Wrath of the Ancients Planetary Location First Look
Greetings, Pilots!
This week, we announced Wrath of the Ancients, an upcoming expansion for our space action RPG, EVERSPACE 2, that will release later this Spring. Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be showing our super fans looks at environments, enemies, gear, quality-of-life features, and other cool things we’re working on for the DLC.
We’ve already given a glimpse of an asteroid field location in Aethon, now it’s time to visit an ancient desert planet in the Okkar homeworld. You’ve seen a few frames of this area in our Wrath of the Ancients Announcement Trailer, Garry is planning to take you on a tour of the crags and sandfalls in a new planetary location that will be found in the Khaït Dominion.
Can’t make it? We’ll have a VOD of the stream on YouTube shortly after. But before you forget, wishlist Wrath of the Ancients today to support our launch!
EVERSPACE pilots excited to get a first look at work-in-progress content should join us January 31th for a short stream at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CEST on the ROCKFISH Games Twitch and YouTube channels.
Bring your questions! We’ll answer questions posted in the chat and sourced from social media and comments on blog posts like this one.
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games team
EVERSPACE 2: Wrath of the Ancients Announced!
Greetings, Pilots!
Today, we announce EVERSPACE 2: Wrath of the Ancients, a massive expansion that adds a sprawling post-game story, multiple star systems, extensive side quests, new player ship, and more. Before diving into what’s to come, check out our announcement trailer.
Attacks on Colonial settlements by weapons of the Ancients spark conflict in Cluster 34 once again. As these take place, a rising Okkar faction argues that if the Ancients reject Humankind, so should their people. With the uneasy peace threatened, Adam and crew will venture into the Okkar Homeworlds to discover the truth behind the threat before war reignites the DMZ.
We chose Tareen, voiced by the amazing June Yoon, as the character to voice this announcement trailer as Wrath of the Ancients explores the story of the Okkar and the aftermath of the war that tore Cluster 34 apart. Throughout their history, the Okkar have been closely tied to the Ancients—a species Ancients lifted to the stars, who now live among the ruins of those who came before. The story ahead will answer many questions and possibly create new ones for the future.
EVERSPACE 2 | Expansion Teaser
In our last stream of 2024, we teased Aethon, a star system many of you space pilots have been asking to visit. This system is filled with time-ravaged wrecks, shattered Colonial weapons, and leftover remnants from the war, a perfect place for an enterprising scavenger to explore. The team is busy packing new locations full of secrets, new puzzle types, and rewards for inquisitive players.
Aethon is only a small part of EVERSPACE 2: Wrath of the Ancients. We’ll be journeying to several of the stars of the Okkar civilization and visiting many new areas in orbit, deep space, and on planets. All you lore hounds should get ready, as our writing team has been creating very cool storylines that explore these alien regions of space. Pilots will have much to discover between these new locations and expanded existing star systems.
In addition to the new post-game storyline, pilots can seek out new side quests that build on events of the base game. These will be spread not only in new systems, but also in ones you’ve visited already. Many stories are left to be told in the DMZ—adventures for the brave and fearsome enemies who remain in the shadows. There’s a hint to one somewhere in this blog. Let’s see if any of you guess what it is.
For our more combat-focused fans, soon you’ll be able to take flight in the Okkar Wraith ship against a variety of challenging new enemies. This new ship sports a variety of powerful new abilities that reward players who put it all on the line in close combat. You’ll be able to power up any ship you choose to fly with new weapons and gear, including a new upgradable Okkar equipment type, which we’ll share more about in future blog posts.
EVERSPACE 2: Wrath of the Ancients comes to Steam, GOG, Xbox, and PlayStation late Spring. We’ll have more to share about the new star systems, enemies, gear, and characters here and on our social channels in the months ahead. Make sure to follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, Tik Tok, X, and Instagram for sneak peeks. Stay tuned!
Soon™, the Ancients will awaken!
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games team
Expansion Pre-Announcement Stream
Greetings, Pilots!
As we make pre-flight checks ahead of a full announcement for our upcoming DLC, we’re giving superfans who show up to our next stream a peek behind the curtain at Aethon.
Get ready for an early look at one of the star systems we’re working on right now. Our Community Manager, Garry, will be continuing his usual playthrough and highlighting amazing community content as usual, but sometime during the stream, we’ll be showing a small slice from this much-asked-for star system.
Showing off game content before it’s even announced? Let’s go!
EVERSPACE 2 pilots excited to see a little bit more of what’s to come can join us January 24th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CEST on the ROCKFISH Games Twitch and YouTube channels.
Bring your questions as we’ll be answering those posted in the chat—we’ve also created a new area in our Discord for people to submit questions for future interviews.
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games team
(Note: we republished this post to correct the broadcast time)
Expansion Pre-Announcement Stream
Greetings, Pilots!
