Survivors,

Tune in now, because Save & Sound kicks off its 2023 showcase with concerts, audio deep dives, and mashups. The host of Save & Sound Bedtime Digital Games is excited to announce a Steam Sale that will be running alongside the show September 11 - 14. There will be over 50 games and their game soundtracks for you to discover, and maybe you'll find your new favorite title.

🚨 Check out all games here 🚨

Of course, we've also prepared something special for all you survivors out there.

Jonas Albrecht, the composer of the Endzone - A World Apart and Endzone 2 Soundtrack accepted the challenge and created an Endzone styled soundtrack in 10 minutes! Produced exclusively for this year's fantatisc Save & Sound Festival.

You can watch and listen to it right here:



Where to watch the event:

• YouTube
  
• Twitch

The event will be live on Monday September 11th, Tuesday September 12th, and Wednesday September 13th every day at the same time - 10am PT // 7pm CEST.

Over 70 studios have shown up to create their own 10 minutes of original content, made just to premiere on the live stream.

The 2023 lineup includes original content from the teams behind Endzone, Baldur’s Gate 3, Vampire Survivors, Inscryption, For The King 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Manor Lords, Human Fall Flat, Sludge Life 2 and many more.

Join Save & Sound and let's celebrate the art of game music!🎶

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259090/Endzone__A_World_Apart__Original_Soundtrack/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/933820/Endzone__A_World_Apart/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144640/Endzone_2/

Survivors!

Thanks to your incredible support, we were able to recently announce Endzone 2! We want to create a true successor with many new features and we are eager to shape the game together with you, our dedicated community! So we love hearing from you and what you would like to see. So, if you find the time, check out our Discord server to share your voice, and get exclusive development insights!


In just a few weeks, we'll be launching an additional Kickstarter campaign for our new title, offering exclusive rewards and helping us to realize several additional features that we have in mind for the game, and also helping us to raise our marketing funds, to grow the community around Endzone 2 even more!


Endzone 2 will be developed and realized to its fullest extent either way! But if you want to support the development even more, by backing the Kickstarter (and getting some lovely rewards), we think this could be a win-win.

While developing and planning the creation of the successor of Endzone - A World Apart, we came across several features that we would love to see in the game but where we could benefit from additional support.

If you're interested in becoming a part of this exciting new chapter of Endzone, you can sign up on Kickstarter here.

When you sign up, you will be automatically notified when the campaign goes live.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all you Survivors out there. Your unwavering support and dedication have been the driving force behind Endzone, and we couldn't be more grateful. We are excited about what lies ahead and look forward to continuing this incredible journey.

Take care!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144640/Endzone_2/

“Chief, we just unearthed some old and dusty blueprints from another Endzone referring to something called the ‘Pathfinder’. Their records show that they used it to cross the treacherous terrain far beyond. We should have our researchers take a look at it!”


In celebration of our recent announcement (more on that below) we took the time to publish an update with a new decorative asset, a new side mission and several minor bug fixes.

Important Notes
We have removed the ingame Feedback tool. This, however, does not mean we are no longer interested in bug reports. You can reach us using the following form.

• Missions: Added a new mission to unlock a decorative Building
  
• Buildings: Added a new decorative Building

• Feedback: Removed the Feedback Tool (STOMT)
  
• Achievement: Removed the Achievement concerning the Feedback Tool
  
• Localization: Fixed a number of Localization issues
  
• Expedition: Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash while loading

We've just unveiled Endzone 2, the successor to "Endzone - A World Apart" - a project we've been secretly brewing behind the scenes!



In short, Endzone 2 will feature vehicles, multiple settlements, a completely new expedition system and much more. Head over to our dedicated Steam page to learn more and wishlist the game!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144640

Also check out our Discord server for exclusive bits on the development and the most direct link to share your feedback and discuss with us about what you would love to see in Endzone 2.



We’d also like to thank all of you for giving us the opportunity to work on the next installment for Endzone. We can’t wait to shape the game together and venture into the next big journey within the Early Access phase, starting in the first quarter of 2024!


Your Teams from Gentlymad & Assemble | 1.2.8630.30586

Survivors,

the time has come to surpass the confining limits of these lands. Our brightest minds have constructed machinery that allows us to break free and venture beyond our borders!

Let there be no doubt – even after centuries, Mother Nature's anger remains unbroken. She is the same untamed beast she was when our ancestors stepped out of the Endzone. Our way will be filled with obstacles, misery, and death. Yet, we are pioneers, born with an unwavering curiosity to expand, rebuild, and thrive. Together, we will rekindle humanity.

Jeremiah Sawchyn, Leader of Expedition 01

Dear Community,

today, we are incredibly excited to officially announce the direct successor of Endzone - A World Apart, called Endzone 2. When the Early Access phase of Endzone ended, we knew that the journey was not over but merely beginning. There were many ideas we had internally, and so many more contributed by you and the awesome feedback you provided that we felt we needed to start fresh. And now we can finally talk openly about what we have in mind for the time to come!

