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Hello, Miners! As we alluded to in our previous post, we have an anniversary coming up: DRG is turning five! In other words, it’s been five whole years since we launched the game into Early Access. And we couldn’t help ourselves (this is becoming custom), we had to do something special for this occasion. This event feels very special to us, and whether you are a Senior Miner or a new starter here at DRG, we hope you will feel it as well when you get to experience it. So let’s get to the announcements, shall we?


Year 5 Anniversary event Yes, there will of course be an in-game event for this year’s anniversary. With Space Rig decoration, rewards, and botched Longbeard Freight deliveries - all that you have come to expect. More details will be revealed in due time, but you can already add it to your calendar: The Year 5 anniversary starts on Thursday, 2nd March, and ends on Thursday, 16th March.

But wait, there’s more.

DRG Legacy To commemo... Read more

Hello Miners, Great news! The {LINK REMOVED}‘Hiring for Hoxxes’ Recruitment Video Competition is live!.

As most of you know, Deep Rock Galactic is always recruiting new Miners to fill the company ranks. Working on Hoxxes is a rewarding yet dangerous undertaking, so to maintain headcount the company needs a steady inflow of new starters. And that is where you come in.

Make a recruitment video of modest length (no longer than 1:30 minute in length), showing potential new recruits why they should join Deep Rock Galactic, and you may win some very handsome rewards: A Steam Deck, a Golden Loot Bug plush, a gaming headset, a dwarven beard wig and a signed poster from Ghost Ship Games. Besides being celebrated by the team at Ghost Ship Games, of course. ... Read more

Hello Miners, The Lunar Festival officially starts today! There is plenty to enjoy in this first (but definitely not last) Seasonal Event of 2023. As the moons of Hoxxes converge once again, here is the list of what you can experience:

• The Lunar Festival Assignment - a celebratory opportunity to put in some extra hours for the company - and to get handsomely rewarded in the process.
  
• The Lunar Rabbit hat - Rewarded for completing said assignment.
  
• A decorated Space Rig for you to enjoy with your team members while wearing said hat
  
• An opportunity for Double Season XP awarded when you find and deposit decorative rabbit statues during missions. Yes, the Longbeard freighter carrying the shipment crashed onto Hoxxes…again. Management has some questions for whoever signed the exclusivity agreement with Longbeard Freight.
  
• And as has become customary, you will of course get last year’s Lunar Festiva...

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Hello Miners, The Lunar Festival is making a return to DRG in 2023! Yuletide may have just ended, but you will get to experience this next Seasonal Event already next week. The Lunar Festival will start on Thursday, January 19th.

Some of you with grey streaks in your beards remember the Lunar Festival of 2022, but this new festival has got a fresh coat of paint (or Space Rig Decoration). Let’s go through what’s in store, shall we?

First, there is the assignment. Yes, another opportunity to put in some extra work and get compensated handsomely in return. Besides a hefty payout, you will also receive the ... Read more

Hello Miners, A couple months ago, we announced that we were partnering with PleaseFix. And the result of this partnership is finally here, {LINK REMOVED}the DRG PleaseFix site.

PleaseFix is a player-driven bug reporting and resolution platform. It is where you go to tell us if you see a bug (the non-Glyphi... Read more

Happy New Year, Miners!
We hope you’ve had a great 2022, and are ready for all the exciting mining opportunities this new year will bring. We took a bit of time off during the past few weeks, but now we are back again and hard at work on DRG.

With 2022 behind us, we’ve taken some time to take stock of how the game has been doing. And many of you have been asking for new numbers, given the excitement created by our last infographics two years ago. We understand you are all stakeholders in Deep Rock Galactic and want to know it is performing well - in short, we get it, you crave the KPI’s!

Here you go, Mine... Read more

Hello Miners,
Yuletide is here! And as we promised, we have a very special surprise for you during this event.



You can earn all of this in the second Yuletide assignment, the Yuletide Elf Hunt. Yes, part of the surprise is more work. You’re welcome.

