Althought the patch was last week, naughty elf's made this post disappear, it is now here! This patch adds a few seasonal events, fixes a number of bugs and we updated the DRG universe tab to also include the Merch Store and Mug Kickstarter.

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

- Fixed Scout Grappling Hook Occasionally Fails to Pull the Scout ( https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5632787018/issues/13 )
- Fixed Crawlers using too many particles when walking
- Fixed that terrain could block the players from connecting nodes to the power station in Industrial Sabotage
- Fixed selecting the incorrect previously equipped item when pipeline building
- Fixed Gunner shield frequently fails to provide buffs to players ( https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5632787018/issues/57 )
- Fixed a bunch of typo’s
- Fixed Crash when approaching Core Stone retrieval pod, with some objects ( https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5632787018/issues/134 )

The holidays are nearly here!

We mean that in a figurative sense, of course. Management would like to clarify that the term "holiday" should not be in any way associated with paid time off. Here at Deep Rock Galactic, we like to think of holidays as a sort of special flavor that motivates our employees to work even harder. And it's almost time for the year's coziest, most motivating holiday: Yuletide!

The Yuletide 2024 seasonal event starts on Thursday, December 19th at 13:00 CET. It'll run until January 7th 2025, which is a little longer than standard seasonal events, so you’ve got some extra time to gather up all your Yuletide goodies.

Let’s give the present a little shake and guess what’s inside.

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It’s been a terrific year for the company, so we’ve decided to give each and every employee your own special Yuletide gift. At long last, we’ve invested in better equipment! We’ve requisitioned some advanced, highly functional safety gear for all of you: the Gift Wrapped hat!

This sturdy cardboard helmet should protect you from the consequences of at least one workplace accident. That’s a huge improvement in the company safety record, statistically speaking.

Of course, a gift is best when you can appreciate its worth. That’s why you’ve got to work for it! You can unlock the Gift Wrapped helmet via the Yearly Performance Bonus assignment, which will also grant you extra Performance Points, crafting resources, credits and a couple infused Matrix Cores.
Don’t say we never did anything for you!


It seems that we’re dealing with another seasonal infestation of Yuletide Elves. If left to run wild through the caves of Hoxxes, they’re liable to get caught and ground up in our mining equipment, and that’d have an unacceptable consequence for our productivity. To prevent that, we’re tasking you with a simple solution: Bag ‘em and tag ‘em.

Shoot the Elves on sight, deposit the body in the M.U.L.E., and Management will grant you (and your team) a Double Mission Performance Point Bonus.


Just like always, you’ll be able to snag the whole run of old Yuletide hats, all in one fell swoop. They’re a bit dusty, but if you’re willing to sweat for ‘em, they’re yours.

Complete the Fashion of Yuletide Past assignment to unlock all the Yuletide cosmetics from past years’ celebrations.

But wait, there’s more! Complete the Yuletide Elf Hunt assignment, and you’ll unlock the following:

• Pickaxe set: ‘Chillaxe’
  
• Bosco framework: ‘Yuletide Special’
  
• Elf suit armor + headwear*

This assignment will only appear for you if you haven’t already completed it and collected the rewards a previous year.

*Last year, Management documented a significant number of friendly fire incidents connected to wearing this elf costume. We reiterate once again that all injuries sustained while wearing this outfit are the employee’s individual responsibility.

To complete the Yuletide experience, Management has once again decorated the Space Rig for the holidays. Your break time is still unpaid, but now it’s much more festive! You can look forward to holiday garlands, delicate ornaments, cheery Yuletide music, colorful lights, and all the rest! We plugged the holiday lights into the same outlet we use for the life support systems in the Med Bay, so don’t go fiddling with it.

Management would like to underline that these decorations are provided on the assumption that all employees will respect the No Snowball Throwing policy while aboard the Space Rig. You’re here to work, not to feel Yuletide joy.

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Yuletide 2024 begins on Thursday, December 19th at 13:00 CET and it’ll run until Tuesday, January 7th at 13:00 CET.

Bundle up, Miners!
With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

Broadcast starts at the 6:03 timestamp
In case you missed our big ‘On the Horizon’ dev livestream last Thursday, we’ve got a whole lot of news to share! You can watch the whole thing right up above, but we’ve also got the highlights down below.


