A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam.

This latest patch fixes a bunch of bugs reported by the community and implements some mechanical changes that might spice up gameplay a little.




Bracing is an ability that allows Tyrants to withstand more damage while it is active. We're considering making it even stronger in future by mitigating crit shots while bracing (among other things) but today's patch modifies it to be a more deliberate stance change.

Tyrants now have unique movement styles when bracing, created by our community animators. They are now forced to slow to regular walk speed and hunker down when using the brace ability. You can initiate a brace while sprinting, but it will cancel your sprint. The charge-up indicator for bracing has also been fixed and now displays properly for Tyrants.


Kills through melee attacks such as the raptor's claw slash etc. still give health back with this patch, but it has changed to regenerate over time instead of instantly. This is similar to how picking up a medkit works as a human. The healing period is only a couple of seconds, and in most cases won't inconvenience the dinosaur. However, it does give humans a chance to stop the dino healing with enough damage.

We also modified how Tyrants receive health from eating humans. They now regain HP incrimentally, four times over the course of the animation, instead of waiting for it to be complete before they get anything. Tyrants sharing their kills is now also more fair in terms of health restoration for each.

No changes have been made to Carno or Acro's health replenishment with their respective roars.


Pathfinder flares now have added utility by removing the Marked status from humans. If a Flyer has marked someone, the human can now run to a flare to remove the marking outlines. Anyone standing near to a flare is immune to being marked while it's still burning.

We think this extra utility makes flares an even more useful part of Pathfinder's kit and will make the Flyers feel a tad less omniscient. To mitigate this new ability, remember that Dilophosaurus spit can extinguish flares!


PCE game servers now log basic performance data of players from match to match in the background. This is an initial step towards implementing more advanced team sorting.

Being rank 150 doesn't guarantee a player is an elite pro gamer, but it can be demoralizing when all of the Evolved people are on one team. We're going to gather stats from matches with this patch to see how best to engineer our new sorting algorithm. Once ready, the game will sort players according to various criteria when a new match starts to try and have the fairest distribution.


A lot of what we're doing lately is getting rid of some of the rough edges and awkwardness with some of the game's mechanics. One of our focuses has been making weapons feel better, smoothing out issues with various timers that prevent you from doing certain actions. For a complete list of all the fixes and improvements in today's patch, see below...

• Added healing over time for dino melee kills, takes 2 seconds
  
• Taking damage doesn't entirely cancel the healing, but reduces amount of health to be restored
  
• Tyrants healing from eating humans is now staggered, triggering 4 times over the course of the animation and checking if the human is still in the mouth.
  
  
• Made it so both tyrants get the full health when snatching humans from one another
  
  
• fixed no charge-up indicator for bracing as a Tyrant
  
• implemented custom animations for Tyrants when bracing
  
• using the Acro stomp attack now forces you to exit bracing
  
• tyrants are now forced out of sprinting when initiating brace, and vice versa
  
• fixed Tyrant brace not stopping when out of stamina (below minimum amount required to brace)
  
• fixed tyrant brace not being enabled by holding down the "crouch" button
  (can use either crouch or special movement key)
  
  
• Carnotaurus now has reduced attack damage after roaring:
  - headbutt damage reduced from 85 to 63 while roared
  - secondary reduced from 50 to 40 while roared
  
  
• pathfinder flares now remove the marked status from humans if they are within a certain radius
  
• if a human is close enough to pathfinder flares, they are immune to being marked by Flyers
  
  
• Can now swap weapons while firing more smoothly
  
• Cancelling out of reloading / firing a weapon is now easier
  
• Slightly better accuracy for poison dart rifle + one more round in the magazine
  
• Flamethrower should now have an easier time igniting pools on sloped terrain
  
• Started fixing certain weapon reload animations getting cut off
  
  
• fixed out of breath sounds for humans not playing in multiplayer
  
• fixed SMG sound glitching when holding fire button during reloading
  
• fixed incorrect rotation for the left SMG muzzle flash (shell casings galore!)
  
• updated rumble effects and sound notifies for several weapons
  
  
• updated TDM scoreboard sorting, is now: max(kills, assists) - deaths
  
• fixed new dinosaur crosshair turning red when looking at already dead humans
  
• fixed multiple-choice death hints changing super fast while waiting to respawn
  
• fixed a rounding issue with the scoreboard that could produce really long score numbers
  
• fixed main menu Evolve button not being pressable sometimes
  
• fixed a server crash related to animation glitching
  
• added end of round stat printouts viewable in server .Log files

We're currently building towards the release of our PlayStation beta this month, as well as the annual Meltdown event on Steam.

The next update (Summer Warmup) will release at the end of June and bring some initial preparations for the massive 3.0 overhaul. As our focus is more on the PS4 side currently, we'll have a smaller set of new items debuting here. The epic Meltdown motherlode will be heating things up later this summer.

It's going to be a crazy couple of months, and we're looking forward to bringing you lots of new features, maps, and more soon!

Thanks for playing!
-The Primal Carnage Team


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A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!
We have updates to the official merch shop, another retro store rotation and several fixes / tweaks...


We're mainly focusing on minor tweaks and quality of life fixes currently while preparing to launch the PlayStation beta. Today's patch includes several of these changes.


Dinosaurs now have a new more "Primal" feeling crosshair, which turns blood red when hovered over an enemy (those who prefer a minimal look can swap to a simple dot in the gameplay settings). This change is particularly helpful for Tyrants, whose giant heads can obscure the targets they are trying to eat.

The mercenaries can now trigger inspection animations for several weapons by pressing Reload when they have a full clip. We'll be expanding this to *all* weapons in a future patch.

