Deep Rock Galactic Arrives in Early Access Form Next Week on Xbox and PC

Written by Brandon Hofer on February 21, 2018

News: A new space mining shooter is making its way into early access next week where you can help the development team as they continue to work on the game.

Next week Xbox One and PC will be receiving a new co-op space mining shooter developed by Ghost Ship Games called Deep Rock Galactic. Starting on February 28, 2018, any hardy dwarf with a taste for adventure and a proficiency in firearms can join the most ambitious mining operation to date when Deep Rock Galactic lands on Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview.

Players take up arms as one of four classes of badass dwarven miners, each with their own invaluable set of skills and gear. The Driller, the Engineer, the Scout and the Gunner must work together to survive a relentless onslaught of ravenous aliens and escape the procedurally generated caves with their bounty intact.

“With Deep Rock Galactic, we wanted to create a true co-op experience where teamwork really matters. We’re mixing the traditional co-op shooter with all the goodness of huge procedural levels, lots of exploration and mining and all the personality of fantasy dwarves – but in a sci-fi setting,” says Mikkel Martin Pedersen, Game Director/Co-Founder of Ghost Ship Games.

Deep Rock Galactic first began recruiting brave space mining dwarves when it entered Closed Alpha on Steam in December 2016. Since then, more than ten thousand test-subjects have played the ever-improving Closed-Alpha builds and delivered invaluable feedback to the team. By popular demand, the team have thus far added upgrades, drones, vanity items, a mini-boss, biomes and refrained from fixing the broken barrel physics!

“Moving into Early Access and Game Preview, we’re really excited to keep developing the game with the help of our awesome community. At launch, 7 unique regions of Planet Hoxxes will be ready to explore, mine and get lost in, but really this is just the beginning and Hoxxes has only just begun giving up her secrets. We have SO many more ideas and can’t wait to start implementing them all,” said Søren Lundgaard, CEO/Co-Founder of Ghost Ship Games.

Check out the trailer below for Deep Rock Galactic and tell us what you think. Does this game interest you? If so, you do plan on picking it up next week when it enters Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview?