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Rick Lane

Abiotic Factor's next update will bring a whole new upgrade system and fix attacks on your base: 'We've heard a lot of feedback about base assaults and how they just kinda stink'

Two new armour sets in abiotic factor. One looks like a green crystal lizard, the other like a red construction worker's vest and hard hat combined with a welding mask.

It's only been a couple of months since Abiotic Factor's Dark Energy update cascaded out of its Black Mesa-ish science lab. But developer Deep Field Games is already heavily into production on the game's next block of content. This week, it provided the first look at the new update, titled 'Cold Fusion', and it's shaping up to be another substantial addition to the Half-Life inspired survival game.

Cold Fusion primarily introduces a new area to the GATE research centre, the residence sector, which is suffering from an unnatural cold snap. "Something is causing residence sector to fall well below optimal living temperatures," writes Deep Field in its Steam update. "The important thing is you must science your way through it to see this journey to an end." The update doesn't specify what challenges you'll face in the sector specifically, but mentions that you'll experience "cold snaps, rolling blackouts and a mysterious black fog" throughout the facility, so I imagine these will factor into exploring the residence sector as well.

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