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Get Ready to Face The Ancient Gods on July 16th with Dead Weight's Release
Ahoy, pirates! Get your flying ships ready because Dead Weight is coming to Steam on July 16th, 2026 at 18:00 CEST. 4 playable characters; 3 regions with unique enemies; 3 mighty bosses; 3 Ancients Gods with questionabl…
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Playtest Is About to Close
Ahoy! We are back from our small vacation and ready for the last push before the release. To focus on the upcoming release, we plan to close the playtest. It's been open for quite some time, and we got tones of feedback…
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Upcoming Playtest Update
Ahoy, pirates! As promised, today we will tell you about all the fixes we've made for the playtest. These changes will arrive next week. Here are the changes: Updated item balance and the madness mechanic. The logic for…
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News and Future Plans
Ahoy, pirates! This iteration of playtest has begun 6 weeks ago, March 13th. During this time 2866 unique players have traveled across the Skies in the playtest, 3163 did it in the demo version of the game. And 658 of t…
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Dead Weight Dev News & Demo Update
Ahoy! One more week has passed and we can't wait to tell you about a few new things we've been working on. Fatigue We are planning to change the fatigue mechanic. We aren't really happy with its current state, since it…
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About The New Movement System
Ahoy! Last week we mentioned UI updates. Today we will tell you about the upcoming movement system updates. So, do you remember how it used to be? You choose the movement skill and pick a tile that's within your movemen…
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Playtest: What's Next?
The playtest has been live for almost two weeks now. More than 1500 players took part in it, with an average playtime rising up to 1.5 hours after the addition of the second region. One out of five players left their fe…
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Explore a New Region on Playtest
Ahoy! Last week we launched a new playtest with Berry being available there. We promised to also unlock the second region of the game once we had enough info on her. Well, you guys did a great job with it! Thank you for…
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Dead Weight Development Update
Hi there, pirates! We have some news for you! Release Window You might've noticed that Q1 2026 is about to end, and we still haven't said anything about the release date. Well, planning things has always been our greate…
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Dead Weight Just Hit 100k Wishlists
Dead Weight has reached 100k wishlists! Thank you, pirates, for helping us to hit this huge milestone. Now all that remains is to release the game :) Stay tuned!
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Dead Weight: Prologue is OUT
Dead Weight: Prologue is out now! Play it for free! Dead Weight Prologue Play as Arn, a mighty Barbarian. Learn what happens in the beginning of the story of Dead Weight. Meet the Ancient Gods for the first time and gai…
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Check out Provoron!
Hey everyone! This week is the Steam Next Fest, and we wanna give a shout-out to our friend from the indie dev scene who's been working solo on her game Provoron: Provoron It's a hand-drawn 2D adventure with puzzles abo…
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Play the Demo Now!
Steam Next Fest is in full swing! And our new Demo is waiting for you. Play it now! Fight Aluza, save Berry and explore the first region of the game filled with dozens of goblins waiting to be pushed into the Abyss!
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Dead Weight is coming to Steam Next Fest!
All aboard! Dead Weight is coming to Next Fest on October 13th. And the Demo is out NOW! Explore the first region of the game. Defeat Aluza, the corrupted Oracle, and save Berry! Oh, and don't forget to add Dead Weight…
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The Playtest is Over
The playtest is over! Thank you for playing! We've gathered hundreds of feedback messages that will help us make Dead Weight even better.
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The Playtest stays open for one more week
Astrologers proclaim one more week of playtesting! The cost of resting and the amount of gold gained in the Docks have been changed. We will keep the playtest open for one more week to see how these changes will affect…
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