Developer posts and news about this game.
As addressed in the 5th anniversary sale announcement , the development builds pertaining to The Wastes post-RC1 and pre-game revival are now available to download! If you have any official or community content from Wasteland HL, The Wastes, and/or any of the mods related to the
Greetings, Wastelander... We're currently running a 90% off sale for The Wastes to celebrate the 5th anniversary for The Wastes (2018)! This also corresponds with the 23rd anniversary of the original mod release of Wasteland Half-Life! This sale will last from April 10th, 2023 to
Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying the current Steam Summer Sale. We have a patch for you all that will address some bugs. General bug fixes: Fixed that the Rouge Snapper did not un-zoom when reloading Fixed that on some occasions, players cannot change the level when the inter
Greetings, Wastelander... We're happy to say that The Wastes v1.3 is now available to the public! It has been a tough 3 years but we've finally managed to get the update out there. We'll like to go over all that has been done to expand and improve upon the game at hand. Singlepla
Hello everyone, here's the change-log for the build of today! Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and features last week. Fixed bug where the server browser was reporting wrong max-player info Fixed the spectator camera not displaying zoom levels for targets Fixed weapons not di
Come join us tomorrow as we hold a play testing session for the v1.3 Open Beta on July 10th, 2022 at 8PM EST/5PM PDT to 9PM EST/6PM PDT! This play test will only occur for a hour opposed to the 3 hours that we typically run the play test for. If you have previously played The Was
We have released an update for The Wastes v1.3 Open Beta. Changes in this update are: BCG-1 now fires twice as fast. Fixed Tier 3 (Primary) Weapons appearing in-world on Invasion matches. Added client variable "g_invasion_waves," defaults to 10. Server and Map name will now scrol
Come join us tomorrow as we hold a major play testing session for the v1.3 Open Beta on June 3rd, 2022 at 10PM EST/7PM PDT to 1AM EST/9PM PDT! We will be focusing on game play balance during this play test! If you have previously played The Wastes on Steam, make sure you go into
Hello everyone! We have a changelog for the 1.3beta branch to share with you! General changes: - Melee weapons now 'swing' across the screen with multiple hitscan checks instead of just one. This should make the melee gameplay even more enjoyable - Fixed pogo-stick like firing wi
Come join us tomorrow as we hold a major play testing session for the v1.3 Open Beta on May 27th, 2022 at 10PM EST/7PM PDT to 1AM EST/9PM PDT! If you have previously played The Wastes on Steam, make sure you go into your "My Games/The Wastes/wastes" inside of your documents and d
We apologize for the inconvenience but a build is not ready to ship for this week. We've been hard at work getting Singleplayer finalized and gearing up to get v1.3 ready. See you all next week on Friday, May 27th, 2022 at 2PM PDT/5PM EST to 5PM PDT/8PM EST!
We have released an update for The Wastes v1.3 Open Beta. Changes in this update are: Fix wonky sprinting with the Dusters. Spear now plays its Idle animations. Rouge Snapper, Desert Seagull, and the Winchester now allow you to melee when empty. Add Auto-Weapon Switch to the Cont
We're running very slightly behind schedule with today's patch, so we're delaying the play test by 2 hours. However, the play test WILL still be going on today! Come join us! It will run from 4PM PDT/7PM EST to 7PM PDT/10PM EST instead of 2PM PDT/5PM EST to 5PM PDT/8PM EST. If yo
We're currently holding a major play testing session for the v1.3 Open Beta! Come join us! If you have previously played The Wastes on Steam, make sure you go into your "My Games/The Wastes/wastes" inside of your documents and delete the config file! Otherwise, you will experienc
Greetings, Wastelander... We're happy to announce that we're releasing the Open Beta for The Wastes v1.3! As previously stated during the end of TWTest, this Open Beta will only be available to Steam users and will not be available to TWTest shareware users. If you opted into the
We're currently holding a major play testing session for TWTest before discontinuation of the build! Come invite your friends! TWTest is shareware! TWTest Shareware available here:
We have released an update for TWTest. Changes in this update are: Fix that you can't see team players' names through glass. Breakables and other entities are now visibly on fire. Plenty of menu changes and fixes to bring it up to date with new commands and CVars. Fixes for invas
We will be holding a major play testing event on April 22nd, 2022 for TWTest! This will be the final stress test for TWTest before discontinuation. What does this mean for Steam users? After TWTest has elapsed the "1.3beta" depot will be converted into the Open Beta for The Waste
We have released an update for TWTest. Changes in this update are: Renamed "info_player_spectate" to "info_player_spectator." Weapon models attached to players don't render twice anymore. Items/weapons no longer respawn in mission mode. Objective Gas Pump now explodes to demonstr
We have released an update for TWTest. Changes in this update are: Spectating dead players is no longer a thing. spectating as a whole is a bit more polished. In Invasion you'd occasionally get shot into orbit when getting a duplicate item, that has been fixed. Added "sv_friendly