Endzone - A World Apart — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Gentlymad Studios Closing - Message to the community | 2025-09-12 | A message from Stefan Marcinek, CEO and Founder of Assemble Entertainment Today I have to share news I never wanted to write: Gentlymad Studios will close at the end of September 2025. For more than ten years, this team has been more than just a development studio. They've been friends, collaborators, and dreamers. From In Between to Pizza Connection 3 and the Endzone series, they put heart, humor, and incredible talent into everything they made. Endzone 2 had a journey as challenging as the world it's set in. The Early Access launch brought unexpected difficulties: low sales, mixed reviews, and some very hard conversations. But as Stephan Wi |
| Endzone 2 Leaves Early Access — Full Release on July 24! | 2025-07-08 | Hey Survivors,The moment we’ve all been waiting for is almost here — Endzone 2 is launching out of Early Access into full release (v1.0) on July 24, 2025! 🧨Check out the new trailer here: After nearly a year of intense development, nine major updates, countless improvements, and your incredible feedback along the way, we’re finally ready to drop the “Early” from “Early Access”. And trust us — it’s been one hell of a journey.You helped us test, tweak, and rebuild systems, survive harsh weather (in-game and out), and grow Endzone 2 into the massive, complex survival strategy game it was always meant to be. From the first expedition to the late |
| Join our New Survey! | 2024-09-11 | Survivors! The Early Access launch of the long-awaited sequel to Endzone - A World Apart happened about two weeks ago. Thank you to everyone who’s been playing! It’s been such a joy watching many of you share your survival experiences online. 💚 We also want to thank you for reporting bugs and submitting feedback! Developing Endzone 2 is a delicate balancing act between trying out new ideas and staying true to the original IP. 💡 While Steam reviews, the forums, and your reports have already helped us identify many issues and gain insights into your thoughts, we’d like to dive even deeper. We’re launching a new survey to help us better unders |
| A weekend goodie! | 2024-08-30 | Hi Survivors! By popular demand and to get some relaxation in between play session, we'd like to share the theme song "Down By The Riverside" that's featured in our release trailer. Since only a few know this, the song was specifically recorded for the trailer, and the vocalist is none other than Samina König, the German voice of Ella Sawchyn. She did a fantastic job conveying both the fragility and hopefulness that the survivors in Endzone experience day to day as they struggle to survive. Now, have a listen and dive (back) into Endzone 2. Thank you so much for your ongoing support. Your feedback, comments, and reviews help us tremendously i |
| Endzone 2 | Early Access Release | OUT NOW | 2024-08-26 | Alright, survivors. Here we are again, launching into Early Access with Endzone and starting a journey that is already, and will continue to be, heavily impacted by your feedback. Developing Endzone 2 is a balancing act between trying out new things and staying true to the original IP. Throughout Early Access, we expect to close this gap together with you and find that perfect sweet spot for the post-apocalyptic city-builder we all wish for. Let's bring it on! Endzone 2 is not a cozy or completely relaxed city builder. You can customize it extensively and almost turn it into one, but at its core, it's about ensuring the survival of your settl |
| Playtest completed + Release Timing + New Languages | 2024-08-25 | Fellow Survivors! We are 24 hours before the official Early Access release of Endzone 2. Therefore, we de-activated the Playtest to give everyone some time to catch a breath. With that being said, big thank you to everyone that participated in the Playtest and provided us with lots of valuable last-minute feedback before the game's release. You helped us a great deal, and hopefully had lots of fun while doing so. And sorry for everyone that did not get the chance, we had to limit the Playtest. And since it fits the timing, here's a world map overview with a good bunch of local release times. Mark your calendars, set your alarm clocks. If this |
| Playtest LIVE | 2024-08-19 | Fellow Survivors! Let's get straight to the point: Everyone that got accepted in the first wave should now be able to see the "Endzone 2 Playtest" app their Steam Library. Please note: you can still register yourself for the Closed Playtest via the Join the Endzone 2 Playtest-button on the game's store page. We will periodically grant additional players access the Playtest over the course of the week. If you want to share your thoughts and feedback, we'd highly appreciate you using on of the following options to share it with us: #1 In-Game Reporting Tool Press F2 to describe how a bug occurred or choose the feedback tag to tell us how we can |
