One huge army is much more powerful than two smaller ones, but risks being less interesting to use and fight. Zero-K wants multi-army action, so is careful with helping deathballs.Read it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/334920/view/679624…

The most recent planet war ended in mutual ceasefire just over an hour ago. Humanity Rising took an early lead with three artefact planets, but could not quite clinch the victory before the other factions rallied and dislodged them. Then Free Machines …

Planetwars is live right now. The second open playtest is in full swing, with 240 invasions launched in the past 26 hours. We designed the round to last the weekend, although it is hard to dial in, although we are considering pausing it during the week…

The retreat range bonus was a quirk of game physics that started causing problems six years ago. Removing it would break some basic rules of Zero-K, but something had to be done.Read it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/334920/view/51749295…

This release includes an amazing new soundtrack by Vladislav Lapochkin (D.700). It is the new default, and all previous soundtracks can still be selected ingame under Settings/Audio. Big thanks to everyone who contributes music, eventually we will have…

Special abilities add complexity and risk being fiddly, yet Zero-K has many of them. This post explores how abilities work and what makes them fit with the rest of the design.Read it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/334920/view/50510615317…

Zero-K went wild with state toggles before realising that issuing commands is more fun than fiddling with toggles. At least we learned how and why to avoid state toggles.Read it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/334920/view/535503548435137211