Broadcast starts at the 6:03 timestamp
Hello Miners,
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.
The tippy-top highlights
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 – 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
Take a tour of Ghost Ship Games' new office
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.
Deep Rock Galactic merch is finally here!
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 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 $40
Everything 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.
Rogue Core: New teaser trailer and gameplay details
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://store.steampowered.com/app/2605790/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Rogue_Core/
Ghost Ship Publishing updates
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:
Guntouchables (GameSwing)
- 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://store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/GUNTOUCHABLES/
SpellRogue (Guidelight Games)
- 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://store.steampowered.com/app/1990110/SpellRogue/
Dinolords (Northplay Games)
- 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://store.steampowered.com/app/2587620/Dinolords/
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (Funday Games)
- 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://store.steampowered.com/app/2321470/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Survivor/
DarkSwarm (Bitfire Games)
- 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://store.steampowered.com/app/2303200/DarkSwarm/
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