Base Building
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Season 4 Builds a Floating World for Guild Competition
Season 4 is taking shape around Voidbound Realm, a planned 8 km × 8 km sky map with floating islands, flying mounts, base building and a new Spiritual Qi system meant to drive Guild competition. The project remains unverified by independent authoritative sources.
Packed Lair turns Tetris-style planning into monster warfare
Mystic Forge and Belgian indie developer Fables of Wits have released Packed Lair on Steam for $7.99, with a 10% launch discount for two weeks. Its main challenge is fitting buildings together before heroes invade.
No Man's Sky Cosmos update rebuilds space with player stations and alliances
Hello Games has released the Cosmos 7.0 update for No Man's Sky, transforming outer space gameplay with player-owned space stations, alliances and new base-building options as the game reaches its tenth anniversary
Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 Adds Buddy System and Major Patch
Unknown Worlds has released the Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 update, introducing the Buddy System, proximity voice chat, and a host of gameplay improvements, while also making a $100,000 donation to The Ocean Cleanup
Grounded 2 Year 2 roadmap details new areas, weapons and secret content
Obsidian Entertainment has outlined its early access roadmap for Grounded 2's second year, confirming new map expansions, weapons, bosses and secret features, following the recent Into the Abyss update