As we make pre-flight checks ahead of a full announcement for our upcoming DLC, we’re giving superfans who show up to our next stream a peek behind the curtain at Aethon.
Get ready for an early look at one of the star systems we’re working on right now. Our Community Manager, Garry, will be continuing his usual playthrough and highlighting amazing community content as usual, but sometime during the stream, we’ll be showing a small slice from this much-asked-for star system.
Showing off game content before it’s even announced? Let’s go!
EVERSPACE 2 pilots excited to see a little bit more of what’s to come can join us January 25th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CEST on the ROCKFISH Games Twitch and YouTube channels.
Bring your questions as we’ll be answering those posted in the chat—we’ve also created a new area in our Discord for people to submit questions for future interviews.
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games team
Wrapping Up 2024 | Expansion Tease
Greetings pilots!
As 2024 comes to a close, the ROCKFISH team is headed out for the winter break. Our end of year gift to the community is a little peek at what we've been working on plus some killer discounts on EVERSPACE base games and DLC! Skip down to the end of the post to check out the teaser, otherwise read on for our recap of the year!
We began 2024 with looks at content coming in the free Incursions update as well as insights into the Unreal Engine 5 migration we released along the same time. Incursions brought a new horde mode event, legendary gear, and reliquaries, as well as even greater endgame challenges. A tremendous amount of work went into this update, giving players more to do and our developers tools to create expansion content for EVERSPACE 2.
We also celebrated the 10 year anniversary of ROCKFISH Games! Our CEO and Creative Director sat down to chat about their experiences working together since the studio was started. We’re a small team and many of our developers have been working together for years, even previous to the founding of the studio. Here’s to another decade of space games!
Shortly before the release of the Incursions update, EVERSPACE 2 was awarded Best German Game at the 2024 Deutschen Computerspielpreis (German Computer Game Awards)! We couldn’t be more proud as this is Germany’s biggest game developer event. Winning this was recognition for the incredible work done during the team’s six year journey on EVERSPACE 2 and gave us renewed motivation to continue crafting quality space games on PC and consoles!
Along with Incursions came many engine changes under the hood that brought improvements and a few challenges that have largely been solved. We released a fun blog showing many of the more amusing visual bugs that popped up early in the project. If you’re curious about some of the hurdles we faced, check out this article on the Unreal Developer Blog outlining some of the work the RFG team tackled in the update.
Alongside the Incursions update, we also released the EVERSPACE 2: Supporter Pack. The community of space fans had been asking how they could support ROCKFISH while we worked on future content, and this was our answer. The team packed this full of ship skins and customization features, including a cool cybernetic glow look inspired by a bug shown in our Unreal Engine migration bug blog, this optional cosmetic DLC.
We also released a physical print edition of The Art of EVERSPACE 2. Originally, this book was supposed to be a much smaller volume, but with all the amazing concept art created for the game, we got away from ourselves. This fantastic 280+ artbook is still in stock on Amazon and makes a great gift for space and sci-fi fans *hint hint*.
Alienware has supported us at events during our launch journey, so we developed a special free Alienware Ship Skin as a way to say thanks to their team and the PC space game community. The ship skin is still free on Steam! Grab it today to give your ships a sleek white, black, and green look.
EVERSPACE 2: Titans is our first gameplay DLC for EVERSPACE 2 and amongst the team, we’re calling it our smaller one! Teased on the ROCKFISH Games stream shortly before Gamescom, Titans brings two exciting mini-adventures with replayable encounters and a whole armory of new weapons and gear to the table. These new repeatable experiences brought plenty for space fans to do while we focused on more story-based adventures and locations for our upcoming expansion.
As part of the Titans reveal, our Community Manager, Garry voiced a fantastic deep dive into the inner flora and fauna of the Leviathan. Perhaps we should get him in the V/O booth as a character someday! Like the idea? Let us know in the comments!
As a German studio, Gamescom is our home show and the Indie Arena Booth is one of the best places to see upcoming games at the event—There’s no better place to see a sheer amount of creativity per square meter in the whole show! We surprised space fans at the show with a hands-on demo of a mission from the Dreadnought mission chain from Titans. It was great seeing familiar faces and new space pilots from all over Europe. Truly, this is one of our favorite events and we can’t wait for the next time we have something timely to show there.
While we were at Gamescom, we met a bunch of incredible indies to give shoutouts to, many of whom were also from our Studio’s hometown, Hamburg! If you haven’t yet watched our ROCKFISH Shoutouts video, check it out! All these developers were excited to share their creations with gamers—you might just find your next favorite indie!
Funny how we always seem to be placed right next to our friends at Egosoft!
Meeting fans from Japan, China, and all over the world at Tokyo Game Show was an exciting time as well! We frequently join the German Games Pavilion at events to showcase some of the best games created in Germany to fans around the globe. If you ever hear of us at an event, please drop by to say hi. It’s always appreciated!
