Happy anniversary, Crossout! OBT biennium: results and plans
Survivors, today Crossout celebrates two important dates: four years since the launch of the alpha version of the game and two years since the moment when the virtual Wasteland became available to everyone. We are remembering the important moments from the life of our favourite game and making plans for the future!
2015
- Los Angeles, the famous E3 conference. Cologne, the major gaming exhibition Gamescom. Moscow, the massive Igromir. There we showed Crossout to the general public, the project received many awards: the most innovative MMO, second place in the category The Best of Gamescom 2015 and the award for the best debut at the exhibition from the publication “Game World Navigator”.
- The launch of Crossout closed alpha. You had your first taste of the game, mastered its unique build and combat mechanics. In total, in 2015, we held 4 battle tests: PvE raids and factions which the players could join were added to the game.
- Then we launched the closed beta: new maps and “Leviathans” appeared in the game — the most powerful armoured vehicles controlled by artificial intelligence.
2016
- And again: Cologne, Gamescom, Crossout. Our booth was even bigger. Just look at the full-size armoured vehicle! Even more gamers learned about the project.
- We launched servers in the USA and Canada, introduced three full-fledged game modes, updated the parts system, added support for clans and eliminated many in-game bugs.
2017
- May 30, 2017 — the long-awaited start of open beta. From that moment on, Crossout became available to everyone on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. In the summer, the game became available on Steam.
- We could not miss any exhibitions that year either! Traditionally, we exhibited an updated version of Crossout at Igromir and Gamescom.
- A productive time! Three new factions — Steppenwolfs, Dawn's children and Firestarters.
2018
- New game modes of different directions — from the crazy sandbox of “Bedlam”, to the “Battle Royale”.
- No fewer than 8 new maps, including the famous “Nameless Tower”.
- In January, we added the Adventure story campaign to Crossout. A huge map, many PvE missions, armoured vehicles and new missions.
2019 (up to May)
- Crossout is noticeably brighter this year. It's because we improved the lighting. We added realistic effects of dispersion of sun rays in the atmosphere, the position of the clouds and their illumination became close to real, and the colour and brightness of the Sun in the game now corresponds to the time of day on the map when the battle between the players takes place.
We're also aiming to work out the dynamic change of weather conditions;)
COMPARING OLD AND NEW LIGHTING
- What else is new:
- a technology tree,
- a speedometer, another garage,
- a regular update of the in-game Mayhem,
- an expanded “Adventure” with side quests.
We started working hard a long time and we're not even thinking about stopping!
What's next?
Now it's time to congratulate your favourite game! Happy anniversary, Crossout. Happy anniversary to our players. Thank you for staying with us, giving useful feedback, criticizing, advising, supporting us with warm words. And playing.
By the way, you can combine your greetings and the game: post screenshots or photos of you playing Crossout and wishing us a happy anniversary on Facebook. Don't forget the hashtag #playCrossout!
