Hello Miners,

Mark your calendars for the Season 03 Narrated Trailer, premiering on Wednesday October 26th, 1PM CEST here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWoOuRqIa54!

This is also the time where Season 03: Plaguefall will be available on the Experimental Branch*, prior to its release next week on Thursday November 3rd.

And while you wait, here is a roundup for the rest of the teasers for Season 03:









Oh, and we hope you are enjoying the Halloween event! Given all the Mission Control impersonators we see on the Space Rig, it certainly looks like it.

See you all for the premiere on Wednesday! Bring your own popcorn.

Rock and Stone!

With Love
The Ghost Ship Crew



*Info on how to access the Experimental Branch can be found here https://www.deeprockgalactic.com/experimental-branch

Gasp! Shriek! Shiver! It is time for the spookiest of all DRG Seasonal Events. Halloween is haunting the Space Rig - and Management has approved a couple things for the occasion:

• The new Halloween Party assignment is now available to all eligible employees*. And you know there will be a significant payout waiting for you upon completion.
  
• Two new masks, awarded upon completion of the Halloween Party assignment. The Scary Rubber Mask will finally let you dress up as Mission Control. And the Hooded Monster will make you look like…a hooded monster. Scare your fellow employees in style, whichever option you choose!
  
• The Space Rig has been decorated to fit the theme. Summon a beer from Lloyd’s pumpkin-infested bar or start a group chant while operating the altar of Deep Dives, whatever gets you in the spirit of Halloween. Also, some uninvited guests have made their way onto the Space Rig. Spoooooky…

Management hopes you will have an enjoyable, frightening, and profitable Halloween. And remember, there is nothing as scary as an unfinished assignment. Get to work, Miners.

Rock and Stone!

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew


*Completing the onboarding assignment “Conquer Hoxxes” makes you eligible for picking new assignments

It’s only been a week since Oktoberfest ended, but Management is already planning the next event to hit the Space Rig. And many of you have already guessed it: Halloween will make its return to Deep Rock Galactic on Tuesday Oct 18th (1pm CEST). And while there are no double Season XP rewards this time around, there’ll still be plenty to experience.

There will be a special Halloween Assignment for you to complete, as has become customary for a DRG event. But you are probably asking what compensation there will be for completing it. A hefty payout, trust us. And on top of that, these two new horrifying additions to your wardrobe:



The ‘Scary Rubber Mask’ is so terrifying that Management had to consult the company health insurance to ensure fright-induced cardiac arrest was covered. The lifeless, glowing eyes and the twisted grin are enough to make anyone jump with fright. It is the most hair-raising, blood-curdling cosmetic item ever made for Deep Rock Galactic and should be worn with consideration to your teammates.

The one behind that is called the ‘Hooded Monster’. It is also very scary.


You will, of course, also be treated to festive decorations alongside your fellow employees to get you in the proper Halloween spirit. Check back next week to see for yourself.

And just to be clear - there won’t be an equivalent Double Season XP bonus similar to the beer mug hunt during Oktoberfest. It was an experiment we did for Oktoberfest, and we know many of you loved that addition to the usual DRG events. We want to bring back this feature but did not have the production time for it with Halloween, the event being so close to Season 03. But you can expect us to bring that idea with us for future events.

The Halloween event starts Oct 18th (1pm CEST) and ends Nov 1st (1pm CEST), just in time for Season 03: Plaguefall to begin on Nov 3rd. Are you ready for a frighteningly good time? We are.


With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

Hello Miners!

It has truly been a week with teasers aplenty. We have had more to show this week, on our way to Season 03.

First, the title for Season 03 is now official: PLAGUEFALL



In the video above, you can also see the new, exciting key art for the season. And as many of you have already surmised, what is coming to Hoxxes is a literal infection: The insidious lithophage Rockpox! How this plague upon our workplace will actually work and what you will be doing about it is yet to come. But it will be exciting, we promise you.

We also revealed the Season 03 cosmetic DLC, the Biohazard Pack, which you can read more about here.

And on top of that, you got a sneak peek of something in the Space Rig



Oh, but that is not all. You also got a glimpse of Voice Actor Javier O'Neill and One-Man Audio Production Team Troels in action, hard at work recording voice lines for Season 03. Great work team, Management commends your effort.



Less than one month to go before Season 03 plagues Steam on November 3rd (launching on consoles November 17th). Stay tuned for more, Miners. Season 03 will be well worth it.

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

Once Season 03 arrives, you will have the opportunity to deal with the Rockpox in the most appropriate attire possible, courtesy of the new cosmetic DLC: The Biohazard Pack.



With the Biohazard Pack, you will be dressed to impress in the finest hazmat suits R&D has ever produced, shielding you from even the nastiest of airborne contaminants. The pack will include the following:

• 4 unique suits of Armor, one for each Class
  
• A unique helmet in two variants (Full Face & Half Face)
  
• Biohazard Paintjob for other Armors
  
• Biohazard Paintjob for your Weapons
  
• Biohazard Paintjob for Bosco
  
• Biohazard Paintjob for your Pickaxe

The store page is now live on Steam for you to wishlist if you so desire. Doing so will ensure you are notified once this beauty of a wardrobe addition lands on November 3rd, alongside Season 03.*

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2165590/Deep_Rock_Galactic__Biohazard_Pack/

Get the job done while looking the part, Miners. Rock and Stone!