For good measure, and because there is so much content this time around, let’s do a rundown of everything you can experience during this jolly time of year.

• TWO (!) assignments, the Yearly Performance Bonus, and the Yuletide Elf Hunt.
  
• A hefty reward and cosmetic items (so many items) for completing each assignment. Completing the Yearly Performance Bonus earns you the Reindeer Games headwear. And completing the Yuletide Elf Hunt earns you the Yuletide Elf Suit + Headwear, Chillaxe pickaxe set, and the Yuletide Sp...

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Hello Miners,
The next seasonal event is upon us! ‘Tis the season for celebration, presents, and work-related activities to earn said presents. Yuletide begins December 15th!

There is much to experience during this time of giving, so buckle up and hold on for deer life as we go through all of them.


It would not be Yuletide without festive hats. And in tune with the holiday spirit, you will get all hats from previous Xmas events. So you can spread some Yuletide while working on the jolly Yuletide Assignment only available during this most festive of seasons.

Yearly Performance Bonus The company has been doing quite well, and Management wishes to recognize your exemplary effort and impressive performance in the best way possible: Paid overtime A special assignment unlocking a hefty Yuletide payout! Sleigh your way through all the missions, and you will also receive the unique Reindeer Games hat. Shine a ... Read more

Hello Miners, We have another feature incoming for Season 03! So brace for impact.



METEOR SHOWER ----------------------------
During any mission you play, there will be a chance for a meteor shower to perforate the caves of Hoxxes. Smaller Lithophage Meteorites will come hurtling down on you and your team, so make sure to stand clear of the impact zones. This new danger also provides a lucrative opportunity, as the meteors can contain Plaguehearts. Their size and density make it possible to break them down with your regular pickaxe. No need for special equipment.

Meteor showers will start raining down on Hoxxes with today’s patch - so get cracking, miners!

And thanks to everyone who has nominated DRG for ‘Labor of Love’ in this year's Steam Awards so far. Your support and encouragement make this labor easy to ... Read more

It’s time to vote, Miners!
Nominations for the 2022 Steam Awards are open, and we would love it if you would vote for DRG in the ‘Labor of Love’ category.



Because DRG really is a labor of love for all of us here at Ghost Ship. We hope that all of you playing DRG feel that, and that definitely seems to be the case judging by the response from Season 03.

It’s been a little over two weeks since we launched Season 03, and it’s surpassed all our expectations. More of you have joined the ranks of DRG than ever before, with Season 03 setting the record for the highest number of concurrent players ever in the game. More than 46.000 of you were playing at the same time following the release of Season 03, with many hundreds of thousands of new miners joining since the Rockpox first arrived. Whether your beard is green, g... Read more

Hello Miners,
The Rivals have been pushed back for the moment, but only just in time for a brand new threat to rear its ugly head. An insidious lithophage, a sickness of the very rock beneath our feet, has struck Hoxxes.

Nicknamed the ROCKPOX, this planetary pathogen is spreading through the caves, infecting the rock and even directly affecting the local fauna. Even the hardy Dwarves can feel its insidious grasp.

Prepare for PLAGUEFALL!

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew



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Hello Miners, Just a little over a week before Season 03: Plaguefall reaches us! Many of you likely already tuned in to the premiere of the new Narrated Trailer, but for the rest of you, here it is.



We know that you can hardly wait, so let’s break down the new features you get to experience.

New Seasonal Event - Meteor Impact
Infected meteoroids carrying a dormant form of Rockpox are crashing into Hoxxes. This new disease literally infects the very rock where we work (and our livelihoods as a result). You will have the chance to come across one of these meteor strikes during your regular missions. Call down Rock Cracker modules from the Space Rig and hook them up to the m... Read more

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:

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Hello Miners, 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…

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Hello Miners, 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.

New Event Assignment and Scary Masks 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 ar... Read more

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 ... Read more

Attention, Miners!
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... Read more

Hello Miners, 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: {LINK REMOVED}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 writte... Read more

Hello Miners! 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 d... Read more

Attention, Miners! 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 complet... Read more