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Primal Carnage: Extinction — patch notes and updates

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Primal Pinball Vol 2 Now Available2026-05-02Last year we had our first big crossover event with another game, Primal Pinball, now we're collaborating with the folks at Zaccaria Pinball again for round two!FOUR NEW TABLES....As with the first pack, each table in Vol 2 represents a different era in pinball game design. From the simple yet fun retro classic style to the more modern solid state / deluxe eras, each have unique mechanics and gameplay quirks that set them apart.BEYOND UTILITY (Deluxe)This time around, most of the pinball tables are loosely inspired by certain maps. Beyond Utility most explicitly references UtilityBase, showcasing battles around the compound. Players need to "
Patch 3.2.0 Now Available2026-03-21A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam! After downloading the latest version, please allow time for hosters to update their servers. This process is always longer than simply updating the game itself, so it may take a few hours for most of them to pop back online.UPDATE HIGHLIGHTSThis patch makes a number of balance changes based on your community feedback. After the last patch some adjustments have been rolled back with different tweaks taking their place, such as sniper rifle fire rate being reverted but with changes to accuracy this time. Spit has also been reverted to its original maximum speed.One of our pri
Love AND War!2026-02-12A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam! Celebrating both Valentine's and Steam PvP Fest, this is the Love AND War update... Special Store EventVALENTINES CLASSICSFrom today, the Featured store set highlights a lovely selection of classic Valentines items, ranging from dinosaurs that are tickled pink to Cupid's Bow, with discounts to swoon over! Of course it's not all about being lovey dovey this week, let's take a look at some combat changes...Update HighlightsSPIT and FIRESPIT - we've started making tweaks so that spit is less overbearing to deal with. Globs of venom and acid now travel slower, so they are a bit
THE SOUNDTRACK UPDATE2025-12-22Our latest patch introduces unique subclass theme music for species such as Cryolophosaurus, Oviraptor, Tupandactylus, Spinosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Ceratosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus!As heard in Primal Carnage: Evolution (PlayStation) these tracks will now seranade your saurians while roaming the battlefield in PCE on PC. While this is the bulk of the new soundtrack, there's another expansion to the music system coming with the free Evolved Edition update next year, highlighting things like killstreaks / close quarters melee kills / being melted and many other gameplay events!LISTENABLE EVERYWHERE!You should shortly be able to hear all of
WINTER CARNAGE 20252025-12-18We've got an update to make you merry! Welcome to Winter Carnage 2025... Update HighlightsWorking with dedicated testers in the Carnage community we've made several balance changes and gameplay adjustments that are included in today's update..Weapon BalanceSeveral changes have been made to various weaponry based on community feedback. Firstly, the dart pistol no longer provides brief invulnerability, instead it's now focusedp purely on healing. The quasi-godmode it gave humans before was just not fun to play against in the end.A bigger change is that all shotguns have a new hit detection system. This works by guaranteeing a minimum amount of
The Turkey-less Update2025-11-27A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam! It features no new six foot turkeys.UPDATE HIGHLIGHTSThis patch we made a few minor balance changes to human weapons based on what we'd observed lately. Bigger adjustments are still on the way such as the shotgun overhaul, but for now we're mostly occupied with launching the new PlayStation version so only minor changes are being pushed to live.One small but notable tweak is there's now no chance of escaping a bear trap. If you touch it, it's on you. Previously there was a possibility you wouldn't get trapped if you ran over it fast enough. This ultimately just led to confu
PRIMAL PINBALL!2025-10-30Since some of us here at Primal Carnage are kinda into pinball AND we actually have some friends over at Zaccaria Pinball, it seemed like a match made in the Mesozoic...We're proud to announce this special DLC pack for Zaccaria Pinball, which is not only pretty damn cool in itself, but also rewards PCE players for owning it!FOUR TABLES, FOUR EPIC ERASThe official Primal Carnage Pinball DLC includes 4 different tables, all with totally unique artwork and mechanics. From "switching teams" to "capturing specimens", each one has different dinosaur vs human goals to reach for. See them in action below...Like a journey through time, the tables run
HALLOWEEN HORRORS 20252025-10-27A new update is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!This latest patch marks the start of our annual Halloween Horrors event and brings a number of small fixes and improvements as well.GAME CHANGESA lot of the tweaks in today's patch relate to the introduction of the Friendly Fire option in Freeroam, adding support for more weapons and attacks to hurt "team mates" when this is enabled. Various game mechanic modifications have been made to have things work a bit better when Friendly Fire is on, after the positive response and player feedback from its initial implementation. For example, some attacks have been tweaked to work a
October Update 3.1.942025-10-05A new update is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!Featuring a complete rework to flight code, major bug fixes, new options for servers and deep optimizations among many other improvements, read on for the highlights..."HYBRID SERVER" SUPPORTThe ability for a server to rotate between different game modes is something that a few enterprising server operators managed to hack in by themselves, but was never official... until now.As of this update, we've added new options and checks in the game code to make "Hybrid Servers" officially supported. This is a more robust implementation than the workarounds server owners have tried
HOTFIX 3.1.932025-09-06A new hotfix is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam... Version 3.1.93 CHANGES:Fixed an issue with Flamesaw fire interval causing it to instantly overheat when tappingFixed an issue with Flamesaw where secondary fire (saw) would become "stuck" onFixed an issue with Flamesaw overheat audio playing many times on top of itself in 3rd personRemoved log spam from reloading weaponsAdditional server / client optimizationsWe're looking at doing another "TLC patch" later this September with more balance changes, bug fixes and improvements based on player feedback. See you soon!Thanks for playing,-The Primal Carnage Team
