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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, my favourite dwarven mining autoshooter, descends into early access this monthGet a date with darkness this Valentine’s Day
Get a date with darkness this Valentine’s Day
Image credit:Ghost Ship Publishing
Image credit:Ghost Ship Publishing
Surprise, miners.Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, theVampire Survivors-like spinoff that puts a bullet heaven twist on one of the PC’sbest co-op games, is launching into early access just a couple of weeks from now. It’ll be outon Steamfrom February 14th, incidentially gifting the possibility for all kinds of cheap Valentine’s Day slogan gags. You are my Rock and Stone? My Ommoran Heartstone belongs to you? Drill you be Mine? Hilarious. Also, there’s a trailer.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Release Date Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Release Date Announcement Trailer
While it’s barely been half a year since Iplayed a basic DRG: Survivor build, it looks like there’s loads morestuffin the early access release. That includes a full selection of four playable dwarves, a more diverse array of underground biomes, loads more weapons, and extra alien bugs to squish. UnlikeDeep Rock Galactic, this is still a strictly solo affair, but in typical Survivors-like fashion you’ll be able to kit out each dwarf with permanent upgrades and weapon overclocks on top of any unlocks earned in the field. Or the cave, I should say.
Having only tried the Scout class thus far, I’m especially keen to try the Driller and Engineer – the former’s drill hands should be ideal for tactical terrain-carving, and I like how the latter can slap down a veritable battery of sentry guns. Hopefully you don’t have to reload them all manually, mind. Whenever I play Engie in the original DRG I can barely remember to top up just the one.
Image credit:Ghost Ship Publishing
“We’ve come a long way since we met the Ghost Ship team two years ago during Gamescom,” said Anders Leicht Rohde – Funday’s co-founder and creative director – in a press release. “That’swhere the idea of a Deep Rock Galactic shoot’em up spin off was born, and our team’s been hard at work since to make sure the game stays true to the original, but also offers new ways to play. We’re looking forward to releasing into Early Access, as it’ll give us a chance to listen to feedback and shape the game alongside players!”
