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Digital Art Book
Last Friday, we sent out The Art of Outer Wilds PDF to backers! If you backed at a tier that should have gotten one but didn’t receive your email, please email support@mobiusdigitalgames.com.

New Patch Incoming
We’ve been hard at work on improving the game based on all of the feedback we’ve been receiving. While our last patch was more of an emergency fix patch, this one has a bit more in the way of improvements. As before, we will do full patch notes when we release the patch later, but here is a sneak peak of some of the things we’re including:

• New Feature: Sleep to pass time! A lot of players have been requesting a way to skip forward in time. Because physics is simulated in Outer Wilds it isn’t quite as simple as moving a time slider forward (which is why we didn’t already have it in the game), but we’ve found a way to allow you to pass time a bit more quickly by snoozing at campfires.
• Endgame Tweaks: We’ve heard resounding feedback about a certain area of confusion towards the end of the game, and we’ve taken significant steps to improve it. We’ve tweaked level design and clarified writing in several areas to make certain clues more clear, as well as adding an entirely new clue to help players deduce the way forward. 
• FOV Slider in Options Menu: We’re adding adjustable FOV so that players who experience motion sickness can tweak their settings to be more comfortable. 
• HUD Improved Aspect Ratio Support: The in-game HUD now supports arbitrary aspect ratios, so users with 4:3 or double 16:9 monitor setups can have a much more usable interface.
• Bug fixes: We’ve fixed a wide variety of bugs from Ultrawide resolutions not showing up to fixing areas where Brittle Hollow fragments were clipping through areas they shouldn’t and killing players unexpectedly. We will detail out the various bug fixes in our actual patch notes.

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We’re excited to announce that we’ve released a patch for both the Xbox and Epic platforms! The update should be available across both platforms by 7PM PST.

Here’s what made it in:

Patch Notes (relatively spoiler-free)
PC Fixes & Improvements

• Additional input devices will no longer take control from the active controller unless a brand new input is made
• Improved some 3rd party wireless controller compatibility (We’re working on providing additional support for more controllers in future patches.)
• If the game can’t match the language of the user’s Operating System, it will now default to English instead of an invalid language option
• Improved reliability of save system

Overall Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed unintended signalscope behavior in a certain area
• Fixed players getting stuck on geometry on a certain island in Giant’s Deep
• Small tweaks to Ash Twin level design
• Fixed missing line of text in English (“813”)
• Fixed the player ship’s notification console inconsistently reporting damage locations
• Fixed the player ship not updating fragment integrity
• Fixed the player ship not being affected by certain electrical forces
• Fixed a memory leak
• Missable Gabbro ship log entry involving a statue is no longer required for “Archaeologist” achievement
• Additional VFX/lighting for certain objects
• Fixed props not appearing properly in certain ships

If you experience other bugs that you don’t see on this list, please contact:

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**Whenever possible, please provide us with a detailed account of what happened and a screenshot, as this generally expedites the process.

Continued Thanks
Thank you all for your continued feedback and support as we work through patching the game. All of the videos, streams, emails, and comments we have been receiving have helped us immensely!

We will be continuing to improve the game based on your constructive feedback and will announce any additional patch updates here!

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Thank You
It’s been wonderful to see all of the praise and support that people are posting on social media. The team has been scouring the internet for feedback and it is heartwarming to see such a positive response to the game. We’re so glad that there are other people out there as crazy about the game as we are, so thank you all for the kind words!

We are already hard at work on improving the game based on your constructive feedback as well, so read on for details.

Known Issues (Minor Spoilers Ahead)
We know there’s a couple bugs some of you are experiencing and we’re doing our best to upload a patch fix as soon as possible! Some of them have temporary workarounds that we will note below:

• Gabbro/Archaeology Achievement uncompletable:
  • There’s one particular case where you won’t be able to get a log entry from Gabbro.
  • Once the patch releases, you should automatically get the achievement upon starting the game, assuming you have all of the other entries! (There is one entry that you get for talking to Hal that doesn’t count for this achievement, so don’t sweat that one.)

 

• Menu buttons don’t respond or get stuck on profile creation
  • Try resetting your OS language to English (or another supported language in the Outer Wilds Options Menu) OR
  • Close the game, unplug all controllers (virtual and physical), restart the game, then fill in Profile Name. After that, you should be able to re-plug your controller. NOTE: If you’re using a 3rd party controller, you may not have the right mapping.

 

• Getting stuck in terrain on Giant’s Deep
  • We’ve modified the terrain so when the patch releases this should be resolved.

 

• Inconsistent Ship Damage Report
  • This was a bug with our notification system, so it will be fixed in the patch as well.

 

• 813
  • If you’ve seen this text (we won’t say how), it’s a localization bug on our end. The english text should show up in our first patch with localization coming in the following patch.

We will have a full set of patch notes for when the patch goes live, we just wanted to pre-emptively let you know about these issues since we’ve been receiving a lot of questions.

If you experience other bugs that you don’t see on this list, please contact support@mobiusdigitalgames.com!

Digital Art Book and Soundtrack
The digital soundtrack is now on Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Music!

We’re putting the finishing touches on one of our backer rewards, The Art of Outer Wilds PDF! We decided to release this at the end of this month since it’s chock full of spoilers (and our art team has been busy fixing bugs). We put a lot of effort into this book so we’re hoping that backers will enjoy it!

Merch Incoming
We’ve had many people asking about Outer Wilds merch. While we don’t have anything for sale yet, keep an eye on the Annapurna Interactive store in the coming months!
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Outer Wilds Has Officially Released!

Outer Wilds has officially launched!

We have sent out keys for those who filled out our backer platform surveys by May 22nd! If you filled out your survey after May 22nd, you will receive your key shortly. We did go through some technical difficulties regarding emails so please disregard any duplicate emails you may receive (although your respective keys should be the same)!

If you don’t receive one and it’s not in your spam folder, or your key isn’t working, please reach out to us at support@mobiusdigitalgames.com.

In the meantime, check out what some of these awesome reviews from Vice and Rock Paper Shotgun - they also uploaded this great review video!

We’d like to thank everyone who has supported us through the crazy ride of the development for Outer Wilds so far. But stay tuned - we are not done yet!

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Hello everyone, we’ve got an early update for you this week!

Trailer & Release Date
Check out our release trailer! We’re happy to announce that our launch date is Thursday, May 30th! It’s been a long, wild ride to get Outer Wilds out the door and we’re very excited to get it into your hands.
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Backer Survey Update

Since we know many of our backers were looking forward to adding the game to their library on Steam, all backers who choose PC as a platform will get both an Epic key upon launch and a Steam key later when we release on those services, respectively.

​We’ve updated our Backer Survey to reflect these options so feel free to go back and edit your responses!

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Hello everyone,

We’re nearing the finish line for Outer Wilds and wanted to share an update of the game.

Outer Wilds will first be released on XBox One and on PC via the Epic Games Store, with additional platforms coming later. Rest assured that we read all of your comments and our goal is to bring the game to your preferred platform as quickly as possible. We will keep you up to date with the latest info here.

Throughout the development of the game, we’ve welcomed helpful partnerships with Annapurna Interactive, XBox, and Epic to support us and keep our small studio running long enough to ship the game at the level of quality that it is today. Each of these partnerships has enabled us to make the game better and more accessible for everyone who will play it.

We greatly appreciate the support that you have given us over the years, even when we weren’t able to share all of the details going on behind the scenes. We’ll share an update on the release date soon. We thank you for sticking with us, and we look forward to seeing you play Outer Wilds!

Check Out Our Gameplay on IGN

Speaking of more updates, check out a 10-minute gameplay video of Outer Wilds! Narrated by our very own creative director, Alex Beachum!

Backer Platform Emails Have Been Sent

We have sent out platform survey emails to all of our backers! If you don’t receive your respective survey after a couple of days, please contact us through the support email below.

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As always, if you have any questions or fan mail, please email: support@mobiusdigitalgames.com.

Join us in two weeks for another development update. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Hello everyone!

We hope you’ve all had a wonderful Easter! We have a short update for you this week.

Platform Backer Surveys

To our backers: be sure to keep an eye out for an incoming survey! These surveys will help us deliver your Outer Wilds copy to your ideal platform upon release.

Please keep in mind to fill out the survey with the email that you used to vouch for the game!

We will be sending these emails to both digital and physical copy backers. If you don’t receive a survey, please reach out to us through our support email below!

Incoming Feature: Keyboard Rebinding

Our engineers are hard at work implementing a new keyboard rebinding menu for the PC version of the game. This feature will allow players to set their own custom keys so to make the game more accessible for everyone.

Our hope is that this feature will allow a wider variety of players play our game comfortably.

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Happy April everybody!

PAX East

We hope you all had a great time at PAX East this year! We the development team couldn’t make it out, but our publisher Annapurna and the fine folks at ID@Xbox had us covered.

We heard back that we had a full house throughout the show! Many thanks to all who came and played the game. The whole team sincerely hopes that those of you who were able to attend enjoyed your Outer Wilds and overall PAX East experience.

Outer Wilds featured at the ID@Xbox booth, at PAX East 2019

Xbox One - Mixer Pre-orders

It has been a couple months since we’ve addressed any questions about the Mixer pre-orders, but we’ve finally have heard back from Microsoft about those keys!

If you received a copy of the game through the Mixer, you will be able to see your copy of the game in your library, once the game releases. Unfortunately there is no other way for us to update the systems to show the game in your library.

Thanks to all of you who inquired so we could get this squared away before launch.

Add-Ons Are On Their Way!

We’ve recently finished sending out all additional add-ons to our backers. Please check your email for a tracking number for your incoming goodies!

Thanks again to all of you who got in touch with us and for you patience!

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Hi everyone, thank you all for sitting tight for another update. The team has been busy with GDC and some members were out sick. Anyway, here’s the latest:

PAX East is this weekend!
Outer Wilds will be available for demo at the Microsoft Booth as part of PAX East! Be sure to check in on the Microsoft: XBOX Wire Blog and follow ID@Xbox on Twitter for booth details.

PAX East is a game convention that is held in Boston, MA. The convention is Thursday March 28 thru Sunday March 31.

ID@Xbox also announced that those attending the conference can enter for a chance to win one of four limited edition custom Xbox One X consoles, one of which is Outer Wilds themed!

Outer Wilds Xbox Custom Console pictured in the top left.

For more details on how enter and about the ID@Xbox presence at PAX East:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/03/26/xbox-game-pass-at-pax-east-2019/

https://twitter.com/XboxWire/status/1110602151766577152

ID@Xbox Game Pass - 3.26.19

It was also announced this week that Outer Wilds will be coming to the ID@Xbox Game Pass!

https://youtu.be/lV6J5XT8hCE @1:51

Physical Backer Rewards
For those with add on items in their order, we apologize that those were not necessarily included with your packages. We are working on verifying who did not receive their add on items. Once things are sorted we will be sending out confirmation emails and the remaining packages as quickly as possible.

Physical Copy of the Game
We got these photos in of the physical copy of the game! These will be going out around the time of our release.

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Hi everyone, we wanted to share some brief updates with you all!

PAX East

Outer Wilds will be available for demo at the Microsoft Booth as part of PAX East! Be sure to check in on the Microsoft: XBOX Wire Blog and follow ID@Xbox on Twitter for booth details.

PAX East is a game convention that is held in Boston, MA. The convention is Thursday March 28 thru Sunday March 31.

Article Feature

Keep an eye out for Outer Wilds’ feature in the gaming magazine PC Gamer! We were part of their January 2019 Issue which just went up online.

PC Gamer: Issue 327 in January 2019

Physical Backer Rewards

Just a brief update, for those in the Outer Wilds Ventures Tier, your packages have been sent out and a tracking number has been email to you!

For everyone waiting else waiting on physical reward packages, they will be going out next week. We will be sending you all tracking information as packages go out.

Below is a general reminder of what to expect:

The rewards being shipped around the globe include: the Mission Patch, Postcard Set, Member Shirt, and Signed Planetary Map Poster.

Backers of the physical reward tiers will receive an email explaining what to expect in the mail and when your packages were shipped. If your tier included a poster and shirt please expect a poster tube to be delivered, while postcards and patches will be shipped in a traditional mailer.

Please be patient for delivery and allow for two weeks after you receive your confirmation email.

If your reward tier included a physical copies of the game, those will be shipped once we are closer to our lease date. For exact details please keep an eye on our newsletter for updates.

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