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Rust devs surveil cheaters like they're 'playing an RTS game': 'Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged'
By Justin Wagner published
News How many pylons do you need to construct for kernel-level anticheat?

Rust player says goodbye to his server neighbours by constructing a giant, illuminated middle finger: 'Making one of these is often how I like to end a successful wipe'
By Rick Lane published
News "Making one of these is often how I like to end a successful wipe."

The Rust Naval Update is here with base boat building and an optional plank meant to 'settle minor disagreements' with friends
By Andrea Shearon published
News Oh, and the scientists also have boats.

'Anyone mad is a cheater:' Players are divided as Rust beefs up anti-cheat with more effective—and invasive—upgrades
By Justin Wagner published
News Facepunch's COO said the studio expects to make the requirements mandatory at some point.

I asked Garry Newman if he really was going to rename s&box as Garry's mod 2 after an overwhelming poll and he joked 'people are d*ckheads'
By Rich Stanton published
News "People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party Jeremy. You can't trust people."

Facepunch Studios COO says he'll buy New World for $25 million, and he might not be joking: 'We're always looking for new opportunities and we are open to all avenues'
By Andy Chalk published
news Amazon's fantasy MMO is slated to go away for good in January 2027, unless someone—say, Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane—rides to the rescue.

Rust's hotly anticipated naval update is delayed into 2026: 'We took on too much'
By Rick Lane published
News "The closer we got to release, the less confident and happy we were with the state of it."

Garry's mod successor s&box goes open source and even opens up the finances, Garry says: 'Valve gave me my chance, I'm already rich, I don't want to f*ck anyone over'
By Rich Stanton published
News "We can all win together."
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