Natural Selection 2 launch bumped up to today

by Alice O'Connor, Oct 30, 2012 6:00am PDT

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Halloween is a time for surprises so, with that in mind, boo! Sci-fi FPS-RPG Natural Selection 2 was due to emerge from its leathery egg on that spooky day, but developer Unknown Worlds has announced it is coming early. Only a little, given that Halloween is tomorrow, but it's quite welcome.

NS2 was slated to launch at 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Halloween, 10 years to the day after the launch of the original Natural Selection mod for Half-Life. However, that meant poor limeys such as myself would need to wait until the next morning, missing all the launch night fun. So now it's hatching at around 5 p.m. Pacific today, midnight in the UK, giving us time to squeeze in a few rounds before we drain the dregs of our last cuppa and clamber up those walky-blocks to visit Constable Plod in the Land of Nod.

You now have slightly fewer hours left to pre-order NS2 and score a free upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition. Oh no, aliens:

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Natural Selection 2 launch bumped up to today.

Halloween is a time for surprises so, with that in mind, boo! Sci-fi FPS-RPG Natural Selection 2 was due to emerge from its leathery egg on that fateful day but, developer Unknown Worlds has announced, is coming early. Only a little, given that Halloween is tomorrow, but it's quite welcome.

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Natural Selection 2 launch bumped up to today.

Halloween is a time for surprises so, with that in mind, boo! Sci-fi FPS-RPG Natural Selection 2 was due to emerge from its leathery egg on that fateful day but, developer Unknown Worlds has announced, is coming early. Only a little, given that Halloween is tomorrow, but it's quite welcome. : Shacknews
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- awesome. : mrazzino
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  Last chance to pre-order for free digital deluxe version! Comes with soundtrack(awesome) and an exclusive... : Zek
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    Does the game have bots? : danws6
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      Maybe someday, not currently. Would definitely be nice to have to help fill servers. I know there were so... : Zek
      
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      How many players do you need per team to make the maps fun? : danws6
      
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      I always felt 8v8 was the best minimum. It gets sorta empty with anything smaller. : sanchez
      
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      6v6. It's the size used for competitive matches and what most of the strategy and map design is built ... : Archangel2007
      
      fun and chaotic > * : sanchez
      
      They said the same thing with NS1, 8v8. We only played 15v15 or 16v16 and they were way WAY better. ... : Xulu
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    Does it still take a quad core+ server to run a NS2 server? I was looking into hosting one and it didn't seem cheap to run.
    
    -Windows server only
    -High server requirements as the animations were all rendered on the server
    -No linux server support on the horizon.
    
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    Does it still take a quad core+ server to run a NS2 server? I was looking into hosting one and it didn't... : melkore
    - Animations rendered on the server? Is this why it movement of enemies seems choppy sometimes? Makes hitti... : sanchez
- woooahhh does that mean i can activate and download my gift copy now? : R@zzle
- Hmm, will we be playing this as a group? I am intrigued. : Clasifyd
- !!!!! : Creepin_Jeezus
- RIP fun pub matches : DrFlammable
- Noticed that last night : watcherxp
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  Doesn't it come with a gift copy? Anyone have an extra gift copy to pass out? : Visceral Monkey
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    Yeah I got a NS2 Gift I'll send you. Steam friend request sent : sasquatchxing
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      Woot, installing steam on new win 8! : Visceral Monkey
      
      Thank you good sir!!! : Visceral Monkey
  - Is anyone interested in trading a gift copy for Civ V, the Serious Sam HD Double pack or Nexuiz or a comb... : azuvatar
  - yes it does, guys need to get on that shit stat! : happynoodle
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  30 minutes till launch + release trailer : DrFlammable
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    too bad we can't preload : mrazzino
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      they couldn't do preloads cause of the frequent patches before launch, 10 minutes ago they sent build 227... : DrFlammable
      
      looks like I'm ready to go : danws6
- About six years too late. : Liquid
- Anyone has an extra copy to give out? I really want to play this game badly. My SteamID: http://steamcom... : paolo076

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