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Natural Selection 2 is releasing ahead of schedule
Although Halloween was a fitting release day for Natural Selection 2, Unknown Worlds has bumped up the game's launch. This mash-up of first-person shooting and real-time strategy is now scheduled to unlock at 5:00pm Pacific on October 30, giving us more time to play without interruption from those pesky neighborhood kids. Technically, this is only seven hours early (the original goal was to release at 12:01am Pacific on Oct. 31), but it's rare we get to see games come out ahead of schedule, so I'll gladly take it, as I'm sure many of you will too. We have a review coming, though the East Coast storm will likely impact when that goes up. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
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| 7:30 PM on 03.08.2013 Natural Selection 2 devs lose $30k to fraudulent keys |

Unknown Worlds has issued a warning to everyone not to buy Natural Selection 2 Steam keys from any shady websites. The Natural Selection 2 developers revealed that 1,341 keys had to be deactivated, as they were like...more
| 10:30 AM on 02.28.2013 Natural Selection 2's 'Gorgeous' update hits today |

Natural Selection 2 has always gotten smaller, bug-squashin' and balance-fixin' patches. Today, however, a large content patch will hit the competitive hybrid titled the "Gorgeous" update. There are a bunch of new ...more
| 4:15 PM on 02.17.2013 Natural Selection 2's developer tools are now open source |

I'm going to do my best to not confuse anyone with unexplained technical jargon here. Lua is one of the many programming languages available to developers and is certainly popular among game developers due to i...more
| 5:00 PM on 11.13.2012 Review: Natural Selection 2 |

The original Natural Selection came out a decade ago as a Half-Life mod. It was one of the handful of mods that managed to stand out from hundreds of others thanks to its unique blend of real-time strategy and first-person sh...more
| 7:00 PM on 09.05.2012 Developers give away 45,000 copies of Natural Selection 2 |

Serious props are in order for Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The small studio behind the very big Natural Selection 2 has something special for everyone who pre-ordered the game prior to it appearing on Steam: a free upgrade ...more
| 12:30 PM on 08.28.2012 Natural Selection 2's Exosuit will punch you in the face |

I'm not playing Unknown Worlds' real-time strategy/first-person shooter hybrid Natural Selection 2, but as evidenced by this trailer, I absolutely should be. In it, a new unit for the marines is revealed, and it's a badass-l...more
| 6:30 PM on 06.15.2012 Natural Selection 2 is a fascinating blend of FPS & RTS |

Natural Selection was one of the most popular mods for Half-Life, but Natural Selection 2 is a full-blown retail game -- and a wonderfully positive success story of modders growing into full-fledged developers with their own ...more
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