If you’ve just got two minutes, here’s what you should know:

• Deep Rock Galactic merch is finally here! We teamed up with Heroic Replicas to open the official DRG merch webshop[www.deeprockshop.com] – and, in collaboration with Scorched Steel Industry, we’ll soon be releasing official Abyss Bar beer mugs via Kickstarter.
  
• The first Rogue Core teaser trailer is out. We also went into Unreal Engine to showcase some of the enemies and weapons, and discussed a lot of details about the state of gameplay. Click here to watch the teaser, or scroll down for the full segment and more details.
  
• Rogue Core's Closed Alpha is slated for Q2 2025, and an Early Access release at the end of 2025. For more updates on the game’s development (and potential Closed Alpha access), follow Rogue Core on Steam.
  
• Deep Rock Galactic Season 06 will have to wait until Rogue Core is out in Early Access. We’re tackling one big project at a time, so we’re holding off on planning or developing anything to do with Season 06 while we’re going full steam ahead on Rogue Core.
  
• Ghost Ship Publishing has announced a new title: Guntouchables. Developed by the Danish studio GameSwing, we’re psyched to help bring another fun co-op shooter into the world. See the reveal trailer here.

Below, we've got an updated roadmap (covering all of Ghost Ship Games and Publishing) for you. Then we'll go through the broadcast segment by segment, to sum up the most important bits.

EDIT [Nov. 29] - Apparently some of the embedded video links were busted. We don't know why (suspected Rival interference?) but it should be fixed now

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After our big move in August, we’ve now gotten (mostly) settled in the new digs! Here’s Aaron to give you an engaging and educational six-minute tour of our new workspace.

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Finally, the days of “DRG has no merch” are over. Thanks to our friend Dave at Heroic Replicas, the official Deep Rock Galactic merch webshop is live!

You can check out the webshop[www.deeprockshop.com] right this red-hot minute. It’s got loads of cool stuff, such as:

• T-shirts for all four classes (duh, gotta have t-shirts)
  
• Ceramic Loot Bug piggy banks (buggy banks?)
  
• A dedicated light-up RGB mechanical keyboard that’s literally just the ‘V’ button so you can Rock and Stone more easily

And much more!

Pro tip: Use coupon code 'COUPONCODE' for a free sticker pack on any orders over $40Everything listed here is up for pre-order now, shipping in early 2025. And it’s worth highlighting that this selection is only Phase One of the merch project – we’ll have more cool releases landing in the shop in the coming months. Stay tuned!

http://www.deeprockshop.com

But that’s not all! Through a collaboration with Scorched Steel Industry, we’re happy to announce that your most asked-after merch item is finally a reality. Soon, your beverage of choice will find a spectacular new home in the official Abyss Bar beer mugs.

Scorched Steel is funding this project via Kickstarter, and the launch date for their campaign is just around the corner. If you’d like to back it and grab one (or a few) of these mugs for yourself, click here to be notified when the Kickstarter campaign goes live.

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The first glimpses of Rogue Core are here! If you haven’t already seen it, check out the new Pre-Alpha Teaser Trailer above, or by clicking right here.

We spent the majority of On the Horizon discussing all sorts of Rogue Core details, from gameplay to enemy design to release timeline. We did a writeup of all of that, but it was so big that it became its own article – so if you’re keen for more Rogue Core, you can read all about it right here.

Right now, we’re aiming for a Rogue Core Closed Alpha in Q2 2025, and an Early Access release at the end of the year (Q4 2025).

https://node2.projectplanet.cn/@store.steampowered.com/app/2605790/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Rogue_Core/

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As always, we touched base with all the developers releasing games via Ghost Ship Publishing to hear where they’re at. If you’d like more details on each title, the Ghost Ship Publishing segment starts at the 18:12 timestamp. Otherwise, here are three bullet points from each:

• Say hello to the newest title to get picked up by Ghost Ship Publishing! In this co-op roguelike arcade shooter, four doomsday preppers blast their way through the disaster they’ve all been waiting for.
  
• You can watch the Guntouchables release trailer here. GameSwing, the developers, describe the game as “Nuclear Throne meets Left 4 Dead.” Teamwork, fast feet and firepower reign supreme.
  