| Breaking News: Playtest & Roadmap | 2024-08-16 | Fellow Survivors! Today, we've got some Breaking News we need to talk about! It's been quite some time since the first playable demo for Endzone 2 was available during Steam Next Fest. We gathered so much feedback, dug through countless threads and tickets, and finally restructured and reprioritized some of our plans—mostly based on your input. We've already shared some insights about the changes we've made. In case you've missed it, you can give it a read here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2144640/view/7024009805573566251 Now, that was just the beginning, and we've been constantly updating and upgrading the game behind the scenes. |
| 08/26/2024 | Mark your calendars | 2024-07-19 | Fellow Survivors! We have great news for you! Endzone 2 finally gets its Early Access release date: Thank you for all your patience over the past months. Thank you for playing the demo and providing us with so much invaluable feedback. This summer, on August 26, we will finally launch Endzone 2 into Early Access! To celebrate, we produced an all-new and longer trailer than usual, showcasing all the features Endzone 2 has to offer: trailer link As you may have already seen, we just released a dev blog about the comprehensive changes and system reworks we implemented in the current internal development build; all based on YOUR feedback! ➡️ Make |
| Developer Blog Post - Changes & Reworks based on YOUR Feedback | 2024-07-16 | Survivors, The demo for Endzone 2 has been out for a while now, and the amount of feedback we’ve received has been incredible. Many of you pointed out various aspects of the game that did not live up to your expectations and needed improvement. Some changes however we made transitioning from Endzone - A World Apart were welcomed and received positive feedback, which is why we conducted a survey a few weeks ago, based on that very feedback. We have evaluated the results, discussed them in our team, and made many changes based on your input. Before we dive into how Endzone 2 has developed since the demo version, we want to thank you for your ma |
| GAMES GERMANY IS LIVE! | 2024-06-20 | We are thrilled to be part of the Steam event "Games Made Baked in Germany." with Endzone - A World Apart🥳🥳 ➡️ Check out the 🌭 Games Germany 🌭 event page! 📺 Watch the 🔴 IGN live showcase 🔴 here! This event celebrates the best indie games from German developers. As part of the festivities, Endzone 2 is unveiling a brand-new trailer called "Unbroken," showcasing the unbreakable will to survive! Watch the ☢️ Endzone 2 - Unbroken Trailer ☢️ here! https://youtu.be/OzTLp-PFU68 We hope you enjoy our new trailer! Stay tuned for more updates. Yours, Gentlymad and Assemble https://store.steampowered.com/app/933820/Endzone__A_World_Apart/ |
| Join our Survey! | 2024-06-19 | Survivors! We are actively reviewing all of your submitted feedback, both on Steam and through our dedicated Feedback Tool accessible in-game. We have received over 1,000 reports so far and have collected some of the most important questions for both us and you. Now, we want to specifically ask you some questions in a survey to understand the majority opinion and identify areas for improvement. !Click here to access the survey! Thank you very much for playing the demo, submitting your feedback, and filling out the survey. Your input helps us shape the game to better meet your expectations and enhance its overall feel. 🙂 🍀 Yours, Gentlymad a |
| Thanks To Your Massive Support | 2024-06-18 | Survivors! The Steam Next Fest June Edition has just ended, and we received the information that Endzone 2 is among the Top 50 Most Played Demos - thanks to you, Survivors. Here's a quick status quo from our side: We are going through every bug and feedback ticket that has been submitted so far and meanwhile organize them, delete duplicates and merge similar ones. Besides the importance to do that every now and then, we also have reached our server limit for Threads at about 1.000 due to the massive reports (which is absolutely awesome, thank you all!). In order to maintain room for new tickets, we need to "reject" some, which will be removed |
