Grounded 0.14.0 ‘Home Stretch’ available now, final content update before full release
The final pre-release Grounded content update is rolling out to players.
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What you need to know
One of the most fascinating titles coming out of the Xbox Game Studios family in the last two years has been Grounded, a passion project helmed by a small team at Obsidian Entertainment. This unique survival game has expanded and evolved in innumerable ways since its early access debut over two years ago, and is now gearing up for its final public release on Sept. 27, 2022.
Ahead of that release date, Obsidian Entertainment is rolling out the game’s final early access content update. The 0.14.0 update, dubbed the “Home Stretch” update, is now available toGroundedplayers on Xbox and PC platforms, and it’s packed to the brim with new features, major changes and improvements, and plenty of bug fixes.
Players can enjoy a new cooking station, updates to how armor and weapon upgrades function, better-balanced combat and base attacks, and a plethora of optimizations and enhancements across graphics, accessibility, localization, performance, interface, and more. However, the update’s headlining feature for many will be the introduction of Shared Worlds, letting players share a cloud-backed save file that can be accessed by any invited players at any point.
The Grounded 0.14.0 content update is already here, and will be the last major update Grounded sees before the colossal 1.0 update adds new areas, enemies, and the remainder of Grounded’s story content. Even now, Grounded is already an incredible and beloved survival game, and has what it takes to join the list of thegreatest Xbox gameswhen it officially releases next month.
The full changelog forGrounded 0.14.0 “Home Stretch"includes:
New features
Shared Worlds
Convert non-Custom games to Custom
Gnat pet
Rest time-lapse
BURG.L moves
Microsoft Store save imports
New crafting content
Changes & tuning
Accessibility
Animation
Armor & weapon upgrade changes
Art
Audio
Building
Building placement
Combat
Crafting
Creatures
Factional reactivity, MIX.R, & Waft Emitter
Interface
Localization
Movement
Pets
Optimization
World & resources
Bug fixes
Major fixes
Other fixes
Xbox & Microsoft Store
Steam
Grounded
Obsidian Entertainment have built one of the best new survival franchises in years with Grounded, a unique game that shrinks players down to the size of insects and pits them against the dangers of your average suburban backyard.
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