• Guntouchables will be releasing to Early Access on Steam in Q1 2025.

https://node2.projectplanet.cn/@store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/GUNTOUCHABLES/

• The SpellRogue team has been busy putting out five big updates in the 10 months since they released to Early Access. Loads more spells, QoL tweaks, enemies and difficulty modifiers have been added since launch.
  
• Next major milestone for SpellRogue is adding a fourth playable character: the Wind Wizard. They’re still refining and balancing how that new dice caster will play.
  
• For now, the team’s plan is to release SpellRogue 1.0 around March 2025.

https://node2.projectplanet.cn/@store.steampowered.com/app/1990110/SpellRogue/

• This historically-accurate game about medieval dinosaur wars is currently experimenting with how they’ll balance gameplay between action and strategy. The team calls the genre “hack ‘n strat.”
  
• Ability to ride dinosaurs confirmed. Other recent focuses include advanced base building and resource management, and an expanded selection of dinosaurs.
  
• Dinolords is aiming to make their Early Access launch on Steam in Q3 2025.

https://node2.projectplanet.cn/@store.steampowered.com/app/2587620/Dinolords/

• When we called them up during the stream, the Funday Team was in London to represent DRG: Survivor at the Golden Joystick Awards. They didn’t end up taking home the W, but we’re proud of them all the same. <3
  
• We did a little recap of the recent Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals broadcast, the most important sporting event in history.
  
• Funday Games is planning Update 5 for DRG: Survivor somewhere in Q1 2025. They’ve said their 1.0 release is still TBA.

https://node2.projectplanet.cn/@store.steampowered.com/app/2321470/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Survivor/

• It had been a while since we’d heard from Bitfire – and they came with a brand new trailer to show off! You can watch the new teaser trailer here.
  
• The team’s been focused recently on building out a unique arsenal for each of the game’s four character classes, and dialing in procedural generation for the levels. Take a look at the gnarly fire effects for the flamethrower in the trailer.
  
• DarkSwarm’s Early Access release date is still TBA.

https://node2.projectplanet.cn/@store.steampowered.com/app/2303200/DarkSwarm/

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And that's the show! Hope you saw something you liked in there.
As always, sending our best to all of you, and a big ol' Rock and Stone.

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

On the Horizon is coming back – and that means news on all things Ghost Ship.

Next week, we’re broadcasting another On the Horizon, our big dev livestream where we take a deep dive into what we’re up to, checking in on our own games as well as Ghost Ship Publishing titles. For this one, the headliner is Rogue Core news — but we’ve also got a lot of other goodies on the agenda. Did somebody say Deep Rock Galactic merch?

On the Horizon goes live on Thursday, November 21st at 14:00 CET (UTC+1). You’ll be able to tune in via Youtube (where the premiere is already live) as well as on Twitch[www.twitch.tv]. A recording of the whole thing will be available after, too.

Here’s what’s on the docket for the stream! Do keep in mind that all these timestamps might vary a bit.

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Søren Lundgaard (CEO) and Mikkel Martin Pedersen (Game Director) say hi and get things started. Since this is our first big broadcast from our new office, we’ll also have Aaron Hathaway (Marketing Manager) give you a tour of the new digs.

Søren and Alex Skronski (Head of Publishing) call up all the developers of the different Ghost Ship Publishing titles for an update of where they’re at. This means news on DRG: Survivor, SpellRogue, DarkSwarm and Dinolords. There may be some more special news here, too.

The days of “DRG has no merch” are over. At long last, we’re finally doing it: a full run of Deep Rock Galactic merch, soon available for preorders worldwide. Aaron and Alex (Head of Marketing) will introduce the project, showcase a selection of goodies, and launch the webshop live on stream.

Mikkel takes the stage again for a big update on how Rogue Core’s coming along. We’ll talk about where we’re at in production, share screenshots and footage from the game, and discuss different aspects of the game’s design, art and lore. We’ll save time for a little Q&A afterwards.

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We hope you’ll join us for the live broadcast next week on Thursday, November 21st. Again, you’ll find the stream on our Youtube and Twitch[www.twitch.tv] channels.

Talk soon!

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

Years of practice. Endless hours of honing kiting skills, tightening fast-twitch reflexes, building a master’s touch for baiting a Dreadnought into a supply pod.

All this, to get to the place where champions are forged: the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals.