The team has been quiet about what we’ve been working on, but that’s going to change next year! As part of a new adventure, space pilots will return to Aethon, just one of the star systems coming in an all-new EVERSPACE 2 expansion launching in 2025. That’s just the tip of the asteroid, we don’t want to give too much away—Stay tuned for the full announcement, expansion title, and more info in the new year!
Also, that cool BOB shirt Garry was wearing on stream is available on the IGN Store. The holidays are here, so treat yourself!
We wish all you space pilots a happy and safe holiday season. See you in the new year!
Lee and the ROCKFISH Games team
Combat & Crew: A New Cross Studio Bundle
It’s no secret that the ROCKFISH Games team loves space games. From Freelancer to FTL, space games of all kinds inspire us to craft epic experiences for genre fans around the globe.
Void Crew by Hutlihut Games caught our eye early on as a cool way to enjoy a different kind of space game experience where players work together to survive. Running from one situation to the next, whether it’s piloting the ship, blasting away at enemies using the ship’s guns, making emergency repairs, or being launched out of an airlock to scavenge resources off a derelict ship, crew members get to experience different kinds of encounters every time they play. With our roguelike roots, we love this kind of thing!
Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 4 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!
It’s a great concept that the Hutlihut team has pulled off magnificently after a busy time in Early Access. We hope to see them continue to succeed!
Our two studios have crewed up with a new Steam bundle that includes a discount to help fans of our respective series find new space games to try. We hope our fans will enjoy their frantic co-op gameplay while theirs can dive into the vast explorable starsystems of Cluster 34! A special shout out to our friends at Focus Entertainment for helping to set this up.
We’ll see all you EVERSPACE fans later today with our yearly recap and a little tease of what we’ve been working on.
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games team
EVERSPACE 2 2024 End of Year Stream
Greetings, Pilots!
December? Already?! Where did the year go? Between Incursions, the Unreal Engine 5 update, the Art of EVERSPACE 2, releasing our Supporter Pack, announcing and launching Titans, Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, and more, it’s no wonder the year went by in a flash.
Get ready for a special end-of-the-year stream looking back at everything EVERSPACE in 2024, hosted by our CEO, Michael, and Community Manager, Garry. We’ll be diving into ROCKFISH highlights from the year and picking out some of our favorite community screenshots created by our fantastic community of space pilots. Plus, there may even be a tiny tease of something we’ve been working on.
Join us December 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CEST on the ROCKFISH Games Twitch and YouTube channels. As with all our streams, we’ll be answering community questions from the chat—we’ve also created a new area in our Discord for people to submit questions for future interviews. Drop yours in there and we’ll answer them if we can!
See you there!
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games Team
EVERSPACE 2 Patch 1.3.43751
Greetings, pilots!
We have a small update now available to download on Steam for PC pilots that brings solutions to NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation memory leak and Proton DX12 video playback issues that have been reported by the community. This patch should solve crashes troubling a small number of pilots on PC.
Patch 1.3.43751
Bugfixes:
Fixed NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation memory leak
(Linux) Fixed video playback issues on Proton DX12
Please continue reporting issues in the Steam Community Hub and the ROCKFISH Games Discord. Though we are focused on crafting a sizable new expansion for EVERSPACE 2, the team continues to look into bugs shared by players around the world.
There are lots of cool things to come. We’ll share more when we can!
Lee and your ROCKFISH Games Team
EVERSPACE 2 November Dev Interview Stream
Greetings, pilots!
We’ve got a special treat coming up on Friday’s stream!
In addition to our usual bombastic EVERSPACE 2 gameplay and dev Q&A, our Community Manager, Garry, will be airing a team interview. ROCKFISH Games’ Senior Gameplay Programmer Thorben has been with the team for more than six years now and as we’re a small team, he’s been able to touch on many aspects of EVERSPACE 2 beyond programming including design, writing, testing, and more.
Join us for a dev chat about creating games, how parts of EVERSPACE 2 came together, and Torben’s journey through the industry to ROCKFISH. There’s lots to cover, so tune in November 8th at 11am PST / 2pm EST / 8pm CET on the ROCKFISH Games Twitch and YouTube channels for gameplay, community screenshots, Q&A, and this interview! Twitch
We’ve released a small patch that includes a potential fix for pilots on AMD GPUs experiencing crashing.
We’re continuing to look into the cause of crashing issues as there may be more than one culprit. If you are an AMD GPU user who continues to see crashes, please let us know in our bug reports area on the EVERSPACE 2 Steam Community Hub.
This update also includes a minor tweak to the game where Maddocks is made invulnerable on Very Easy difficulty to aid players having trouble with the Smoke and Mirrors mission.
1.3.43257 Patch (AMD GPU Crashes)
Bugfixes
Fixed a crash affecting AMD GPUs
Maddocks is now invulnerable on Very Easy difficulty