Camera animations have started to be updated, with adjustments to sniper rifles and the netgun motions. Tyrant footsteps now have more noticeable screenshake that persists across a greater distance, with a longer and more pronounced camera wobble which hopefully makes them less "stealthy."

However, our primary focus on PC has been investigating some of the more stubborn old bugs. One of the more devious issues was projectiles "losing their owner" on death, leading to human teammates catching fire or exploding if someone was autobalanced or died at the worst moment.

This has now been resolved, and we're looking into squashing other annoying issues with partial fixes already. If possible, please report any serious bugs you encounter on the Bug-Reporting channel of the official discord and include your latest .log file (found in the Logs folder of your PCE game install).



The official merchandise store now features a new batch of items, ranging from action-packed posters to truly Jurassic-sized mouse mats!



There are brand new dark mugs such as the ominous Novaraptor Stasis, more T-shirt variants, and some lovely stickers to show your dino appreciation.



Click HERE to visit the merchandise store, and look forward to even more merch being added soon!



The latest classic colletion returning today is a real Bruiser bonanza! Bashing their way in-store are over FIFTY different retro Carno, Cerato & Pachy items with great discounts. Check out a sampling below...



You can see all of this week's returning cosmetics in the most recent column of our special Trello page! Up next is Raptor Rampage, where Oviraptors and Novaraptors flock this way...!

• Fixed explosives losing their owner on death
  
• Projectiles and traps are now cleaned up on death / autobalance
  
• Fixed flamethrower and molotov damaging humans if active when a Pyro dies / gets autobalanced
  
• Fix for when hurt by your own explosive then die by something else being classed as suicide
  
• Fixed the HUD icon for Grenegg going crazy sometimes
  
  
• Added an alternate crosshair for dinosaurs which goes red when over enemies
  
• Updated the Show Dinosaur Crosshair option in Gameplay settings to allow swapping styles
  
• Humans can now "inspect" their weapon by pressing Reload when their gun has full ammo (WIP)
  
  
• Updated camera motion + increased radius of tyrant footstep screenshake
  
• Updated reload and firing camera animations for netgun & both sniper rifles
  
  
• Potential fix for some players being unable to join matches because the server thinks it's full when it's not
  
  
• Added safety checks in code for dinosaur models, may fix model glitching when swapping sometimes

Thanks for playing!
-The Primal Carnage Team


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An update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now available on Steam!
Check out the highlights below, or scroll down for the full changelog...



A new visual feature we've added is being able to see holstered weapons on human characters!



For example: if a scientist is using her tranq pistol but is also carrying an assault cannon, you can see the cannon attached to her back while it's not in use. Sidearms are a bit harder to see, but both those and primary weapons are displayed on the character's body.

Aside from just being cool, we think this should be helpful in general to sharp-eyed dinosaurs. You now have a chance to see what you're going up against instead of being completely surprised now when they pull out a weapon.


One community suggestion we decided to explore for this patch has to do with Tyrants. As of today, they are now body snatchers. If a raptor is pouncing a human, or a Pteranodon has someone in their claws, a Tyrant can bite and hijack that human for themselves to eat.



In fairness to raptors and Pteras, they receive kill credit for the human that was stolen from them.



An interesting side effect of this change is that Tyrants can now feed humans to each other if they're fast enough (both of them receive health)....



Tupa has received a rework to how its impact momentum is actually calculated, leading to a big reduction in vertical knockback when ramming into humans with its head. The distance is about the same, but we think the amount of damage the human feels is a bit more fair now.



Elsewhere, we have continued to address bugs and annoyances such as raptors pouncing people while netted, or it being difficult to ignite acid with the flaregun.



A lot of focus has been on improving controller support as well, with menu sizes and navigation being improved in several key areas. This should make things better both for regular gamepad users and those on Steam Deck.



Easter is now hopping aside to make way for a roaring retro rampage of classic skins, taunts, mutations and more over the next several weeks!



Starting with a Tyrant Takeover, there are ~100 Acro / Rex / Spino items back today with epic discounts! Check back each week as we shine a spotlight on other classic item collections going forward...



You can quickly browse all of the returning items on our Special Trello Board, and preview them in-game.

• Modified the Tupa's air ram momentum, now does much less vertical knockback when headbutting
  
  
• Added the ability for tyrants to snatch humans away from pouncing raptors or grabbing pteras
  
• Tyrants that snatch a human from another dinosaur get health but the other dino gets kill credit
  
• Tyrants can now play "pass the human" with eachother
  
  
• Humans now show un-equipped weapons holstered on their body
  
  
• Ignition radius for Cryo acid pools when hit by the flaregun is now larger
  
• Increased the amount of ammunition dual pistols receive from ammo pickups
  
• Adjusted human character collision so it's easier to hit teammates with the tranq pistol
  
• Controller rumble adjustments for various heavy sniper, bow, dual pistol, melee and SMG actions
  
  
• Fixed being able to melee spam with the burst rifle
  
• Fixed being able to reload/shoot/throw/swap weapons when taunting
  
• Fixed sometimes being unable to take off again after using Tupa's divebomb attack
  
• Fixed raptor pounce/mauling not stopping when the raptor gets netted mid-pounce
  
• Fixed the letter V mysteriously making you sprint without being actually bound to sprint
  
  
• Enlargered the Options menus so that they fill the window now
  
• Added sorting button to inventory, swaps between original order and reverse order
  
• Reversed inventory sorting by default to place mutations and skins at the top for dinosaurs
  
