Second Extinction Dev Tracker

Hello, Extinction Elites,

What a week! Since launching Second Extinction into Early Access we’ve been overwhelmed with all the positive response and feedback to our little Dino Murder Simulator. We couldn’t be happier with the love you have shown us. But we also wanted to address some of the feedback you’ve shared directly, and let you know about our plans for the coming weeks.  

We have noticed a few of you raising some questions and issues around both matchmaking and forming a party in multiplayer. We wanted to let you know that you’ve been heard! On top of exploring potential bugs we wanted to clarify how things should work.

With matchmaking there are a few things to highlight. We are looking into why some of you are struggling to find matches but don’t have any firm leads as of yet. On launch day and on one other occasion Playfab did encounter some downtime and this would have blocked some of you from finding matches. Playfab is a piece of middleware that... Read more

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Hello Recruits,

Thanks for all the support and kind words, and most of all: thanks for playing!

We are working on a hot fix coming as soon as possible to deal with some crashes on start up, rejoining parties and on shutdown. This patch will also have a fix for the "locked in map" issue. We don't have an exact date and time but its in test right now. In the mean time if you are hitting issues please use the FAQ trouble shooting guide[support.secondextinctiongame.com] and keep pinging up messages on what you are finding.

On the back end we have already pushed out an update to the Apex Connect Server. Version 6.1.9 is deployed w... Read more

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Hey Extinction Elites!

Happy Early Access Launch!

We’re super happy to have you with us in this exciting period. The team here has put a lot of hard work, energy, excitement, passion, and enthusiasm into this game and we are so excited to see our baby take its first wobbly steps into the wild.

Much has been said already about the game and what it is now - you shoot lots of dinosaurs in gory and satisfying ways. But I want to spend this moment to talk a little about our team here and what we hope to accomplish going forward.

Early Access, to us, means a couple of things:

First, it’s a way to get the community involved in the development of the game. I’ve loved reading about the cool dino mutations that some have thought up of, or the ideas about new gameplay that have been suggested. If Second Extinction is our baby, you - the community - is its teacher. We want to realize the potential of the game but within reason - there are some things th... Read more

It’s only four days until we enter Early Access, and what better way to celebrate than to give our game away in a competition?

Starting at 6.00 PM CEST there will be three competitions going on in parallel across three different social channels.

Discord (join HERE[discord.gg])
Give us your best meme! If you like memes so much, Discord, then let’s see you make one. In #Key-Competition you’ll find six meme-templates starring our heroes, a raptor, and The Rex. There will be six winners that will receive one key each. One winner per template. So what are you waiting for? Get creative. Put some roar (see what we did there?) energy into it.
You submit your entry... Read more

Welcome back to Freak of the Week, where we take a closer look at the mutated monstrosities you’re soon going to vanquish in your attempt to reclaim earth.

Our final (pre-launch) Freak of the Week - last but not least: THE REX!
Her favourite color is red. Her favorite meal is... you.

Senior Producer Brynley Gibson guides us through Second Extinction's unique War Effort metagame. Throughout Early Access your successes and failures will contribute to the status of the War Effort.

Let it get out of hand and expect a shock or two..

Welcome back to Freak of the Week, where we take a closer look at the mutated monstrosities you’re soon going to vanquish in your attempt to reclaim earth.

Next up on the roster is the hard on the outside, soft on the inside FLATBACK!

The Flatback shares a resemblance with the Ankylosaurus, albeit mutated into something far more deadly and destructive. Its only weak spot is the soft belly, so flip him off his feet and gut him!

Design, the invisible but fundamental part of a game.

Unlike art, audio, or animation - which are encountered and remembered in instances - design is supposed to run seamlessly and be unnoticeable.

There’s a saying that 99% of design is invisible; you only really notice it when something starts to go wrong. The designer’s job is to think of all the questions that might pop up when you play the game, and not only have answers to them but present them in a way that’s easy to understand.

Here, along with Lead Designer Simon Vickers, we take a deep-dive into the journey of Second Extinction’s design. Simon takes us through the easy wins and unforeseen problems when making a game about the world's most terrifyingly relentless and awe-inspiring creatures - dinosaurs.

Read the full dev diary ... Read more

Hold onto your butts! The Early Access launch is just around the corner.

Questions on what content and features will be added have started flooding in, and this roadmap gives you a sense of what’s ahead. The roadmap is a living document for you to easily follow the plans and progression of Second Extinction’s Early Access evolution.



Content and features are categorized by how close they are to becoming a reality. This leaves room for you, the community, to influence what we work on and prioritize. We can’t wait to let you get your hands on Second Extinction and join us in the fight to reclaim earth.

See you in the battleground soon.

Welcome back to Freak of the Week, where we take a closer look at the mutated monstrosities you’re soon going to vanquish and reclaim earth.

Say hi to the little guy with his eyes on the prize - THE WATCHER!
At only 1.65m, The Watcher is more likely to run away than to put up a fight. His strength lies in his ability to call for backup and let his bigger and badder buddies deal with you. Don’t let him make that distress call!

Since he lacks armor but can run fast, ending him with a clean sniper headshot from a distance is a good way to interrupt his alarm signal.

Welcome to Freak of the Week!

Here you get to take a closer look at the mutated monstrosities you’re soon going to vanquish and reclaim earth.

The first one comes from way down below - THE DIGGER! Standing over 2 meters tall this reptile is only as tough as his bone plates are - blow them away to get to his bare body and put him out of his misery.

You’ve been (not always so) patiently waiting, and finally, the day has come.
We have the date ready for when you can load up, jump into your launch pods, and begin the fight to reclaim earth.

So when is it? Watch the video below and let the art of the legendary cover artist Tom duBois accompanied by the unique game-inspired synth tunes of Cody Carpenter guide you to the answer.