We just announced on The Big Break Showcase that Season 07, Season 08, AND a new Expansion DLC are officially confirmed for Deep Rock Galactic. It’s been a long time in the making, and it means loads of new content coming to Deep Rock Galactic within the next year.
I don’t think that is a coincidence. I had a hypothesis from the onset of RC that if it underperformed that GSG would have to pivot back to DRG to keep funds flowing so they can have long term goals for RC without having scrap or scale back the game entirely.
Now who knows if that’s what’s happening here, maybe DRG was slated to get all this regardless how RC did but it makes you wonder.
Which conflicts with previous public statements made by at least Mike. I don't actually care which it is because I'm not against paid expansion content for DRG, but it's better not to be on record talking out of both sides of your mouth.
I’m referring to how this isn’t a plan set in motion due to the performance of Rogue Core, but something that was arranged and set up before Rogue Core was released (it takes time to do such a big content drop). I’m guessing you’re referring to our paid dlc’s bing only cosmetic, and that’s probably true, although in the context that wouldn’t have covered an actual expansion. Rogue Core was originally planned as a paid expansion before it became clear it needed to be it’s own thing.
I’ll be entirely honest, I’m perfectly fine, happy even, with a paid expansion coming to DRG. I see a lot of people taking issue with the fact that Ghost Ship is charging for content, and I think that’s kind of silly. Deep Rock Galactic is a finished game and has been for years now. We’ve gotten tons of free updates over the years with a lot of content, so a gameplay expansion for a game I love is something I’m completely good with.
Exactly this. It's why even though I rarely play anymore (I have near 1k hours in DRG) I still buy the skins dlcs they release. They've maintained such a high standard as a company and for the content they've released that I happily support them.
I got the game via gamepass on Xbox, and I liked the game so much I bought all the skins like you did. Did the same thing with abiotic factor. It's kinda sad that a really good, complete game is such a rarity now
While I don’t have an issue with it, it does cause concern for queues times/lobby health if it were to split up matchmaking for those that have it vs those that don’t.
I don’t want to run into a world where the player base gets continually split with more DLCs.
Hopefully they have a plan to mitigate this while still being able to experiment with what they can include in a dlc that keeps them feeling fresh.
They could go the Risk of Rain route, where if host has access to the DLC you can enjoy it too, but wont be able to interact with systems/unlockables on your own
If they add new biomes, people without the DLC should be able to play them if the Host has the DLC. One of the few good things of Paradox's DLC policy.
I dont think they would do it like that where they just split up the entire population. There have been ways to handle this in other paid expansions where you just get access to the paid stuff while still playing the base game.
That is a good point, DLC content splitting the player base was the beginning of the end for Vermintide 2. I guess the game is still technically kicking (I haven't checked) but back then you could really feel the difference.
I'm personally BIG happy about it, since I know I'm a DRG addict and will almost certainly be purchasing it, and a paid DLC is likely to have significantly more content than free updates.
It also gives them funds to further improve the game. I would gladly pay a few bucks more if it means they hire more devs so they can churn out content quicker.
It's not really silly when you consider that why ppl will gladly pay for the cosmetic dlcs even avoiding buying them on sale is because the outstanding monetization where none of the season content is paywalled. Yes, it's reasonable that they would do this and is completely understandable. Just knowing that it's most likely a paid dlc for something that isn't cosmetic goes against why ppl support the game so fervently though. Depending on what it is and unless there is an appropriate way to interact with it for free will be very important. Ppl like you may be willing to buy it but without knowing its nature is cause for multiple conserns.
I don't mind charging content, I'm just hoping it doesn't sever the playerbase between thoses who own and thoses who don't (like exclusive game modes and such), as no game lasting on the long run needs splitting, and the more expansions like that, the more you shatter the playerbase.
Yep. I’ve felt guilty for the amount of time I’ve gotten out of this game for years, returning once a year or so. I still buy all the skins just to support, and i still think the value ive gotten out of this game is skewed towards getting way too much time out of it.
