The studio shares the story behind the creation of the DLC and the highlights of the one-year project on the Surviving Mars franchise
December 13, 2021
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Author: Abstraction Games
Eindhoven, NL - December 13, 2021 - Abstraction is proud to announce that the studio’s work behind Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond, the DLC that opens up new frontiers in the critically acclaimed survival colony-builder Surviving Mars from Paradox Interactive, has come to an end with the latest patch that was released this week.
“>From the moment we first pitched the idea of Below and Beyond to Paradox and up until the DLC’s final update, it’s been an exhilarating journey of creativity, engineering, and engaging with the community to bring this lively new dimension to Surviving Mars,” said Lisa Burgers (Producer).
Abstraction started working on the development of Surviving Mars in October 2020, and throughout the year the studio released content updates to the original game and, of course, the Below and Beyond DLC.
Since the release of Below and Beyond, Abstraction has been focused on fixing issues and improving features in direct response to player feedback. “With this update, the game is in a state we and the players are happy with. It’s been a humbling and exciting journey, learning to work more directly with the community, and developing our relationship with the fans of the franchise. The best reward being to see the improvements in their reviews of our work!” added Lisa.
More About Below and Beyond
Based on a concept created and developed by Abstraction, Surviving Mars: the Below and Beyond DLC begins a new era of colonization, as you expand into caves and lava tubes beneath the Red Planet’s unforgiving surface. Cave-ins are a real threat when living and working underground, but the benefits could outweigh the risks. Digging for rich resources deep beneath the surface of Mars unlocks new Recon and Expansion research trees, and you can even blast off to passing asteroids to mine those for rare minerals as well.
Players can purchase Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond for a suggested retail price of $19.99 USD / €19.99 EUR / £15.49 GBP on Steam, GOG, Epic, Humble, PlayStation™ 4 and Xbox One.
Surviving Mars is available on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. For more information about Surviving Mars, visit the Paradox Store page, or check it out on Twitter and Facebook.
About Abstraction
Abstraction is a creative game development studio established in 2007 in The Netherlands with a no-compromise attitude that delivers cutting-edge results. Renowned for taking on technically demanding projects and providing support teams for AAA publishers, Abstraction does not shy away from a challenge and has delivered 200+ SKU’s across 60 games over the last 14 years. The company is also engaged with creative co-development and DLC projects and is producing an unannounced internal game based on an original IP.
The studio is proud to count as its partners, companies such as Bioware/EA, 343/Microsoft, Funcom, Sega, Paradox Interactive, Snail Games, Mythical Games, Perfect World, and Aspyr Media to name but a few. For more information, please visit https://abstraction.games
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