• Added hover animation when rolling across the social buttons on main menu
  
• Increased item description box size to avoid text being cut off
  
  
• Gamepad: made it easier to select the Redeem Key option in-store
  
• Gamepad: added shortcut for opening the News feed on main menu
  
• Gamepad: can now actually use the social buttons, using Up/Down on controller
  
• Gamepad: can now swap through class filters on the Browse store tab using L1/R1
  
• Gamepad: added new shortcuts to the store, fixed redundant icons showing
  
• Gamepad: changed button prompt to "Preview" instead of "BUY" for previewable items in-store
  
  
• Gamepad: added shortcuts in Options menus for Accept/Revert instead of needing to scroll all the way down to select Apply Changes
  
  
• Fixed the feather masking on a few raptor skins
  
• Fixed a problem with the Lithographica Nova mutation model
  
• Optimizations to Strange particle effect attachments
  
• Physics optimizations for Pathfinder's character models
  
• Stability updates to the economy systems
  
• Fixed some server log spam

Thanks for playing!
-The Primal Carnage Team


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Grab your Greneggs, a new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now available!

This update includes a seasonal Easter Event along with several fixes and improvements, plus adjustments to several weapons and dinosaurs. Read on for all the details...




Tupandactylus has received some tweaks to make it less of a headache to deal with. Namely, the air ram "headbutt" attack is now less damaging and there's not quite as much knockback from it. To offset this, both Tupa and Ptera now have the same health (350).



The flaregun has seen a radical reworking, its shots now have a small amount of heat-seeking when they fly close to a target. Coupled with this, flaregun shots that land on the ground can now ignite enemies that walk over them. Finally, it has a faster reload speed, but much less ammo than previously, with the projectiles flying slower through the air.

Humans in general should now be a bit more effective in combat. Most guns outside of sniper rifles / special weapons (flamethrower, netgun etc.) now have better mid-range damage output. From the humble MK Pistol, to the speedy Spaz-12, most guns now pack more of a wallop without needing to be in a dinosaur's face.



There are a number of other changes as well, such as more damaging Cryo acid pools and tweaks to the stungun, which you can see in the full notes further down. We're interested to see how these changes play out, as it seemed the mercenary team were still at a disadvantage oftentimes in recent months.




We're celebrating Easter with a fresh batch of new looks in-game today, focused on our feathered fiends! From glorious (and gigantic) Oviraptor mutations, to fluffy Novas and Spitters, there's a tonne of cracking new cosmetics...



Grab the 2023 Easter Gift to award up to 24 other players with special Easter items! It includes a new Rex mutation, tracking devices for all dinos, new human outfits and a whole flock of Ovi skins! This bumper box contains 33 different items total, with splashy new looks galore such as the epic Gold Slash Spino...



And don't forget - over 50 classic items are returning today as well!

Looking outside of the store, there are a handful of new free drop skins and sprays added to the game. These aren't time-limited and will be sticking around after the Easter Event concludes.



As always, you can check out all of the latest items added to the game on our Special Event Trello board!


There may be a stretch without content updates for a while as we finalize the revised PlayStation version of Primal Carnage going forward. We're in the final stages of getting our closed console beta approved (once it stops crashing, we'll be accepting testers).

The next big release on PC will be version 3.0, which will bring a lot of the added polish and enhancements being made for the revised PS4 edition to the Steam side. These include more gameplay improvements, large-scale map reworks, expanded lore and backstory, refined UI and HUD with more customizability, and maybe even some new voice acting.

We're unsure when this update will release, but it will most likely be after the PS4 relaunch. We look forward to sharing more about all this in the coming months, and hope you'll like the new overhauls once they're in your hands! Until then, here is the changelog for Easter...

• Increased effective damage of most weapons at their mid-range point
  (affected guns include all shotguns, AR, M4, burst rifle, SMGs, Colts, MK, Deagle)
  
  
• Tightened spread pattern on all shotguns
  
• Heavy melee attacks have been sped up for most guns
  
• Added more controller rumble events to first person animations such as reloading
  
• Increased base rumble intensity of firing weapons
  
  
• Increased stungun max charge damage from 180 to 200
  
• Stungun minimum stunned duration reduced from 1 sec to 0.75 seconds
  
• Reduced self-damage from stungun auto-discharge when held too long
  
  
• Minor reduction to SMG damage distance
  
• Fixed an issue with dual pistols reloading audio
  
  
• Faster damage tick interval for Cryo acid pools
  
• Increased acid pool tick damage from 25 to 30
  
  
• Flaregun projectiles now have a small amount of "heat seeking" if they fly close to a target
  
• Flaregun shots that land on the ground can now ignite enemies
  
• Reduced flaregun instant hit damage from 90 to 65
  
• Flaregun critical hits now do 1.5x damage instead of triple damage
  
• Reduced how much fire damage flaregun shots do over time
  
• Added more recoil and spread to the flaregun
  
• Reduced flaregun projectile's speed
  
• Reduced flaregun ammo pickup amount
  
• Flaregun now reloads much faster
  
  
• Moderate reduction to Tupa headbutt knockback
  
• Reduced maximum Tupa headbutt damage from 70 to 60
  
• Increased health of Ptera from 320 to 350
  
  
• Increased detection check radius for Tupa headbutt
  
• Reduced tupa knockback, reduced minimum charge damage
  
  
• Reduced minimum flight time to explode for AR grenades
  
• Possible fix for assault rifle grenades bouncing too much
  
  
• Fixed some instances where keyboard prompts were still shown when using a gamepad
  
• Can now swap between tabs in the store using L1 and R1 buttons on controller
  
• Player ID card screen is now closeable the same way as all other menus on controller
  
• Can now use Triangle/Y for changing avatars in main menu with controller
  
• Fixed controllers getting stuck when navigating certain menus
  
  
• Store price tags now use a larger font
  
• Item-names/descriptions in store are now larger when hovered
  
• Updated the Deluxe DLC store link to point directly to the bundle page on Steam
  
• Merch Store link now goes to the main homepage of the shop instead of Accessories
  
  
• Added new Easter cosmetic content
  
• Character texture memory optimizations
  
• Updated eye masking for Glory Cryo skin
  
  
• Fixed garbled text on a few death screen hints
  
  
• Network priority adjustments that may improve loadout synchronization

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-The Primal Carnage Team

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now available. Alongside today's patch, we have a fresh rotation of new looks in-store, a special Deluxe Edition DLC bundle, plus official support for Steam Deck!