Put simply, it’s the absolute pinnacle of sporting competition. Presented by the Ghost Ship Sports Network in cooperation with the Interplanetary Dwarven Athletics Association (IDAA), the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals are a live broadcast Esports event, pitting players head-to-head for the highest score in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, as you may know, is the rogue-like auto-shooter spinoff of the original Deep Rock Galactic. It’s one dwarf, solo, against the infinite alien hordes of Hoxxes. Developed by Funday Games and published by Ghost Ship Publishing, the game just released their big Update 04, which introduces a new biome, a scoring system, and a whole hosts of ramped-up mutators and lethal challenges.

To mark the occasion, we’re making it the center of this groundbreaking esports event: the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals. We’ll be broadcasting live from the Ghost Ship Games HQ in Copenhagen, with live play-by-play commentary from our extremely qualified sports journalists and splitscreen coverage of all the action as it unfolds in this head-to-head single elimination tournament.

Expect adrenaline. Expect groundbreaking sports journalism. Expect nothing short of the greatest, most professionally-produced sports experience in recorded history: the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals.

Is this a joke? No. Sort of. We’ve lost track. But we are sure of one thing: We’re going live on Monday, November 4th at 17:00 CET.



For this year’s Invitationals, we’ve brought in eight content creators, all of them well-versed in Deep Rock Galactic and DRG: Survivor. On Monday, November 4th, they’ll be competing head to head in our single elimination tournament, to make it to the finals and claim the title of World Heavyweight Champion.

This year’s competitors are:

• Idlecub
  
• Javarak Gaming
  
• ThisTofu
  
• Explorian (fka DRG Historian)
  
• Sniss
  
• Rexalicious
  
• Wanderbots
  
• Farham

These eight contestants will be assigned via random matchup for the Invitational’s four qualifier rounds. In each round, competitors will be playing head-to-head in a pre-seeded match on Hazard 5 difficulty. The player with the highest score will advance to the next stage of the tournament bracket, and eventually on to the finals – but only one can be the true champion.



Nothing short of the most coveted trophy in sports history: the DRG: Survivor World Heavyweight Champion title belt.

Handcrafted with authentic Glyphid leather and gold plating harvested directly from Hoxxes, the championship title is a symbol of dwarven fortitude, strength, and enduring spirit. It’s graced the waists of many proud miners – and this year, at the Ultimate Challenge Invitationals, it’s going home with one of the eight competitors.


Great question.

When the event begins on Monday, November 4th at 17:00 CET, you can watch the Invitationals on Ghost Ship Game’s Twitch[www.twitch.tv] or Youtube page. The event premiere is already live on Youtube, in case you want to be there the split second the action kicks off.

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We hope you have a lovely weekend, and we’ll see you at the Invitationals.

With Love,
- The Ghost Ship Crew

It's the spooky season.

Sharpen your pickaxes, check your weapons, and put on your most absorbent underwear: Hoxxes Halloween is here, and all its ghastly horrors are now running rampant in the caves.

You can check all the chilling details in the preview post, but here are the highlights:

• Unlock the new Creeper Wolf Mask and show the bugs who's the real apex predator
  
• Collect all previous Halloween cosmetics via the Last Year's Horrors assignment
  
• Shoot the screaming skulls in the caves and deposit them for a double mission performance point bonus
  
• Enjoy the Halloween decorations aboard the Space Rig and under absolutely no circumstances ask yourself why Management has so much money for candles but still hasn't invested in better equipment

It's all live right this minute! Hoxxes Halloween runs until November 7th at 13:00 CET -- so make sure to get the goods before then.

Have fun, and remember: Employees caught discussing paranormal happenings on company property may be subject to disciplinary exorcisms.

With Love,
- The Spooky Ghost Ship Crew

Fan art by u/Genpac64 on reddit

Due to the amount of feedback we got regarding the Core Stone event, we have tweaked the encounter, overall decreasing the difficulty, especially on higher hazards. We also included a few other fixes.

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

Crawler Tweaks
- Reduced movement speed by 10%
- Made it so that the corrosive death puddles no longer fly out forward towards the player, but instead drop where the Crawler is killed
- Fixed Crawler armor to work like all other heavy armor in the game

- Changed a bunch of textures, so they will not look bad if they have not loaded fast enough
- Various Audio tweaks
- Added photosensitivity-mode to the Animated Static material, used on startup and info screens

EDIT: Updated version to 106182 to fix a crash

Shellback, Stingtail, Core Spawn, Cave Leech /
Grabber, Guard, a Glyphid with no conscience /

Question, what do these things have all in common?