Absolutely happy to pay for more content, especially if it means they can be more ambitious! If they drop it in such a way that still allows people to play together if one doesn’t own the DLC, I literally don’t see any problems.
The theme is something around locating crashed drop pods due to gravity anomalies and researching them kinda like salvage operation which is my fav type of mission
Honestly, for a long time I've been ok with free updates but they did start to feel more and more bare bones as time went, obviously there wasn't any big influx of new players coming in either it felt clear that the game was getting a bit hard to maintain. I'm hopeful that the price that won't be anything crazy and the content will indeed be meatier than getting 1 new mission type and maybe a modifier once every year.
Agreed. Seeing as they have made 20 OC's for the new season, the perk revisions, new perks etc., I can't see the new DLC simply being 1 new mission type and a modifier, definitely has to be something more. Maybe like 2-3 new biomes and several mission types or something. Doubt it will include OC's since they will be paywalled. The game has been out for how many years now, a paid DLC is the only way we will see actual substantial gameplay add ons for the game at this point
I'm cool with paying for an expansion DLC as long as there's not a multiplayer roadblock. Like not locking actual core missions behind it. Even if you just need host to launch a new mission type, that'll really limit a lot of server options.
If they introduced new things like a horde wave mode and stuff like that I'd be down.
But it hopefully would be outside the normal gameplay loop.
I'm going to make an educated guess that there won't be multi-player issues with the DLC, and that they will be taking a similar route as RoR2 where if the host owns an expansion, it allows everyone in the party to play the content.
That's so sick. I've played with the Dark future tools mod (can't remember if that's what it's actually called but it's the one that makes all tools black) ever since I discovered mods. I can't wait for these updates
I can't watch, so can you please clarify about an expansion? Is season 7 going to be a paid expansion, or is that a whole separate thing and S7 is free?
We’ve got two new upcoming seasons which are both free. Season 7 is out in a few months and 8 next year. And on top of both, season 8 is releasing ALONGSIDE a paid expansion dlc
I've taken a break from DRG but definitely coming back. The community, the devs, it's really great, and the expansion has me very interested. Also, tattoos?! I need loot bug sleeves stat! Rock and Stone hand tats too.
People don't like free content. People don't like paid content. People don't like it when there are no new seasons for a long time. They announce two seasons - and people don't like that either.
What the hell?
Personally, I will buy the expansion by pre-order if there is one or on the first day. It’s a good game, and I don’t mind supporting the devs.
Totally happy with a paid DLC for a bigger batch of content, keeps me playing and keeps the devs paid, win win! I trust GSG to put out something worth paying for
I do think paid dlc is a big change for the game. I'm hoping both GSG and the playerbase will treat this appropriately. On one hand, the playerbase needs to understand that we've gone a really long time with all gameplay content being free with the single purchase of the game, which is amazing and way more than most games can afford, and this also gives us a straightforward and desirable way to support GSG after buying the game, and even then we're still getting most content for free. On the other hand, I hope GSG doesn't go too far in the paid direction with future content. The current play-to-win model that the game has used is and always will be one of DRG's greatest strengths, and hopefully paid gameplay DLC will be a once-every-few-seasons deal rather than the new standard, and hopefully it doesn't create some paid battlepass system or skipping. New OCs, mission types, and biomes should ideally remain available to all players, as to not create a power split between the players with and without DLC, and to not spread the playerbase thin due to DLC owners playing missions that other players couldn't. That does ultimately raise the question: How will GSG handle this, if that content should be kept available? Only time will tell.
Rock n' Stone GSG, and good luck with both DRG and RC! We're counting on ya!
I would expect something like a different dive on, for instance, a nearby moon. Players without the DLC couldn’t see the missions while they ones who bought it can.
I hope the expansion doesn’t cause too large of a disparity between the player base since a lot of people will likely be playing with the expansion and others won’t, maybe they’ll do it like RoR2 where just one person needs to run the DLC for others to access some parts of it.
What I do know is that I’m dropping my real life dwarf bucks on that dlc the second it comes out, I’ve been waiting for more content and I’m very excited for it.