Today we're launching a Deluxe Edition bundle for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam, which features a generous assortment of classic items!

We have two cosmetic DLC packs as part of the Deluxe Edition bundle - the Mercenary Megapack and Prehistoric Legacy Collection. In total, owning both of these grants you over 300 items, ranging from regular skins for humans and dinosaurs to model mutations and taunts.



Some of these items have previously only been available during special time-limited events such as the Summer Scavenger Hunt, but now you can acquire them as part of the Deluxe Edition bundle!



With even the official soundtrack included in the bundle, we think this is a great value starter pack for new players! If you already own PCE, you can choose to upgrade to Deluxe with a discount. And for those only interested in one of the item collections, you can also choose to buy each DLC pack separately.

Importantly, by purchasing the complete Deluxe Edition you will be supporting future development!
We're committed to providing more updates and new content for the game (Version 3.0 is on the way!), but your help is invaluable in keeping us going.

Players who own both the Prehistoric Legacy Collection and Mercenary Megapack DLCs will receive a special golden nameplate in-game that is visible to other players, as a sign of their supporter status.


We're rolling out official support for Steam Deck this update. We'd received quite a few requests for this, and since we love the Deck we were happy to oblige!



It might be a while before Valve reviews our compatibility status again, so for now we may not show in the "Great on Deck" section. But fear not, with today's update installed you should be able to boot the game up with no problems on Steam Deck. You can now play PCE multiplayer wherever you go, so long as there's good internet access (or do some solo Survival if the wi-fi is out).

If you're lucky enough to own one, please let us know how your experience on Steam Deck goes! We've fine-tuned the graphics options on first boot so that you should have rock solid performance, but if you encounter issues we'll endeavour to investigate.




Spring is almost upon us and this St. Patrick's Day we're celebrating again with a gaggle of green cosmetics. Two new sets of bold dinosaur skins headline this store rotation, the Green Menace packs! Between them there's 14 voracious veridian creatures ready to be set free...



Marching into the store are several new mutations as well, ranging from the snarling Sarcophagus Acro to the terrifying Thanatos Carno, ready to give you a snap. Not to mention, there's two weird and wonderful Pachycephalosaurus variants - Annectens and Kapros!



Outside of the store, there are a handful of new free drops being added to the game. Why not get into the spirit with a Lucky Fedora, or bling out your Acro with the Goldrush skin!



As always, you can check out all of the latest items added to the game on our Special Event Trello board!

• Updated to a newer version of Steamworks for better compatibility
  
• Reduced size of the game's .EXE file, may improve performance
  
• Fixed an issue with Ptera grabbing people when hovering
  
• Added new St. Patricks Event cosmetic content
  
• Smoothed out Commando's head to be less polygonal
  
• Another fix for the "Not So Fast" achievement not triggering correctly
  
• The death screen now has multiple variants of each death hint while waiting to respawn
  
• Updated the game's startup splash image
  
  
• Main menu sidebar is now hidden when not connected to economy, instead of showing a bunch of garbled text.
  
  
• Added new golden nameplate for Deluxe owners which appears on main menu and when spectated
  
  
• Added a fallback fix for being stuck in team selection when joining a match - you should now be auto-assigned after a short time if team select appears for a game that has it disabled.
  
  
• Added new Steam Deck default system settings for smooth performance on handheld, (automatically applied when playing on Deck)

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-The Primal Carnage Team

A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam.

This hotfix mainly resolves a few issues with Flyer movement, we'll be continuing to refine both Tupa and Ptera's fluidity in future. Full details for today's patch below...

• Fixed awkwardness when sprinting left/right while in flight for Ptera and Tupa
  
• Sprint-flying left and right is now the same speed as going forwards
  
  
• Fixed robotic footstep sounds playing on regular Tyrant skins when you step in mud with chains equipped
  
  
• Fixed two of the same novaraptor mutation being in default inventory
  
• Fixed an issue with eye masking on certain cryo skins
  
• Added red classic trapper shades

A new update is available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!
We hope you'll just love what we have for you this Valentine's Day...



We're continuing to fine tune things for Flyers after the addition of manual flight modes last update. They now have better blending between hovering and regular flight, and several bugs / exploits relating to changing flight mode have been fixed. There's some additional polish planned for Flyers in future, but things should be a lot more stable now.

Elsewhere, several issues with achievement and challenge tracking have been resolved. So you won't get an achievement for blocking bullets with your dome skull as a human now, and tranquilizer-related tasks should complete properly.

Additional minor fixes are listed in the changelog further down, but the bulk of today's update is our...


Love is in the air, we're celebrating Valentine's Day by rotating in a parade of colourful (particularly pink) new looks for you to enjoy!



Having said that... they're not all as loud as Mister Pink! We also have some slightly more reserved styles arriving today, such as the Rugged Rex and Risen Novaraptor...



Although we simply couldn't say no to an Anomalocaris Hat- this weirdly adorable (if slightly creepy) new head warmer is now available in-store...