| Community Building Final Update | 2024-06-17 | Survivors! You made it! With your help, we've already reached the final tree update a few days ago. So, we wanted to give you a final glimpse at the Wish Tree cosmetic building that's gonna be available at Early Access release: Thank you so much everyone who played the demo. It'll be available for a bit longer. So there's still time for you to check it out. Also, everyone who shared feedback and contacted us to tell us about his Endzone 2 demo experience, we recently posted a News to address the most pressing topics. You can give it a read here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2144640/view/5997186379226294106 Stay tuned! https://store |
| Regarding Your Feedback | 2024-06-14 | Greetings survivors, Matthias here, from Gentlymad Studios. Let me extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who has taken the time to play the demo and share their thoughts with us. The demo is our first puzzle piece in our vision to develop the post apocalyptic colony-sim of our dreams together! ːsteamhappyː Please continue to give us feedback with our in-game reporting tools or head over to our Discord, and especially VOTE on the already given feedback! ☢️🚌🌱 This helps us tremendously in prioritizing what we need to focus on or fine tune for the upcoming Early Access. Some of the feedback and fixes for your reported bugs already made it i |
| Grow a Tree Update | 2024-06-13 | Survivors! Thanks to your help, the initially announced cosmetic tree item got several updates. Our artist squeezed in some time to work on the tree and, with more and more Demolished! achievements showing up, he was able to add several update steps in one session. Here's the current status of your tree: We're almost there, our artist has an idea of what the tree should look like in the end. Thank you for playing the demo, and if you haven't, go and give it a try! Stay tuned! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2817790/Endzone_2_Demo?snr=1_7_15__13 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144640/Endzone_2/ As Discord is our main platform for feedba |
| A Baffling 200k! | 2024-06-11 | Hey Survivors, While everyone's checking out the demo during Steam Next Fest, Endzone 2 managed to clear the bar of 200.000 wishlists - THANKS to all you supporters out there. So, in between updating the demo, fixing and improving stuff and working our way through all the tickets you submitted - we couldn't hold back and had to drop a huge Thank you for your support here. Now, let's head back into Endzone 2. Keep the feedback coming, everyone! Thanks from the teams @ Gentlymad Studios & Assemble Entertainment https://store.steampowered.com/app/2817790/Endzone_2_Demo?snr=1_7_15__13 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144640/Endzone_2/ As Disco |
| Steam Next Is Live | 2024-06-10 | Fellow Survivors, The Steam Next Fest June edition is up and running. If you haven't already tried the Endzone 2 demo, now's your chance! Also, the updated broadcast footage shows fellow content creator and Endzone veteran Raptor during his very first play session of the Endzone 2 demo. For the sake of completeness, make sure to give this Steam News a good read: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2144640/view/4149583904651114712 It has lots of information about the demo which might of interest for you before you dive into harsh world of Endzone 2. We're very much looking forward hearing your thoughts and feedback! Thank you from the team |
| Survivors! Time To Play | 2024-06-07 | Survivors! Time has come for you to take a deep dive into the very-first publicly available demo for Endzone 2. The last months have been exhausting and exciting at the same time. Still, making our little demo baby available for everyone to play feels incredibly fantastic. We hope you'll enjoy your time with the Endzone 2 Demo.🌱 Before you get started, we'd like to give you a piece of advice for life (aka the Demo). So, please read carefully. General Info & Differences Zones: In Endzone - A World Apart, you played on one vast map where you could build a global settlement. But in Endzone 2, the world expands as you uncover different zones, ea |
| In Case You Missed It | 2024-06-06 | Fellow survivors, We wanted to say a quick thank you for all the feedback we've already received through all those fantastic livestreams, videos, and on Discord - and there's more to come. We can't wait to push the demo live tomorrow @ 11am CET / 2am PDT. Mark your calendars! As for today, we have a special treat for our German speaking community: As for today, we have a special treat for our German-speaking community: the beloved and veteran Twitch streamer Gronkh will explore the Endzone 2 demo for the very first time. Make sure to tune in: https://www.twitch.tv/gronkh Here's a quick & dirty highlights list - just in case you missed some of |