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Obsidian’s Grounded will enter early access in JulyHoney, I shrunk the survival sandbox

Honey, I shrunk the survival sandbox

Grounded characters standing in the dirt near a giant baseball while staring at the player, with the player giving them a thumbs up.

Obsidian Entertainment tonight announced an early access launch date of July 28th forGrounded, their craft-o-survival game about teenagers shrunk down smaller than ants and turned loose in a back garden. If I’ve learned anything from the oeuvre of Rick Moranis, is that those kids are in for a tough time. It’s a surprising game to see coming from a studio known for RPGs includingThe Outer Worlds, South Park: The Stick Of Truth, and Pillars Of Eternity, but who are you to pigeonhole them? While we’ve mostly heard about the four-player co-op so far, tonight’s new look focused on the singleplayer side. Observe!To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsI am very much not okay with that tunnel spider. And now I’ve got it into my head that the manmade habitat is some sort ofWasp Factory. Oh no.Groundedwill hit early access July 28th onSteamand Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which I’d assume means Game Pass For PC too. If you’d rather wait for the finished game, Obsidian have said they expect it’ll be done in 2021.Obsidian say the initial early access version will have around 20% of the fully storyline, crafting, basebuilding, three biomes, and other essentials - including an “arachnapopbia mode.” Maybe it’ll turn all spiders into bears, likethat nice Skyrim mod. They then plan to finish the storyline while adding in new insects, biomes, things to craft, polish, and so on.Here’s another new vid from tonight with Obsidian gabbing about making it:To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Obsidian Entertainment tonight announced an early access launch date of July 28th forGrounded, their craft-o-survival game about teenagers shrunk down smaller than ants and turned loose in a back garden. If I’ve learned anything from the oeuvre of Rick Moranis, is that those kids are in for a tough time. It’s a surprising game to see coming from a studio known for RPGs includingThe Outer Worlds, South Park: The Stick Of Truth, and Pillars Of Eternity, but who are you to pigeonhole them? While we’ve mostly heard about the four-player co-op so far, tonight’s new look focused on the singleplayer side. Observe!To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsI am very much not okay with that tunnel spider. And now I’ve got it into my head that the manmade habitat is some sort ofWasp Factory. Oh no.Groundedwill hit early access July 28th onSteamand Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which I’d assume means Game Pass For PC too. If you’d rather wait for the finished game, Obsidian have said they expect it’ll be done in 2021.Obsidian say the initial early access version will have around 20% of the fully storyline, crafting, basebuilding, three biomes, and other essentials - including an “arachnapopbia mode.” Maybe it’ll turn all spiders into bears, likethat nice Skyrim mod. They then plan to finish the storyline while adding in new insects, biomes, things to craft, polish, and so on.Here’s another new vid from tonight with Obsidian gabbing about making it:To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Obsidian Entertainment tonight announced an early access launch date of July 28th forGrounded, their craft-o-survival game about teenagers shrunk down smaller than ants and turned loose in a back garden. If I’ve learned anything from the oeuvre of Rick Moranis, is that those kids are in for a tough time. It’s a surprising game to see coming from a studio known for RPGs includingThe Outer Worlds, South Park: The Stick Of Truth, and Pillars Of Eternity, but who are you to pigeonhole them? While we’ve mostly heard about the four-player co-op so far, tonight’s new look focused on the singleplayer side. Observe!

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I am very much not okay with that tunnel spider. And now I’ve got it into my head that the manmade habitat is some sort ofWasp Factory. Oh no.

Groundedwill hit early access July 28th onSteamand Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which I’d assume means Game Pass For PC too. If you’d rather wait for the finished game, Obsidian have said they expect it’ll be done in 2021.

Obsidian say the initial early access version will have around 20% of the fully storyline, crafting, basebuilding, three biomes, and other essentials - including an “arachnapopbia mode.” Maybe it’ll turn all spiders into bears, likethat nice Skyrim mod. They then plan to finish the storyline while adding in new insects, biomes, things to craft, polish, and so on.

Here’s another new vid from tonight with Obsidian gabbing about making it:

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