In addition to the new looks, there are two fresh taunts added today!
Check out the Spinosaurus Display Taunt and Ceratosaurus Defensive Roar...

And of course all of the legacy Valentines items are back at a discount for the duration of the event. Share the love with a classic Valentines Gift, showering up to 24 other people on a server with items!





A collection of new drops are activated today, from the blinding Pink Paws Burst Rifle to the terrifying new Torvus Cerato mutation. As well as new looks, we have a selection of fresh sprays and avatars dropping as well, such as the totes adorbs Raptor Heart:



You can view all of the latest special event items on our Trello board!



We've expanded the ways you can obtain Paint Mixer Tools! These are the single-use items required to save your custom look when using the dinosaur colourizer. They're still available on the in-game store, but are now tradable and can be obtained as free drops.

With this change, you now have the chance to acquire Paint Mixer Tools during regular gameplay, or by levelling up, and by completing challenges. Just as a reminder, any multi-pack of paint you buy in-store comes with a Paint Mixer Tool included as well.


We'll be continuing to make more minor changes and fixes throughout spring while we prepare to relaunch Primal on PlayStation. Thankyou for your patience.

• Flight modes can now be toggled by pressing the USE button on controllers
  
• Reduced intensity of wing flaps when entering hover mode as Flyers
  
• Improvements to animation blending behaviour for Flyers when in flight
  
• Fixed being unable to divebomb properly from hover mode as Tupa
  
• Fixed animations for Flyers in hover mode not replicating properly sometimes
  
• Fixed the Tupa going rigid when climbing or descending in hover mode
  
• Fixed flyers getting odd speed boosts when swapping flight modes while descending
  
• Fixed a case where holding sprint without moving drained stamina as Flyer
  
• Adjusted neck/head positioning of Flyers to be more forwards
  
• Carno and Cerato now adjust their feet more noticeably when on slopes
  
  
• Fixed Pyro not being able to wear the Saurian Sombrero
  
• Fixed scuba tank floating really far behind when worn by Scientist
  
• Fixed issue with Piano Black and Hellwalker DB skins applying to Pathfinder's arms
  
• Added custom arms for all Agent Scientist, Agent Pyro and Agent Commando skins
  
• Fixed the Iced Flaregun not being visible in third person
  
• Fixed incorrect eye masking on Lamar Rex skin
  
• Fixed weird stain on Mabaya Rex's head
  
  
• Expanded the variety of hints shown while waiting to respawn (over 60 more types)
  
• Fixed the highlight box for multi-item previews obscuring the icons when hovered over
  
• Removed jingle bells from the gift opening sound now that we're in February
  
  
• Fixed players other than the Pachy being awarded the Using Your Head achievement
  
• Fixed achievements and challenges relating to dart weapons not tracking correctly
  
• Fixed weekly challenges not rotating properly (hopefully)
  
  
• Known issue: flyers may have difficulty when sprinting left/right in some cases, this will be resolved in our next hotfix.

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And so it begins... again...

2023 sees the Primal Carnage franchise starting its second decade, and we'll be continuing to support PCE on PC with more updates throughout. Today we have a small one to kick the year off, with a few fixes and mechanic tweaks alongside the January store rotation...




Pteranodon and Tupandactylus can now swap between regular flight or hover flight by tapping Alt. When regular flight mode is active, Flyers will now continue gliding forwards if there is no input - instead of automatically hovering on the spot the way they did previously.



Swapping to hover mode while flying at high speed acts as an air brake. When in hover mode, you can rapidly ascend with the "jump" button or descend on the spot in freefall using the "crouch" button. Continue holding crouch to gain speed while descending.


Hovering around allows for precise movements when trying to land on a specific spot, unlike regular flight. An indicator for the active flight mode is shown in the bottom right of the HUD when flying now.




The flyer changes are part of a broader adjustment- the addition of a customizable Special Movement key for dinosaurs. Outside of the Flyers, other classes which use this currently are the Pachy for its slide ability, and Tyrants use it to brace. These actions are still doable by crouching, but you now have the option of using the rebindable Special Movement key as well.



We may look to include some additional utility for other dinosaurs in future now that there's a dedicated button for it. Watch this space.



The tutorial hints system has been expanded with the addition of tips that display while you are waiting to respawn. These "death hints" are contextual in that they pertain to the method in which you died. So depending on which weapon, class, or attack killed you, the game will try to display an appropriate hint.

We'll expand on these and continue to add more types of tutorialization in future, to help expose the many interesting quirks of Primal's gameplay. Like all the existing hints, they can be toggled On / Off in the game's options menu.





Our seasonal event may have come to a close but winter is still clinging on, with some cold blooded beasties stomping into the store today. We have a brand new set of mutations and beautiful boreal skins such as the Frozen Wake Tupa and magnificent Icefall Feathered Spinosaurus...



Stay both warm AND stylish with suits for all mercenaries! Not to be outdone by Agent Stone, a wardrobe of four tailored tuxedos for each human is now available. So, meet Agent Angus, Agent Crane, Agent Hart, and Agent Tyler bundles along with a retroactive pack containing several agent trapper skins...



Since the resident medical staff has no more need for it, our Commando can now don the Field Medic's outfit, perfect for the heavy weapons guy with the healing hands. And when it comes to pre-loved clothes, you can't go wrong with the Wilderness Commando outfit which has some rather charming slashes taken out of it.




Several new items have been added to the drop pool, obtainable by just playing the game, or completing challenges / crafting. White as the driven snow, the Winter Sneaking Suit is a legendary Scientist skin variant with piercing blue eyes. There is also a combo option cigar and shades for the Trapper, plus a couple of new weapon skins.



