Unknown Worlds
Developer & Publisher
Unknown Worlds is a self-funded, independent game company in San Francisco, CA. Our goal is simple: to unite the world through play.
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10 Copies of NS / OG to giveaway!
Jan 7, 2010 Editor's Notes 104 commentsTo promote Natural Selection 2 and Overgrowth's 40% off organic indie pack, they have given us 10 copies of each game to giveaway.
Meet the resource tower
Jan 28, 2009 Natural Selection 2 9 commentsIn this blog entry we're going to give you a look at the new and improved resource tower. For those that aren't familiar with Natural Selection, the resource...
Occlusion Culling
Mar 5, 2009 Natural Selection 2 16 commentsOn of the important tasks in a first person engine is occlusion culling. Occlusion culling is the process of discarding elements of the world that aren't...
Detailed Onos "reveal"
Jul 6, 2009 Natural Selection 2 16 commentsHey everyone! Last week IGN released the first of our 5 alien "reveals". Each one showcases an alien in NS2, including the new concept art, final in-game...
Knife + Pistol = Taser?
Jul 22, 2009 Natural Selection 2 9 commentsBeing a small team with limited resources, and because we are essentially minimalists, we are always thinking of ways we can get more out of less. We...
Environment Props
Jul 28, 2009 Natural Selection 2 11 commentsOur environment artists have been cranking out both map specific and generic props. We wanted to post some images of these assets, and discuss a bit of...
Detailed Skulk "Reveal"
Aug 6, 2009 Natural Selection 2 24 commentsAs the second part in our alien "reveals", we give to you the Skulk!
Armory Reveal
Aug 17, 2009 Natural Selection 2 9 commentsJust to switch things up a bit from the alien reveals, we wanted to show off some more of the revamped marine structures in the game. First up is the...
Infantry Portal Reveal
Aug 19, 2009 Natural Selection 2 15 commentsWe continue our look at the revamped marine structures in NS2 with the new design for the Infantry Portal.
Gorge Reveal
Sep 16, 2009 Natural Selection 2 17 commentsAs the fourth part in our alien "reveals", we give to you, the Gorge!
Community Showcase
Dec 15, 2009 Natural Selection 2 12 commentsThree weeks ago we released the Spark Level Editor to everyone who pre-ordered Natural Selection 2. Our community has produced a lot of great stuff so...
Spark SDK (Build 133) Released
Jan 23, 2010 Natural Selection 2 15 commentsOnce again, this Friday we have another update to the Spark SDK for everyone who has pre-ordered Natural Selection 2. The Spark SDK is the package which...
Friday Update - Build 137 and Sound Montages
Feb 19, 2010 Natural Selection 2 7 commentsIt's Friday and we have another weekly update for you. If absence truly makes the heart grow fonder, then this week's patch to the Spark tool set should...
Friday Update - Lerk Reveal
Feb 26, 2010 Natural Selection 2 17 commentsIt's been a long time coming, but here's the fourth in our alien reveals...the Lerk!
NS2 coming to Steam!
Mar 2, 2010 Natural Selection 2 40 commentsWe have confirmed with Valve that pre-orders will transfer properly to Steam! As you know, we have been funded largely by preorders although many of you...
Friday Update - The Pistol and Axe
Mar 6, 2010 Natural Selection 2 18 commentsSince our most recent screenshot had the new NS2 pistol in it we thought it would be appropriate to put together a blog showcasing the weapons that a...
Friday Update - Level Processing
Mar 14, 2010 Natural Selection 2 19 commentsApologizes for the delay in getting this post up, the video encoder wasn't being very cooperative.
Friday Update - Build 148, Jetpacks and...Legos?
May 29, 2010 Natural Selection 2 11 commentsThis week we've got a few things to talk about. We've published a patch to the Engine Test and tools which will be available on Steam later today. One...
Damage Types in NS2
Jun 6, 2010 Natural Selection 20 commentsHey everyone, I wanted to discuss damage types in NS2 briefly, and it's a bit much to discuss properly for tweet.
The Shotgun
Jun 8, 2010 Natural Selection 58 commentsWe thought we'd take a moment to show you the updated version of one of the favorite weapons from NS1 (unless you were a Skulk...) - the Shotgun.
Design of ns2_tram
Jun 18, 2010 Natural Selection 8 commentsFor today's update we would like to focus on "Tram", one of several maps currently in development. This full sized NS2 map will ship with the Alpha, so...
Hydra Reveal
Jul 2, 2010 Natural Selection 2 11 commentsFor this update we'd like to show off the first of the alien structures, the Hydra.
NS2 Alpha Date Set!
Jul 13, 2010 Natural Selection 27 commentsAs you all know, we strongly value our ties to you, the community. When we released NS v1.0 after 18 months (games were easier back then!), in some ways...
First ingame screenshots of Natural Selection 2
Oct 31, 2009 Natural Selection 2 39 commentsThis Halloween marks the 7th Anniversary of the first public release of the original Natural Selection! To celebrate, please find below the first screenshots...
Effect Editor Part 1
Apr 7, 2009 Natural Selection 2 8 commentsThe team take you through their recently built effect editor for their engine.
NS2 teaser trailer, new website and pre-orders!
May 27, 2009 Natural Selection 2 88 commentsUnknown Worlds have released the new teaser trailer, a new promo website and are now taking pre-orders!
Anatomy of a Scene
Oct 3, 2009 Natural Selection 2 18 commentsTwo weeks ago we we posted some screen shots of the new marines in Natural Selection 2. We were really happy to hear the overwhelmingly positive response...
Level Editor "Spark" Released
Nov 26, 2009 Natural Selection 2 21 commentsToday we're releasing the Spark level editor to everyone who pre-ordered Natural Selection 2. This is a tool we've designed and built from the ground...
Prop Artist Bill and Spark Editor Update (Build 135)
Jan 31, 2010 Natural Selection 2 6 commentsAlong with this week's patch we'd like to give some credit to one of the more unsung heroes of the development team, Bill Smith. He joined the team last...
Spark Engine Questions and Answers #1
Feb 4, 2010 Natural Selection 2 16 commentsMany people seemed interested to learn more about the Spark Engine. Is it just the Editor? Or the entire game? Lead engine programmer Max answers these...
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The Shotgun
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Mapping: Descent
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NS2 | Beta build 215 has arrived
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ESL Launch Tournament
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UWE @ Unloud, Childs Play and Patch Notes
Dec 11, 2012
Merry Gorgemas!
Dec 21, 2010
Build 236 is now live on Steam!
Jan 16, 2013
Build 201 & New Purchase Options
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Natural Selection 2 - European Sports League
Nov 10, 2012
Hydra Reveal
Jul 2, 2010
Build 207 released
May 2, 2012
NS2 Build 176 Released
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Build 200 released
Mar 16, 2012
Rifle Rework
Sep 20, 2011
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