TLC Patch 3.1.92 Now Available2025-09-05A new update is now available for PCE on PC! Please restart Steam to make sure you receive the download.A Bit of Tender Loving CareInstead of waiting until Halloween, we decided to release a collection of smaller fixes and improvements earlier. This "TLC Update" adds a few things the community has been asking us for years about, while also fixing a bunch of annoyances to improve the feel of gameplay.The headliner is Tyrants are now free to use their secondary attacks when eating humans. One of the most-requested features for PCE, this multi-tasking makes Tyrant classes much more versatile and able to defend themselves better in battle. We rea
Minor Patch 3.1.912025-08-06A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam.This latest patch includes additional fixes, general improvements and minor balance tweaks....FULL CHANGELOGMinor Patch 3.1.91more crash fixes and stability improvementsadded extra safety checks throughout the codeupdated texture streaming settingsfixed server log spamincreased thrown energy drink radiusupped max uses of thrown energy drink canister from 3 to 4reduced thrown energy drinks boost percentages...WAS: 20% sprint and 35% walk NOW: 15% sprint and 30% walkclosed up a problematic crate on Borealisfixed a few collision exploits on Borealismap layout adjustments to Dea
New Patch + Royal Spinosaurus!2025-07-22A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam! This latest version includes crash fixes, gameplay adjustments and fresh new looks for Spinosaurus...Fixes and Balance TweaksSTABILITY IMPROVEMENTSToday's update brings a bunch of stability improvements and crash fixes which we hope will improve things a great deal. Several code optimizations have been made by the programmers in response to game and server logs supplied by the community. If you continue to have issues, please pop onto our Discord server and provide your crash files for us to take a look at. Detailed instructions can be found in the pinned messages of the #b
Summer Sale Ending Soon!2025-07-0966% OFF!That's right.In case you missed it, the Steam Summer Sale ENDS JULY 10th! There's less than 24 hours to grab a whopping 66% off Primal Carnage: Extinction. Prices are cratering! You ain't seen this kind of value since the K-T boundary...Maybe you've got a few buddies that have yet to jump into the dino versus human action? During the Summer Sale you can also get 50% off the PCE 4-Pack too!DLC COLLECTION SALEWe're also running a sale on ALL of the game's downloadable content packs in the Steam store! From the Prehistoric Legacy Collection to the Mercenary Megapack there's hundreds of unique looks for both human and dinos available in t
Meltdown 20252025-06-30A new update is now LIVE for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!Welcome to our annual Meltdown Event, featuring sizzling new skins, HOT new mutations, and some straight fire game overhauls... UPDATE HIGHLIGHTSSPAZ SHOTGUN REWORKFor a long time the Spaz has been in a slightly odd place among the shotguns. With this update we set out to give it a more distinct identity...Spaz has a new secondary fire ability that uses single slug shots, not pellets, similar to the Flame Slammer's underslung shotgun. These are highly damaging, armour piercing rounds. As such, you are forced to do a pump action before firing every time you press the button. This
Patch 3.1.7 NOW LIVE2025-05-09Our latest patch for PCE on PC brings a collection of new bug fixes and quality of life improvements, along with a number of map changes... THE DEADLY FALLS https://i.imgur.com/vDotwMB.gif After years of being non-threatening, the rivers leading to the cliffs of The Falls map are now back to being dangerous. Entering the new white water rapids will quickly whisk you down the river, which will seal your doom. This map hazard was in the original Primal Carnage and has been restored due to fan demand, presenting a unique way of dealing with your enemies. VERDANT VERTICALITY Based on the response to the most recent Verdant map updates, we've modi
EASTER CARNAGE2025-04-18A new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now LIVE on PC! We've got several major gameplay overhauls, numerous fixes and quality of life improvements, and of course our special Easter event starts today. Read on for all the details... PACHY REVAMP This update introduces what we hope is the final form of Pachycephalosaurus, finessing its kit and stats to build a speedy Bruiser that's easy to get to grips with but has some mastery involved. Its roar ability has changed to boost knockback on the primary attack, which can now be used while sprinting. The fall damage from this attack while boosted can be lethal, and the knockback gives Pachy
Hotfix 3.1.52025-03-19A new hotfix is available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam, this minor patch mainly resolves a few last bugs found after the recent Spring Update... Version 3.1.5 Changelog: fixed tupa charge-peck timeout lasting 10x longer than it should (...oops) reduced stamina consumption for machete heavy attack from 30% to 25% fixed thrown dynamite bouncing off human teammates fixed a feathered Ptera skin that was missing feathers fixed a description typo & updated some flavour text Thanks for playing! -The Primal Carnage Team
Patch 3.1.42025-03-17A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam, featuring additional tweaks and fixes. This patch follows our recent Spring Update which introduced several gameplay overhauls. Lest we forget, there's a handful of new FREE drops available from today that are sure to make anyone green with envy. As always, you can check a look at our latest event items on Trello! Version 3.1.4 Chaneglog: faster slashing - reduced machete primary attack time-out to 0.75 seconds machete heavy attack time-out is now 1.25 seconds (this also means delay is now shorter for using primary after charged slash) improved tupa peck prevention when at
SPRING CARNAGE2025-03-13The Spring Update is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam! This March we're addressing more bugs and balance issues highlighted by the community, along with major feature improvements based on your feedback. Oh and there's some green stuff too. Flyer Overhauls A big portion of today's update focuses on further renovations to our two pterosaurs. For years the flying mechanics have been tinkered with in PCE. We've added new quality of life features over time and tried to make things smoother. Based on player feedback, we've made a few more changes... Getting Flight Right https://i.imgur.com/SjIy5Ou.gif You now have much greater