On the dinosaur side, the bold Ribbon Eel Acro is a legendary new look. And two striking new Bruiser mutations charge into the game: Ranaepedes Cerato & Torosus Carno...



Finally, a couple of fun sprays / avatars have been added to the game...



You can get a closer look at all of the items in the latest update on our Special Trello Board, or preview them directly in-game.

• New manual flight mode option for Flyers, toggle hover mode with Alt key
  
• When in hover mode, hold crouch to rapidly descend on the spot
  
• Added customizable Special Movement key for Tyrant bracing, Pachy slide, flight modes
  
  
• Expanded clip size and reserve ammo of tranquilizer pistol
  
• Faster reload speed for tranquilizer pistol
  
  
• Added contextual "death hints" that display on the respawn screen
  
• Reverted the snowy main menu and basic testing maps to normal
  
• Fixed the Acro plush being backwards when worn by Scientist
  
• Fixed a missing item description

After all this time, we're still here.

We have a busy year ahead of us, and hope you'll enjoy what we have in the works behind the scenes. More minor updates are coming throughout spring as we work on refreshing the PS4 side of Primal.
Valentines, St. Patricks and Easter will be here soon, and there's some big overhauls planned in future!

Thanks for playing!
-The Primal Carnage Team


For all things Primal Carnage, get involved on the Official Discord...

Happy holidays!
We've got a new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!

There's plenty of presents this year, with over 150 new winter themed items being added to the game! Not only that, but we've been doing some deep engine code work to improve the feel of PCE in general.

Read on for the highlights, and see the full changelog further down...
(thanks to community artist BadPlague for the artwork!)



This winter we're continuing to improve and rework some of the fundamental systems in the game, to create better moment to moment gameplay. Chief among these is how characters collide with the world. We've put a big focus on trying to avoid players becoming stuck or getting caught on objects, so now you should smoothly slide off in most cases instead.

With the tweaks we've made, movement in general feels much more fluid as you can step over many more smaller obstacles. There may be a couple of areas you can get to which you shouldn't, and we'll fix those in time, but we're really happy with the results so far.



Additionally, we reworked character rotation to mitigate dinosaurs turning the wrong way when making long turns. This is a big help for Tyrants and Bruisers in particular, it being way less likely for them to suddenly jerk in the wrong direction now.



We are exploring future updates to melee hit detection, but have made a small tweak this update which should make melee a bit more reliable. Detection traces for impacts now fire off much more frequently, hopefully making it harder for your attack to miss.



From adorable plush backpacks, to feather galore, and some seriously cool new mutations... there are dozens of new featured items in-store this winter!



Alongside a new cold-hearted collection of Royal Acros, the Novaraptor joins the monarchy this month with the first trifecta of Royal Nova skins! Featuring a unique partially feathered model and distinctly regal feather arrangements, they are quite a sight...

Everyone's looking to keep warm this winter, and there's an avalanche of feather coated fiends arriving today, such as those in the Northern Novaraptor Bundle. Humans have to watch out for the cold too, though! What better way to keep yourself cozy than wearing the corpse of your enemies?



There's a wolfskin pelt, Compy caps, and even stuffed animal packs with demon glowing eyes- festive! We've also got a couple of crazy human taunts... I mean, why not go wild with the dancing scientist?



And get a lucky shot with Trapper's net pitcher taunt to ensnare a dinosaur if they're close enough!



There's even a crowbar now.



And of course all of the legacy winter items are back at a discount for the duration of the winter event. Pick up a gift and spread festive cheer across the server, showering people with seasonal items! Don't forget you can grab three classic gifts for the price of one with the Gift Bag bundle.






Santa Claws returns, raining down baubles from his pterosaur powered sleigh! Most of them are highly dangerous assault weapons, so just as well this island is solely inhabited by mercenaries...



Classic winter drops have also been reactivated and we're running a DOUBLE DROP event until January, where you can obtain twice the usual weekly limit of random item drops during winter!



And remember, you can view all of this year's new winter items on our Special Event Trello page!

• Major rework of character collision with the environment, greatly reducing stuck spots for dinosaurs and making movement in general much more fluid.
  
  
• Overhaul of character rotation - is now less likely for dinosaurs to suddenly turn the wrong way.
  
  
• Melee trace checks now occur much more frequently, which should help with reliability.
  
  
• Updated default Tyrant limits for TDM (minimum players required to spawn increased from 10 to 12)
  
  
• Reduced Carnotaurus health regen from charge while roared to be the same as its secondary attack
  
• Increased air ram momentum multiplier for Tupa from 0.8x to 1.0x
  
• Carno/Cera/Pachy charge kills now send dead human ragdolls flying in more natural ways
  
  
• Machete and other heavy melee attacks now go through dinosaur armour
  
• Updated assault cannon reload timing to feel better, with no awkward delay after firing
  
• Added 3rd person equip animations for the AR, M4, BR, Shotgun and Sniper Rifle
  
• All other weapons now have at least a placeholder anim (throw) in 3rd person when swapping
  
  
• Compound Bow updates:
  
  
  • Swapping arrows is now possible while sprinting
    
  • When your last arrow is fired, the bow now auto-swaps to the alternate arrow type
    
  • Can now swap arrow types when drawing the bow back (causes current arrow to fire)
• Specified unique movement sounds for all other Robo dinosaur skins
  
• Added unique movement sounds when wearing Tyrant chains
  
• Adjusted the kill assist sound to be less intrusive
  
• Reduced volume of "Rextended" main menu theme
  
  
• Another fix for camera shaking endlessly on Pyro death
  
• Fixed incorrect status effect icon duration for dinosaurs hit by tracking arrows
  
• Fixed spamming spacebar in scoreboard closing the game
  
• Fixed some items showing as "skinname skinname" in store previewer
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when in the customization screen
  
• Added class family categories to filter by when using the Browse tab in-store
  
• Swapped out main menu for the winter version
  
• Various post process effect optimizations
  
• Updated the credits

Give the gift of Carnage this winter!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/321360

Primal Carnage: Extinction, the PCE 4-pack bundle and even the original soundtrack are discounted during the Steam Winter Sale, so it's a great time to jump into all the carnage!





We're back in 2023 with more gameplay overhauls as the revised PlayStation version enters beta.
Why not join us on Discord to discuss everything Primal Carnage?


-The Primal Carnage Team

A new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now live!

The December Patch brings some new gameplay features to enhance certain weapons and play-styles, along with more quality of life improvements and balance adjustments.

While our chief programmers are busy fixing platform-specific errors on the PlayStation side, the rest of us have had bonus time to polish and improve various aspects of the game, with some interesting results!

Not to mention, today also marks the start of our winter festivities!
Read on for some jolly good changes...





Since a few players were lamenting the loss of their medkits this year, we're happy to announce that the Scientist class has some new utilities to allow her to be played as a healer!

You can now use the Tranquilizer Pistol to heal allies and give them a small amount of armour. This is one occasion where shooting your friends is a good idea! Allies can withstand more damage with this buff applied and it allows the Scientist to help their buddies from afar. Being hit by a dino shortens the buff duration, so watch your distance.

But that's not all!
Have you ever felt the need? The need for speed?



Everyone's favourite energy drink is breaking free of Survival mode. Yes, SPEEDGREED is now a throwable item for the Scientist! She picked up a multi-pack from somewhere and can now throw down a set of cold ones to revive herself or her friends (limit one drink per person).



The buff applies a movement speed boost to anyone who picks it up, lasting 15 seconds. This can be particularly helpful when getting to the chopper!




A new alternate special arrow type is now available for the compound bow. If you have the bow equipped, use the Special Ammo slot in Customization to choose what kind of special arrows you want to use...



Swapping out the default Explosive Arrows for Tracker Arrows lets you fire a special variant that highlights enemies for your team if you land a hit. This can be useful in tracking down particularly annoying targets.



We have additional functionality planned for the tracking arrows further down the track, and yet more arrow types planned in future. It's been a lot of fun testing these updates the past few weeks, and we're excited to see how the changes will play out in live :)





We're bringing back all of the legacy holiday content starting TODAY in-store! That's nearly 8 years of returning classics, ranging from festive outfits to merry mutations. An avalanche of awesome!



Oh and of course, they're all on sale! Grab great festive deals from now until early next year.
And in the spirit of giving, winter free drop items are now live, along with DOUBLE DROPS!


This update marks the start of a larger overhaul to the Extinction Store, with our end goal to make it a much more user friendly experience...



So, you can now preview (almost) all items available in the store! This includes multi-item packs, so you can browse through every single cosmetic contained within a bundle.

We also remembered that weapons haven't had a proper preview.. uh.. ever... so they can now be checked out as well, including weapon bundles such as the Arsenal Appearance Packs.



Multi-class previews are now a thing too! If an item supports more than one class, you now see all of the icons for the supported classes in the previewer, and can swap between them to see how the item looks on every character.



We'll be continuing to improve the store going forward with more quality of life features such as browsing by category and adding filters to show only certain item types. Improvements to inventory sorting are also coming further down the line.


We've been continuing to fine tune various classes lately in open testing, one of which is the Pachy...



Its speed reduction has been mitigated somewhat this update with slightly better turning and faster acceleration, alongside a modest +50 health increase. Our next goal is to remove some of the friction that makes it still feel a little clunky.

As of this patch it can now enter bracing faster when decelerating from a charge, but it's still not quite where we want it just yet. There are other adjustments to the class being considered, including a further change to how charge is handled, which we'll be experimenting with in testing over the next month or so.

And it's a good day to be a Carno player, with our pointy headed friend now capable of receiving over triple the amount of health back on headbutt when its roar is active compared to before.

Wrapping up highlights for the saurian side, we have flipped the tables on Ptera and Tupa...



Our flying rammer now has the larger pool of health out of the two pterosaurs, to help with multi-hit engagements. To even out the two classes, Tupa's damage has been boosted a bit and Ptera has a smidge less survivability due to being able to carry targets away at high speed.



From what statistics we've been able to gather, Pyro was seeming to lag behind his fellows, so we've been progressively building him up over time. That includes his kit...

The Flameslammer has been further refined after its previous nerf, getting a little more kick. Incendiary grenades now burn a little hotter, dealing more damage over time, and incendiary explosions now pass through armour (the same as other explosives). The underslung slam shotgun of the Flameslammer also has better mid-range damage now.

It's not all about the new toy, though. Flamethrower users rejoice!



Proportional damage has been added to the Flamesaw's firejet, meaning that larger targets are hurt more when they are hit by it. The overpressure function has also been made much more forgiving, lasting twice as long and being more effective in general.

Lastly, the Flaregun has received a boost to its afterburn damage. The fire no longer just tickles enemies, burning for up to a total of 96 damage instead of the paltry 17 it did previously. And if you haven't used it in a while, remember that critical hits from the Flaregun deal triple damage!


Check out all of the changes in version 2.9.9 below...

