here are a few more – Some of them are screenshots, others are embedded …