Hey Stalkers! We want to thank everyone who participated in our recent fanart contest. We got some really amazing entries. :) You are all incredibly talented!! We will be contacting the winners about their prize. You can see them here as well as the names and backstories some of their creators have given them. If you are the artist behind any of these, feel free to reply to this thread or the one in the official forums! You can include your artstation or website link as well.
Behold!



Created by Ryan. You can see their incredible gallery here




You can read their fantastic backstory here

Here's a taste of it:
During his travel through the wastes, Preem found a peculiar device - the Sony Walkman. A machine that spoke to him and weaved stories from nothingness. He kept it secret, listening it every night for comfort and scouring through junk on the regular for the metallic AA tubes that refilled its whispers.


Created by Henry


This drawing and backstory was created by Björn.
You can read her detailed backstory here which includes how she got her name. Here’s a great sample:
In the open she used her sensitive hearing to localize others and realized she made a hell of a noise limping through the terrain. She learned that the hard way as someone spotted her and shot off a piece of her ear and tusk, barely making it out alive. She solved it by wearing a wooden shoe which has the right height to even out the length difference and thus making her basically soundless moving around.


Created by Björn Barends. See their gallery here

We’re so, so, so very excited to announce that the world of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is expanding, with the future release of a DLC expansion! We’ll be able to tell another Mutant Year Zero story and we look forward to sharing more about it very soon.

The DLC expansion releases on June 25th for all platforms: PC, XBox One and PS4. On the same date we’re also releasing the game on Nintendo Switch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUE8o26q5Sg

The good news train keeps-a-rollin'! Today we have rolled out a free demo of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden on PC, which you can download through your Steam client.

All content from the beginning of the game, up and including reaching the Ark, will be available in the demo. If you’ve been on the fence about buying Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden you can check out the demo and try before you buy. Or send it to that friend who’s looking for a new game to play.

It’s the perfect opportunity to see if the game is for you.

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is expanding with the release of Stalker Trials. This separate challenge mode rolls out in a free update and will truly put your skills as a Mutant Stalker to the test.

All you need to do to access this new content is to patch the game to the latest version. Then you'll find the Stalker Trials in the main menu.



The game’s maps will be re-populated with different types of enemies to create new challenges for you and your chosen team. All characters, mutations and skills will be available at your fingertips, but you need to buy and upgrade any weapons and armor you think you’ll need.



Out in the Zone, Pripp the bartender will be waiting for you. He’s the brains behind the Stalker Trials, having set up the series of challenges for Dux, Bormin and the rest. As you fight your way through an area, Pripp will score you on your progress and performance, and you’ll be rewarded with extra points and multipliers by performing certain actions, like not taking damage, or killing an enemy with an Overwatch attack.

Your progress will be registered on leaderboards, and the weekly and all-time top players will have an NPC named after them for other players to take down.

Keep watching this space, as there is more to come down the line. We’re not quite ready to talk about it just yet, but we think you’ll like what we’ve got in the pipeline.

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Additionally, we're also adding in some quick fixes and quality of life updates:


STALKER TRIALS ARE NOW AVAILABLE

• A series of challenging map remixes with leaderboards
  
  • Compete worldwide to see who is officially the best stalker.
• Added dialogue for chest opening.
  
• Additional options
  
  • Mouse sensitivity slider
    
  • Subtitle size slider
    
  • Motion blur slider

Major Changes/Fixes

• Crash fix when returning to the dirty old man after finding his stashes.
  
• Fixed all reported instances of crew getting stuck in levels.
  
• Crash fix for rare chain lightning issue.
  
• Improved mouse focus for multi-screen setups.

Medium Changes/Fixes

• Fixed issue that made it impossible to throw grenades from the inside to the outside of train carts
  
• Fixed issue where killing with a mind-controlled unit could cause the next unit to loose its turn
  
• Melee attacks with possessed units now always cause the same damage as they would have being on the other team.
  