• Increased usable range of thrown health and ammo utility items
  
• Increased number of thrown ammo kit uses from 5 to 6
  
• Increased heal amount of thrown health kits from 10 to 12 per tick
  
• Increased blast radius of assault rifle grenades from 250 to 285
  
• Ensured all explosions have ArmourPiercing and ThrowRagdoll flags enabled
  
  
• Swapping between weapons is now faster with less of an artificial delay
  
• Throwable weapons such as zap traps / landmines now avoid clipping into eachother
  
• Jumping while scoped will now force you out of scope view
  
• Fixed pounce recovery animations not playing for anyone other than Scientist
  
• Added near-camera fading to bullet smoke trails so they don't have a hard cut-off
  
  
• Resized human physics assets to be larger to properly encompass the whole character, which may further improve dinosaur hit registration

• NEW arrow type - Marking Arrows!
  
• Equip the bow and use the Special Ammo customization slot to select either explosive or marking. Tagged targets are revealed to all humans.
  
  
• NEW sci throwable - Speedgreed Energy Drinks
  
• Run over these to pick up an instant buff: sprinting is 1.2x faster, walking 1.35x faster (lasts 15 seconds)
  
  
• Gas Mines now automatically detonate after 1.6 seconds
  
• Increased the radius of gas mine poison clouds by ~25%
  
• Fixed gas mines stacking their effects when overlapping
  
• Increased gas duration from 12 to 15 secs
  
• Increased stamina drain from gas cloud
  
  
• NEW buff ability for the tranq pistol - shoot your friends!
  
• Human teammates receive health and armour that lasts for 20 seconds (shortened if they take damage)
  
  
• Significantly reduced the spread on tranq pistol
  
• Scientists receive assist points when their dart buff helps an ally survive an attack
  
• Humans with tranq pistol buff are outlined in blue

• improved mid-range damage for the flame slammer's slug shotgun
  
• increased burn tick damage of incendiary grenades from 15 per tick to 20
  
• made sure incendiary grenade explosions are armour piercing
  
• enabled ThrowRagdoll on incendiary grenades and added an impulse on death
  
  
• Added proportional damage to the flamethrower - the larger the dino, the more it hurts.
  
• Increased base flame damage from 3.5 to 4.5 (is multiplied by proportional damage)
  
• Flamesaw overpressure now lasts about twice as long
  
• Reduced overpressure extra damage from 160% to 70%
  
• Reduced delay before pressure starts building again from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
  
  
• Increased total DoT fire damage for Flaregun from 17 to 96

• Improved heavy damage reactions for Tyrannosaurus
  
• Updated the T.rex idle loop and movement animations with lower tail posture to make swipes easier

• Increased tupa health from 300 to 350
  
• Increased tupa flight collision tolerance
  
• Increased tupa air ram damage - minimum is now 40, max 70
  
• Increased max tupa divebomb damage from 90 to 100
  
  
• Reduced ptera health from 360 to 320
  
• Fixed ptera marking dead bodies
  
• Added head gore to Flyers!

• Made the spit to bite cooldown on dilo and cryo 50% shorter
  
• Added new more dangerous feeling Cryo acid in-air sounds
  
• Increased audible radius of spit in-air travel sounds and impacts
  
• Reduced "health" of dilo venom puddles when burned
  
• Tweaked the look of burned dilo puddle decals
  
• Fixed spit decals not spawning properly in solo mode
  
• Fixed cases where dilo spit would not extinguish molotov firepools

• Improved sprint acceleration for Pachy
  
• Increased regular (un-roared) sprint speed of Pachy
  
• Made bracing cost slightly less for Pachy
  
• Pachy brace can be triggered sooner when slowing from sprint
  
• Pachy grazing speed only starts slowing down when past 65% full
  
  
• Increased max ravenous health regen from Carno charge hits from 85 to ~300!

• Slightly different UI hit sounds depending on whether you're shooting dino strongpoints or weakpoints
  
  
• Updated a few other HUD sounds, added "skillshot" kill sound (ricochet) for:
  
  
  • any multi-kill as human (grenades, usually)
    
  • killing with a stungun zap
    
  • killing a flyer that is in flight
    
  • shooting charged spit out of the air
    
  • solo tyrant killer
    
  • cerato tail crit kill
• Started overhauling the in-game store:
  
  
  • Added multi-class previews for items that are usable by more than one character
    
  • Added multi-item previews for bundles, allowing you to swap between all items in a pack
    
  • Added previews for weapon skins and weapon packs
    
  • Added store filter categories (Flyer, Bruiser, etc.) to the Browse tab
  
  
• Fixed the custom hair and arm textures of Woodland Scientist skin
  
• Fixed the Uranium Carno skin having the head glowmap applied to the body
  
• Fixed incorrect body texture on the Silver Peak Tupa skin
  
• Fixed colour overlay texture for Mokala Pachy skin being too dark
  
• Fixed incorrect description for Tawny Feathered Novaraptor skin
  
• Tweaked eye masking for SnowFlame Nova and Starlight Cerato
  
• Updated a few other item descriptions and rseolved some typos
  
  
• Default image sharpen value is now Low (setting to Off affects Speedgreed buff visuals)
  
• Various physics and server-side optimizations
  
  
• Updated default map rotation lists:
  
  
  • Removed ForgottenOutpost and SandstormValley from regular TDM rotation
    
  • Added TheFalls and Docks back to CTE rotation

We hope you enjoy this latest patch for Primal Carnage: Extinction, and there's more yet to come!



The next major update for PCE arrives within a couple of weeks and will see the Winter Event in full swing. Look forward to a glorious spread of fresh new seasonal looks for dinosaurs and humans alike!

The community has been churning out some cracking good items lately, with well over 100 new cosmetics on Steam Workshop set to be accepted this winter...



So check back soon for new taunts, skins, mutations, bundles, a new Winter Gift and Santa Claws's collection of festive free drops!

-The Primal Carnage Team