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew


*Season 03 launches November 3rd on Steam and November 17th on Consoles

Something quite different this time: Our friends over at Channel 3 Records will be making a vinyl containing 21 tracks from the Deep Rock Galactic Soundtrack.



Pre-ordering begins October 1st at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT here: https://ch3records.com/products/deep-rock-galactic

Orders officially close November 1st, 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT. Final delivery is anticipated for early Q3, 2023.

The soundtrack was originally composed by Sophus Alf Agerbæk-Larsen, produced by Troels Jørgensen, with Mikkel Martin Petersen as Executive Producer. Mikkel has previously written a post on how the soundtrack came together.

Fun Fact: Sophus is Mikkel’s nephew. And no, he didn’t get to make the soundtrack because of his family ties, but rather in spite of it; Mikkel initially did not want to mix family and business, but Sophus proved he was the right person for the job (seriously, go read Mikkel’s writeup of the whole thing).

The record will contain 21 of the tracks from the full soundtrack, split over two vinyls.



There will be two versions of the vinyls, a classic black version and another with graphic patterns inspired by Fungus Bogs and Magma Core.




The LP also features a triple gatefold art piece made by Tim Murray. You may have seen some of his DRG fan art before.



And on top of that, each version comes with 4 silicone coasters of the beers from DRG.



This has been a bit of a special project for us. Making a record of the soundtrack was not something we had planned, but when Caleb and Travis from Channel 3 Records approached us with the idea it made a lot of sense to us. We know that a lot of you love the soundtrack and this would be a completely new way to enjoy it. Channel 3 Records also has a track record (no pun intended) of making visually stunning records for games. And after talking to them, it became clear that they were huge fans of the game and knew DRG in-depth. This has been a passion project both for Channel 3 Records and us, and we believe the end product shows it.

Time to fire up that jukebox, Miners! For this one time, Management approves of dancing.


With Love
The Ghost Ship Crew

More teasers have arrived! First, a short glimpse of something that will be quite necessary for whatever is about to happen once Season 03 arrives.



More details on exactly what purpose those two somethings serve in the coming weeks. However, we can give you a bit more details for the final grenade reveal: The Tactical Leadburster.



Again, we are stretching the definition of "grenade" here, but if something can deal damage like the Tactical Leadburster, then naming conventions take a backseat.

This little bundle of death fires off projectiles in a full 360-degree radius, providing anything not of dwarven toughness with a high dose of lead and some new ventilation holes to boot. Just throw it on the ground, stand back (stand waaay back), and admire the results.

Given this information, can you guess who the Tactical Leadburster is for?

The Gunner. It’s the gunner. It’s literally a throwable gun…


Stay tuned Miners, we have more exciting reveals next week. Until then, Rock and Stone!


With Love
The Ghost Ship Crew

More teasers are inbound. First, a quick look at what is coming to Hoxxes when Season 03 arrives. Last week you saw a brief glimpse of something previously not seen before in the caves. And this week, you get a closer (although briefer) look at this unknown entity.



Yup, that is definitely not robots.

But do you know what is? The Engineer’s new Grenade - the Shredder Swarm!



The Shredder Swarm Grenade spawns a swarm of reprogrammed Shredder Drones that will target any enemy in its vicinity. The Engineer has worked closely with R&D to ensure this miniature squadron of death does not target anything Dwarven. Management has complete faith in the reliability of this new addition to your arsenal, and can’t wait to see the improvements to productivity and overall deadlines brought forth by this flock of mechanical murderers.

We know you are excited for more, and we have more teasers coming soon. Stay tuned Miners!

Until then, get back to work.

Rock and Stone!

With Love
The Ghost Ship Crew

OktoberFest can now also be enjoyed in German and other supported languages, and the performance point bar should now start correctly at the mission end screen.

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

- Fixed a visual issue with the Best Wurst Beer Mug x2 Performance Point bonus
- Tweaked the lights at the Abyss Bar, should now be brighter
- Added missing translations for Oktober Event
- Updated the Oktober Splash Screen, scouts face is no longer obscured by a logo

We have a few more things to tease for Season 03. First up, something new has appeared in the caves of Hoxxes. We don’t want to spoil too much, but you might be able to spot it in this short clip:



We will be talking more about…whatever it is…very soon.

For something more hands-on (pun intended), check out the Springloaded Ripper, the second in the lineup of new grenades for Season 03:



This throwable workplace hazard unleashes a set of springloaded sawblades that will shred most organic matter it encounters. Operate with care and deadly precision. Management considers this new tool a prime example of why beer is not allowed on missions.

That’s it for this round - stay tuned for more teasers and upcoming reveals, and do be sure to catch our dev streams every Thursday and Friday on Twitch (channel: ghostship_games).

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew