"Just one breath, that's all you get": Xbox's Grounded 2 director chats Early Access, the "second launch" on PS5, and the roadmap's Into the Abyss update

An official screenshot of an armor set from Xbox and Obsidian Entertainment's Grounded 2.

It's been nearly a year since Xbox and developer Obsidian Entertainment released Grounded 2 — a sequel to the studio's original co-op survival game that shrinks you down to the size of a bug and transforms everyday suburban environments into vast open worlds — in Early Access on Xbox, PC, and Xbox Game Pass.

Since then, Obsidian (with co-development support from Eidos-Montréal) has delivered three major updates for the game, with a fourth — Into the Abyss, a water-themed patch adding the Pond area — scheduled to release on August 11. At the same time, Grounded 2 will also come to PS5, inviting a brand new network of players to join the game's community.