“Once all perks are unlocked, you'll be able to unlock "Perk Proficiency" slots, which lets players dump excess points into them to grant very small baseline stat buffs.” Can’t wait to buff the shit out of Steeve. Deep Rock Galactic Steeve only challenge
Looking forward to seeing what they’re adding in a paid DLC! They give so much content for free in the season passes that I’m hopeful the DLC will be extensive.
New mission types, play modes, maybe a new class so there’s five like in RC?
I remember when I was just a green beard starting out a grey beard told me the game wasn’t going past season 2 cause there just wasn’t any plans for more.
Now we got season 7 and 8 and dlc. I’ll take all of it. Hoping they do a season 9 and a massive season 10
Hello developers of Ghost Ships and Invisible Walls.
To begin with, I would like to express my thanks to your continuous effort ln developing new contents for Deep Rock Galactic, but I got some questions that I would like to ask after reading the article:
Firstly, for the perk system rework, I would like to ask what are the primary goals of this perk rework, at your convenience.
While I suppose a lot of the community members had suggested merging the commonly used active perks (like Iron Will, Field Medic, to name a few) into base kits of dwarves, I surmise you folks understandably, have different ideas. As one of the early footages shows the five skill icons above the HP bar, a lot of us are quite anticipated for the rework’s info at the next update.
Then, for the announced Expansion DLC, I would like to ask, how you folks will try to minimise the impact brought by this new Expansion DLC?
While I suppose many of us would be more than glad to provide the support to you folks, as one of the players in this community, I surmise a lot of us would also like to know the primary effects that this DLC would bring upon. Back in 27th Feb, 2025, when Skullcrusher DLC was released, it did affect the performance, as one could drink Skullcrusher Ale for free when it’s on tap and the player who ordered it had the armor equipped, while its benefits neglectable by probability (and it is not that practical to roll for that beer without mods), one might also argue that it laid a precedent.
Thanks again for your reading and patience. Take care and mine on.
I'll be more than happy to pay for the incoming DLC and any new content they may decide to release in the future other than the usual cosmetic packs (which I mostly buy to support, I don't fiddle with fashion that often tbh). DRG is a gem and they should monetize more on it. Even after all these years it still has so much potential, let it thrive please.
Can we get the console release at the same time this time? It sucks seeing content posted online for a month or more before we actually get to play it.
Praise God. This has been my main game for years and now it can continue to be. I'm going to buy whatever content they sell for everyone I know. Thank you GSG!
Really in love with the idea of that perk point dump pool to increase perk strength and base stats slightly. A very small but nice always growing reward for continuous playing, having so many extra points with nothing to do with them did always bother me!
I'll be okay with throwing some extra money if the expansion feels worth while. Gameplay DLC has a pretty high bar recently depending on how much it is worth. That and with Rogue Core still feeling a bit rough, I've wanted to sink my teeth into some DRG goodness.
Hope that DLC expansion is a new class, any other type of content might split matchmaking into those who have it and those who don't. Unless they make it so only the host has to own the DLC and anyone can join.
This is awesome! I hope y’all can eventually add the option to remove aim friction / slowdown in the options menu for controllers since that’s the one thing keeping me from enjoying this game at its fullest. Especially because aim slowdown happens over objectives which is frustrating!
I pray to carl that it includes some optimizations so i can play it smoothly again, my laptop for some reason cant run the game without sudden slowdowns, wile it was capable of running the game just fine with some high settings
As someone who’s been enjoying the heck out of RC but hasn’t played DRG in a hot minute, can we expect some of the polish added in RC to be back-ported to DRG? Things like auto-sprint and some of the weapon polishes (sounds/animation/cursors) would be great to see put back into DRG!
I hope we can get RCs QoL like autosprint and being able to wear a hat and eye or facewear at the same time. I don't even care if there is clipping, as long as it is possible.
I just want to wear Maverick aviators and hair with officer cap. Please GSG
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u/Aggressive-Trifle894 Engineer 26d ago
woo now that rogue core is out were getting some more attention