If you would like to know more, head over to our store page where you can also wishlist the game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144640/




Many of you wished to be able to start your settlement at a location of your choosing. It was also something that we wanted to do internally but never found the time to implement. With Endzone 2, you can do just that. Pack your people into your bus, discover a location of your choosing, and start a new settlement.

This brings us to the next big addition: Vehicles. Yes, Endzone 2 will have vehicles. They will be directly controllable and used to discover lootable ruins and new habitable lands. But that's not all. You will also be able to use them to establish automatic trade routes to provide your multiple settlements with much-needed goods or scarce resources.

This leads us to potentially the biggest addition. Multiple settlements. Differently than in Endzone - A World Apart, you will start and manage multiple settlements on different plots of land. These locations feature different sizes and specific or unique resources. These habitable lands are divided by the badlands, treacherous terrain filled with valuable loot and points of interest to uncover.

To make managing multiple settlements feasible and enjoyable, we have introduced a completely new job and path system that is clearer to understand; one that won't result in strange settler paths or unexpected job switching. So basically, no more of this:




You can check out our Discord server for exclusive bits on the development and the most direct link to share your feedback and discuss with us about what you would love to see in Endzone 2.

Survivors,

our long range radio antennas just picked up on some ramblings, unfortunately we did not get the full message. But what we've heard, leads us to believe that there might just be an upcoming news broadcast regarding the future of...something. Guess, we should wait for the news to finally drop.

With Gamescom just around the corner you might want to tune in at 7.30pm CEST on Tuesday, August 22 and enjoy the Opening Night Live Pre-Show. Just click the following link to get directed to the official livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSxqwnlCi0k

Peace out, and stay tuned for more!


Since this post is way too short, have a .gif of Chop Norris doing a "legit" air chop.

Survivors!
In appreciation of every single one of you, veteran and new alike, we have much to share today! So lean back, grab a hot or cold beverage of your choice and without further ado, let’s dive into our exciting news!

First off, this update comes alongside some greater news, so stay tuned for the announcement coming up shortly after!

We made Endzone compatible with Asus Aura hardware. This allows your Asus Aura peripherals to react in accordance to the game state, highlighting hotkeys, ongoing droughts, radiation and more.

Additionally, we have fixed some issues concerning the game when played on Steam Deck. This includes mostly UI fixes, especially with the expedition UI.

Last but not least, we added three new decorations for your settlement! While the game already includes a number of decorative elements, we wanted to add more greens and organic looping assets, servicing those who wish for more natural forms and to "green up" their settlement.

We are excited to see them in future screenshots of your settlements!

Please feel free having a look into our detailed full changelog (we even added some eye-candy): https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/933820/view/3701439593989564385





We know you have asked for this quite some time, and even though we cannot share all details right now, let’s start with an old saying “Every new beginning comes from other beginnings end”.

During the development of Endzone, we learned so much, in technical terms, but also creatively.

Therefore, we want to make use of all those ideas and learnings we have made, closing the chapter of Endzone and are more than thrilled to reveal that we are already knee-deep working on a new project!

You want to know more? Sure, you will, sooner than later, promise.

It is an amazing experience for us, and we are grateful to have such an excellent community!

For a small trip down to memory lane have a look at our recently released post to celebrate the 2 years anniversary of Endzone’s full release:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/933820/view/3700309254785757302

If you want to get some insights into our creation process, we want to encourage you to keep a close eye on our official channels, as we will definitely share some development insights as often as we can.

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/gentlymadgames/
  
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gentlymadstudios/
  
• DISCORD – https://discord.com/invite/worldofendzone/

We’re super excited to join this year’s TactiCon here on Steam!
Endzone is featured among more than 100 games participating at TactiCon!.

From May 11 to May 15, discover all kinds of Base Building / Deckbuilding / Grand Strategy – 4 X/ Real time stratetgy / Tactical RPG / Turn based Tactics / Strategic Management games and more!

Discover and enjoy many outstanding strategy games, play free demos, get huge discounts, and much more during TactiCon 2023 here on Steam, launching later today. Stay tuned!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Tacticon2023


It took us some time, but we heard you and we told you, we will make it possible.
Now here we are - Get the iconic Endzone soundtrack as its own bundle on Steam now:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14904/Endzone__A_World_Apart__Save_the_World_Edition/

Dear Survivors,

first off, this update comes alongside some greater news, so stay tuned for the announcement coming up shortly after!

We made Endzone compatible with Asus Aura hardware. This allows your Asus Aura peripherals to react in accordance to the game state, highlighting hotkeys, ongoing droughts, radiation and more.

Additionally, we have fixed some issues concerning the game when played on Steam Deck. This includes mostly UI fixes, especially with the expedition UI.

Last but not least, we added three new decorations for your settlement! While the game already includes a number of decorative elements, we wanted to add more greens and organic looping assets, servicing those who wish for more natural forms and to "green up" their settlement.

We are excited to see them in future screenshots of your settlements!


