The Latest Breaking News from Zach Adams

Dwarf Fortress co-creator says his life as a millionaire is 'basically like reattaining what my parents could do with regular jobs'

Tarn Adams lives in a house now. I bet that's nice.

PC Gamer · Sep 2

Holy crap, it's happening: Dwarf Fortress gets its first Myth and Magic update later this year, bringing each player's world its own procedural magic system

"Everything that makes fantasy what it is—with every piece tied into how that particular universe works, down to its bones."

PC Gamer · Aug 27

Dwarf Fortress' Siege Update is out now, renewing Bay 12 Games' quest to create a simulation more complex than life itself

Revamps how enemies attack your fortress, and how you can defend it.

PC Gamer · Nov 4, 2025

With 800,000 copies of Dwarf Fortress sold, the newly minted millionaire creators' most high-roller purchase has been a Honda Civic

The game's premium version can be found on over a million wishlists, too.

PC Gamer · Apr 4, 2024

'Big Wait's dead': Dwarf Fortress creators are going to stop disappearing for months to get updates done in a post-Kitfox world

Tarn waits for no man. Or uh, dwarf.

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2024

Dwarf Fortress creator blasts execs behind brutal industry layoffs: 'They can all eat s***, I think they're horrible… greedy, greedy people'

Tarn Adams doesn't mince words when it comes to the dire state of the games industry.

PC Gamer · Mar 19, 2024

Dwarf Fortress' missing best mode is tantalisingly close to release, just as soon as they nail down how to 'target toes with your crab pincers'

Adventure Mode has been absent from Dwarf Fortress' premium version since it came out.

PC Gamer · Jan 26, 2024

Tuesday afternoon storms topple trees, power lines in Montgomery, other central Kentucky counties

Storms tore through central Kentucky Tuesday afternoon, toppling trees and power lines. Zach Adams is a captain with the Montgomery County Fire Department.

WEKU · Jul 19, 2023

Dwarf Fortress & Caves of Qud roundtable: The masters of simulation talk roguelikes, AI and making the infinite compelling

Join us for an hour-long podcast with Dwarf Fortress's Zach and Tarn Adams and Qud's Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat.

PC Gamer · Apr 26, 2023

Dwarf Fortress devs on big Adventure mode plans: 'This is just gonna blow everyone's mind'

Most Dwarf Fortress players have likely never touched its roguelike mode, but when it finally arrives on Steam, it'll be a major update.

PC Gamer · Mar 27, 2023