Hi Everyone, Mikkel Martin Pedersen here, Game Director of Deep Rock Galactic! The game will launch soon and along with it the second volume of the soundtrack - with more than 50 minutes of new synthy goodness! To introduce the new soundtrack (and because I really want to!) I'll be telling you the story behind DRG's Soundtrack Vol. I + II, as well as diving into some of the inspiration and thoughts behind it. I have put two links in the text with samplers of Vol. I + II, so you can listen to bits from the soundtracks while reading. First sampler is right here. Let's press play and get started! https://youtu.be/MfjiyvRuVA8 Finding a Musical Direction It was 2016. Ghost Ship Games had just been founded and we were working on DRG and had reached a point where we needed music for the game. But what kind of music? What would be a good backdrop to the gameplay? What kind of music would fit the Darkness, the Danger and the Dwarves? I began my research simply by playing the prototype of the g... Read more

Hello Miners, words from the Game Director's table.
Mikkel Martin Pedersen, here. Time for a little development update on Deep Rock Galactic! It’s been a crazy two weeks since the launch of Update 25, and I think you deserve a little inside information on what’s going on. But first, let me take a moment to express my gratitude for your reception towards the Deep Dives and all the other new features that arrived in the Update. Thank you from the entire Ghost Ship Crew! Forging the Endgame Work on what we call DRG’s Endgame has been ongoing for almost 5 months now - from core idea, to implementation, and launch. In fact, It’s always super scary to implement big new systems into a game loop that’s already been established. Update 25 was our biggest update to date, and to see it all in operation is an amazing feeling. We’ve observed how our number of concurrent users on Steam has almost doubled since we launched the update - a good sign you’re all busy completing Deep Dives and collecting M... Read more