Important Notes
To activate Asus Aura, enter the "options" window and look under "game". Search for the checkbox titled Asus Aura and click on it. We recommend restarting the game.

• Buildings: Added 3 new decorative buildings
  
• System: Added support for Asus Aura

• Expeditions: Fixed output required of action points during expeditions on Steam Deck. Required action points were at some point always displayed as 0.
  
• Expeditions: Fixed an issue with Endzone on Steam deck concerning the action- and cancel-button in the inspector UI of the Expedition Post, which would lead to an error.
  
• Expeditions: Several fixes in Steam Deck Expedition Window
  
• UI: Some stability improvements in Steam Deck UI

Your Teams from Gentlymad & Assemble | 1.2.8529.18208

World Earth Day will be on April 22, but we already want to celebrate Earth, thanks to Mechanistry, Stray Fawn Studio, and Slug Disco who brought you this year’s ‘Earth Appreciation Festival’ here on Steam.

Check out all games here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/AppreciateEarth2023


During the Festival, we will plant a tree for each sold copy of Endzone – A World Apart, not just with every sold copy of the Save The World Edition.

Since 2020, Assemble Entertainment has partnered with the non-profit organisation OneTreePlanted to launch a charitable campaign aimed at fighting a very real-life end-of-the-world scenario: climate change.

Together, we will plant a tree for every unit of Endzone – A World Apart sold during Steam’s Earth Appreciation Festival!

Join us and contribute your share to save the world!

Building a city is hard enough in and of itself. Now try doing it in a hostile post-apocalyptic world!
See for yourself in Endzone - A World Apart!

Thanks to our dear friends Red Art Games, ESRB-rated physical PS5 copies will come out on August 18 with VGP Video Games Plus taking pre-orders RIGHT NOW already!

Survivors!
We are still overwhelmed and grateful for the amazing experience: developing Endzone - A World Apart!

Can you believe it? 2 years since the full release? -Double-time! Some of you even accompanied us on our Endzone-journey for 4 years, since we have first revealed Endzone - A World Apart!


Great question. The easiest way would be to take a trip down memory lane together.
So lean back and let’s have a look back on what we achieved in the past years:

• Since our announcement in late 2019 we started Endzone in beta in early 2020!
  
• April 21, 2020 – Endzone entered Early Access (it has begun!)
  
• Followed by 11 major content updates:
  
  • Expeditions Update (April 16, ‘20)
    
  • Side Missions Update (May 07, ‘20)
    
  • Scenarios Update (June 15, ‘20)
    
  • Technology Update (Jun 24, ‘20)
    
  • Radiation Update (Jul 28, ‘20)
    
  • New Civilizations Update (Aug 27, ‘20)
    
  • Leadership Update (Sep 29, ‘20)
    
  • Trade & Barter Update (Oct 29, ‘20)
    
  • Livestock Update (Nov 30, ‘20)
    
  • Research Equipment Update (Dec 15, ‘21)
    
  • Collect & Explore Update (Jan 28, ‘21)
• Supported by many hotfixes and improvements based on the community's feedback!

If you are an old veteran, or a new survivor, please check out our recap video, covering all the great milestones, we have achieved during the early days of Endzone:

 

• Mar 18, 2021 - Endzone’s Full Release with an additional major update!
  
  • Supporting 9 languages, including 70 achievements, even offering items In the Steam Points Shop, and more!
• But, while being in the flow, 3 DLC releases followed
  
  • Prosperity DLC (Oct 21, ‘21)
    
  • Halloween DLC (Oct 28, ‘21)
    
  • Distant Places DLC (May 17, ‘22)
• May 19, 2022 - Release on consoles, with the Endzone Survivor Edition on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S
  
• Aug 18, 2022 - Even an Alexa Skill is available “Expedition Endzone”
  
• Dec 12, 2022 - A dedicated Steam Deck version

As you can see, Endzone – A World Apart is and has become more than just a game thrown into the wild. It's a passion project for you and us alike.


Therefore, we take the chance and throw once again a big “Thank You!” to all players, fans, and supporters of our Endzone – A World Apart from the bottom of our hearts!
It is an amazing experience for us, and we are grateful to have such an excellent community!





Where it all begins – The famous Endzone bus, shared in June 2020 via our official ArtStation acc (https://www.artstation.com/gentlymadstudios)


Fun fact: We even spotted the Endzone party bus irl


We even got Black Friday Sales in Endzone settlements, as can be seen!


How about an early screenshot, pre-Early Access, with an old UI


‘Get to the chop-paah!’ – Running as “legit chop”, for an unknown reason this animation never made it into the game.


Our Experience Lead & Studio Lead & Co-Founder Stephan ‘Trymops’, preparing for a livestream back in 2020 in our old offices.


Trymops even blamed Larry Laffer for this screenshot, he did after his stream!


Streaming Endzone is fun, especially if you are doing it more authentic, as necessary (Source: Gamevasion livestream 2020)






-Your always grateful teams of Gentlymad Studios & Assemble Entertainment-