Everybody knows I’m a motherfit’s almost time for Hoxxes Halloween 2024!

You heard it here first: the seasonal spook-tacular is coming back! Hoxxes Halloween 2024 kicks off on Thursday, October 24th at 13:00 CET, and it’ll run until Thursday, November 7th. It’s the most terrifying thing to happen to Deep Rock Galactic since that one time a random joined your lobby, ordered a full round of Leaf Lover’s Special, and then left.

Let’s take a ghastly glimpse at the horrors that await you.


The full moon shines with an ominous glare, its frigid light taking a hostile sheen as it filters through the Space Rig bay window. You feel the hair on your neck stand up, your skin itching with a restless violence. A sharp animal rage flares through your limbs. What is this madness?

Not to worry! It’s simply a harmless side effect of the asbestos fireproofing used in the new Creeper Wolf Mask headgear, which you can unlock during this year’s Halloween event. All you have to do is complete a special assignment, and this completely harmless hat is yours to keep!


Is this your first Hoxxes Halloween? Have you been too terrified to step foot in the caves during previous years? Not to worry, you’ve got the chance to earn all the Halloween cosmetics from past events. And this year, we’re pretty sure we didn’t forget to include the jack-o-lantern hat! Complete the Last Year’s Horrors assignment, and this creepy clutch of headgear will be yours forever.


In a disturbing turn of paranormal events, there seem to be cackling skulls flying around the caves. While alarming on a spiritual level, Management sees a golden business opportunity: These skulls represent a free source of valuable bone meal! Shoot down the skulls and deposit them during your mission, and we’ll reward your team with a double mission performance point bonus.

Please disregard any rumors that these skulls are the restless ghosts of former DRG employees. This is completely unfounded gossip, likely started by labor agitators to disrupt productivity. Remember: shoot first, ask questions never.


We’re getting the Space Rig all dressed up for Halloween!
We spent a lot of money on it, too. Here’s the budget for the decorations:

Bats $200
Pumpkins $150
Ghosts $800
Candles $3,600
Lights $150

Someone who is good at the economy please help us budget this better next time. Management is pissed

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That’s all for now! Remember, Hoxxes Halloween 2024 kicks off on Thursday, October 24th at 13:00.
See you there – if you dare.

With Love,
-The Spooky Ghost Ship Crew

Wondering what video to watch while you eat today? We’ve got you covered. In just a few hours, Ghost Ship Games is going live as part of The Spill – a brand new joint developer stream from a bunch of cool game studios across Scandinavia.

We’ll be joining the developers behind Satisfactory, Valheim, Goat Simulator, and plenty others (including a couple Ghost Ship Publishing studios) for a big ‘ol dev talk jamboree. Part hangout, part showcase, all good stuff. The Spill kicks off today (Tuesday, October 8th) at 17:00 CEST.

You can expect things like:

• Developer Q&As
  
• Exciting announcements
  
• A goofy segment we suggested as a joke but they let us put it in the program

The Spill will be hosted by Snutt Treptow, Community Manager at Coffee Stain Studios. Here’s Snutt now, to explain what the event’s all about!

For our part, we’ll be joining with a couple different segments – one talking about Ghost Ship Publishing (and the business of game publishing in general), another talking about our community and weekly streams, and then that silly one we mentioned above. Hehe

Down below is the full schedule (please note all times are in CEST). If you want to see it with times adjusted to your own time zone, you can click right here[www.the-spill.com].

Once again, it all starts today at 17:00 CEST. You can tune in via our own platforms, as we’ll be broadcasting it directly to the Ghost Ship Games Twitch[www.twitch.tv] and Youtube channels. And of course, if you can’t catch it live, a recording of the whole thing will be available after.

Hope to see you there!

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

P.S. if the Steam post says the event is live now (even if it's before 17:00 CEST), it's because I forgot to check a box before publishing, to note the correct start time. and now it won't let me change that start time without deleting the whole event, which sounds like a hassle plus it's time for lunch