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The Spark engine is designed to enable small teams to make immersive games. As a tiny team ourselves, having tools that let us iterate extremely quickly is an absolute must.

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Alien view mode experiments

Feb 10, 2011 Natural Selection 2 23 comments

Here's some quick and dirty footage showing some cool ideas for an alien vision mode. This would allow the aliens to excel in the dark after they cut...

Developer commentary & Build 162

Jan 25, 2011 Natural Selection 2 5 comments

Build 162 of the Natural Selection 2 Beta is now available on Steam! Usually we post a simple text change log describing the changes but we're trying...

NS2HD Spotlight - Alien atmosphere

Jan 21, 2011 Natural Selection 2 6 comments

Our favorite NS2 player Hugh over at the Natural Selection 2 HD YouTube channel has been doing an amazing job showing off our game.

NS2 Build 160 released

Dec 21, 2010 Natural Selection 2 8 comments

Build 160 of the Natural Selection 2 Beta is now available on Steam. If you've pre-ordered the game, it will automatically download on Steam. If not...

Merry Gorgemas!

Dec 21, 2010 Natural Selection 2 17 comments

In light of all the awesome sales happening for games all over the net, we thought we should spread some holiday cheer too.

The Fade

Dec 13, 2010 Natural Selection 2 12 comments

NS2 Fade and his new blink ability released 18th November in build 155. If you have not already seen the reveal video then check it out!

Build 157 and 158 Released

Dec 5, 2010 Natural Selection 2 24 comments

The Beta is coming along well. With each patch, the game is getting closer to release. And you can help!

Great end user tools

Dec 1, 2010 Spark 2 comments

I have been working with this editor for about 5 months now and it is the most intuitive editor i have ever seen with results that will astonish you.

NS2 closed beta released...and how we got here

Nov 24, 2010 Natural Selection 2 25 comments

Finally, the closed beta is available to those who preorded NS2. Not only that, but the Fade is now playable!

Power Nodes

Nov 8, 2010 Natural Selection 2 31 comments

Power nodes are a new feature in Natural Selection 2. They control the lighting for rooms and power for marine structures. Their use is a prime example...

The Whip - Reveal

Oct 16, 2010 Natural Selection 2 9 comments

The Whip is the structure that the Commander will want to build when employing a more offensive strategy.

The Flamethrower - Gameplay Video

Oct 1, 2010 Natural Selection 2 32 comments

We wanted to put together a quick update showing off one of the new weapon classes that is in NS2 - the Flamethrower.

"The Crag" Reveal

Aug 19, 2010 Natural Selection 2 47 comments

For this update we wanted to talk about the Crag, the first of four different alien structures the alien commander will be able to build in NS2. It will...

NS2 Alpha Released!

Jul 27, 2010 Natural Selection 2 53 comments

It's been an utterly insane couple of months of work here at Unknown Worlds and tonight many of you will get your first game of NS2!

NS2 Alpha Date Set!

Jul 13, 2010 Natural Selection 27 comments

As 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...

Hydra Reveal

Jul 2, 2010 Natural Selection 2 11 comments

For this update we'd like to show off the first of the alien structures, the Hydra.

Design of ns2_tram

Jun 18, 2010 Natural Selection 8 comments

For 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...

The Shotgun

Jun 8, 2010 Natural Selection 58 comments

We 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.

Damage Types in NS2

Jun 6, 2010 Natural Selection 20 comments

Hey everyone, I wanted to discuss damage types in NS2 briefly, and it's a bit much to discuss properly for tweet.

Friday Update - Build 148, Jetpacks and...Legos?

May 29, 2010 Natural Selection 2 11 comments

This 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...

Decoda and Cinematic Editor Update on Steam

May 23, 2010 Natural Selection 2 10 comments

As we mentioned last week, the newest build of NS2 on Steam includes a special version of Decoda and our very own Cinematics Editor.

Lua Debugger "Decoda" Update

May 19, 2010 Natural Selection 2 5 comments

It's hard to believe that it's been over a year since the last update to Decoda.

Engine Progress - SgtBarlow's Map

Apr 24, 2010 Natural Selection 2 24 comments

We've been keeping a close eye on the community's modding projects and we have a few things planned for the next patch to make life a little bit better...

Engine Test Follow-Up and Custom Mods

Apr 20, 2010 Natural Selection 2 43 comments

We're catching our breath after the Engine Test release last Friday. We are excited to see you guys already modding the game, adding things like sprinting...

NS2 Engine Test released!

Apr 10, 2010 Natural Selection 2 40 comments

Today is a big milestone for Unknown Worlds: we've just released the NS2 "Engine Test" to everyone that has pre-ordered the game!

Engine Test Release Date Set - Friday, April 9th!

Mar 30, 2010 Natural Selection 2 20 comments

The engine test is a runnable version of the engine designed to help us tune the performance, compatibility, and networking prior to the release of the...

Friday Update - Level Processing

Mar 14, 2010 Natural Selection 2 19 comments

Apologizes for the delay in getting this post up, the video encoder wasn't being very cooperative.

Friday Update - The Pistol and Axe

Mar 6, 2010 Natural Selection 2 18 comments

Since 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...

NS2 coming to Steam!

Mar 2, 2010 Natural Selection 2 40 comments

We 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...