Our highest review scores of 2018 so far
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Rust's first player-controlled vehicle has arrived, and it's a boat
News With room a driver and three passengers, boats spawn on the coastline and a server may have as many as 64 of them.
Rust review
Naked Gun Rust is one of the cruelest games on Steam, and that's what makes it so compelling.
Rust marks end of four-year Early Access with a visual overhaul
news Game will now receive monthly, rather than weekly, updates.
Rust will leave Early Access in February, but it's not finished yet
news Creator Garry Newman says it's not so much a release as it is the start of alpha testing.
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329,970 copies of Rust have been refunded on Steam, totaling $4.3 million
News The most common reasons given are 'not fun' followed by 'bad performance,' says Garry Newman.
A new Rust update promises to make the gunplay feel more like a 'traditional' FPS
news Guns now kick less, cost less, and shoot a little straighter.
Garry Newman asks bored Rust players to "just stop playing"
news Newman said that breaking the feedback loop is a necessary part of getting Rust out of Early Access.
Latest Rust update removes XP and levelling
NEWS The XP system was taking Rust "in the wrong direction," developer Facepunch Studios says.
Trick-or-treating in Rust went about as well as you might expect
Fright Night I mostly got tricks, and the tricks were mostly people bashing my head in with rocks.
Rust offers the perfect mix of co-operation and brutality
Survivor series With a vibrant community and a dark sense of humour, Rust is one of the most fascinating survival games out there.
Rust's XP system isn't working very well, will likely be removed
News Newly launched levelling system won't exist at all in the future, designer claims.
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Garry Newman says Rust gender assignments are all about gameplay
NEWS Newman said the random gender assignments are meant to make "the social aspects of the game much more interesting."