• Fixed issue that allowed Tank Ghouls to charge cloaked units
  
• Fixed issue where player would lose an action point when being caught sneaking
  
• Fixed issue with molotovs thrown onto train roofs
  
• Fixed issue that would cause Zone Dogs to be stuck in midair when knocked off certain buildings.
  
• Fixed reported instances of enemies shooting through walls

Minor Changes/Fixes

• Skull countdown icons removed from character portraits. Didn’t really work well and added clutter.
  
• 25% Penalty removed from kneeshot
  
• Melee health bars are now working correctly
  
• Achievement fixes
  
• DRM is disabled
  
• Many other small fixes and tweaks

Today we are incredibly excited to announce that Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is expanding with the addition of Stalker Trials, a challenge mode that will truly put your skills to the test. We’re re-populating the game’s maps with different types of enemies to create new challenges for you and your chosen team of stalkers. 



We’ll be rolling out the Stalker Trials on PC in a free update next week, on February 26th, so mark your calendars and get ready to gear up! Consoles will get this update at a later date.




The Stalker Trials give you access to all characters, with all mutations and skills unlocked, but you will have to buy and upgrade your weapons and armor before heading out. Once you’re satisfied with your loadout you can journey into the Zone and link up with Pripp, the bartender. He’s the brains behind the Stalker Trials, and will score you on your progress as you fight your way through an area. Your rewards will be new items and equipment that you can either use on a new map, or sett at Iridia’s shop. 

Your progress will be noted down on the in-game leaderboards and the weekly and all-time top Stalker will have an NPC named after them for other players to take down. Pripp will also reward you with extra points if you clear a map in certain ways, for example by not taking damage or not using explosives. 






It’s been a fantastic two months since the launch on Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden in December, 2018. We’ve been following your tweets, forum and Reddit posts, YouTube videos and Twitch streams and it’s been an absolute blast to see what you’ve thought about the game. 

During the time since launch we’ve been working on fixing bugs and issues with the game. Several of those fixes will come out alongside the Stalker Trials, on February 26. We will also continue to roll out additional patches as needed. 

Keep watching this space. We’ve got even more stuff coming down the line, but we’re not quite ready to talk about that just yet. 

Good afternoon, Stalkers!

We have rolled out another patch for the PC version of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden to fix several critical bugs that have been reported by the community. Having trouble collecting the El Generator Artifact? That's been fixed! Camera jumping around in combat? Also taken care of! Want to skip the Splash Screen? That will also be possible!

See below for the full patch notes:

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CRITICAL FIXES

• El Generator Artifact can be collected even though the Z600 is still 'alive'.
  
• Jumping camera issues for some users should be fixed.
  
• Alt-Tabbing issues should be fixed.
  
• Player duplication bug is fixed. Savegames with this issue are unfortunately non-salvagable.

BUG FIXES

• Language settings are instantly applied when changed in menu.
  
• Axis keybindings fixed.
  
• Fix for unusable empty save sessions.
  
• Design change - Artifacts are no longer destructible in the forbidden city and house of bones.
  
• Fixes for weapon mod range bonus.

MINOR FIXES

• Splash Screen Skip now possible when game is fully loaded.

Personality goes a long way with games. Just an ounce of it can elevate a game from the crowd. And Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden has heaps of it.

This post-apocalyptic adventure is X-Com with a dash of stealth and exploration. It's based on a decades old tabletop game simply called Mutant which was itself rebooted into Mutant Year Zero a few years ago. It's very popular in Sweden, where the game's creators Bearded Ladies, hail from. While it provided the world Road to Eden would live in, this adaptation leans on one particularly potent characteristic of the tabletop game. One thing that just stands out immediately. The X-Com trappings are as solid a foundation as you can get but it's the world and the characters that held my attention. Because there's no getting round it, the first thing you're going to notice, the first thing everybody is gonna want to talk about with this game is the badass duck man.

Read the rest over on Eurogamer

Hi Stalkers,

We have been working very hard to fix as many issues as possible for this patch. However, we are still fighting with the pre-Ryzen AMD processor audio issues – this is what has delayed the release of 1.3.

We believe that we were able to improve this a great deal in the last patch and were hoping to remove all symptoms with the new patch. Unfortunately the issues are caused by something unrelated to the game itself. We will however continue to chip away at the issue as best we can.

As we want to make sure we get meaningful fixes out to as many of you as possible, we're pushing out the next patch to the main branch. If those of you with pre-Ryzen AMD processors still have issues, you can drop back to the ‘amd_test’ branch (password ‘HKS73903BBSnwee3D’) in the meantime.
We will continue to work through reported issues and very soon we will move on to feedback/suggestions.

Thanks a lot for your patience and help! We love you guys!
/Mark (TBLC)

1.03

• Fix for cutscene and inventory freezes on certain Older AMD Processors.
  
• Fix for crash on boot for certain save games.
  
• 'QA Has Suffered' Achievement should now unlock correctly.
  
• Fix for user stuck in combat without enemies in the Castle of Light.

• Issues with heroes getting stuck in some covers.
  
• Issue with being able to leave the map in the Metal Fields.
  
• Fixed issues with mind control in Castle of Light.
  
• Fixed stalls when shooting with 'mind-controlled' enemy.
  
• Localized key binding text functional.
  
• Fix for falling through floor of the Rot Warren.

• Can now pick up the Smoke grenade in Spear of Heaven.
  
• Destruction and geometry hiding fixes.
  
• Inventory weapon models now update immediately after upgrading them in the ark.

Hello stalkers!

We have a fix for most users affected by the pre-Ryzen AMD Inventory and Cutscene freezes. An interim patch was posted on Friday which seems to fix the issues for 95% of affected users. As this has been well received we shall also patch today for everybody on the 'Default' branch.

Expect a new patch on Wednesday with more fixes, details to be announced then.

We would suggest that those of you using the 'AMD_test' branch should return to the 'Default' branch when the Wednesday patch goes live.

We are sorry for any inconvenience and thank all you so much for your patience.

Thank you from Funcom and TBLC.

Greetings Stalkers! Here you’ll find many of the wonderful reviews and articles written about the game. You can click each link to read more. We hope everyone is enjoying the game as much as we loved making it!

"Mutant Year Zero’s clever focus on stealth and pre-combat preparation reward your diligence, its turn-based combat encounters are complex, and they help bolster its all-encompassing post-apocalyptic atmosphere. "
Gamespot 9/10

“By blending real-time stealth with tried-and-true tactics gameplay, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden breaks exciting new ground for the turn-based strategy game.”
IGN 7.9/10

“…Mutant Year Zero is a tense, absorbing and atmospheric new member of the XCOM family.”
PC Gamer 81/100

“Mutant Year Zero’s a gem.”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“With a focus on world-building and exploration, Mutant Year Zero also carves out its own niche in the genre.”
GameInformer 7.5/10

“Mutant Year Zero is a compelling and enjoyable blend of exploration and tactical combat that will keep you playing day after day.”
WindowsCentral 4.5/5

“I feel like a cat looking into a koi pond, staring breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the face.”
Kotaku

“A clever mixture of stealth, tactics, and RPG mechanics adding up to an adventure that’s highly recommended.”
GameCrate 8/10

“Road to Eden bonds equal amounts of familiar gameplay to a few experimental ideas. The end result is a must-play that I hope has enough time to gain footing on this year’s best-of lists.”
FanByte 9.5/10

“This is a game I have been looking to play for a while, and I didn’t even know it.”
MMORPG 9.5/10

"Elegant design, streamlined but effective storytelling, and expertly executed game systems make the Road to Eden a journey well worth undertaking. "
GamePlanet 8/10

“Definitely worth a buy!”
WorthABuy

“Mutant stands out for its gripping and original twist on stealth with turn-based combat”
TechRaptr 7/10

“Fans of turn-based combat will want to make sure to add this to their collection.”
ScreenRant 4/5

“We found ourselves savouring every combat encounter and new map we got to tackle and that speaks volumes about the experience.”
GameReactor 8/10

“This is definitely a title worth giving a glance if you are an avid strategy game fan looking for something new.”
Dual Shockers