Dying Early Access Games: Fragmented & Project Genom

I have been an Early Access winner, backing games that found the right combination of elements to become massive successes, even while still wearing their "pre-alpha" nametag. Doesn't happen often. Doesn't happen much at all. Most Early Access titles die with a whimper, and today, I'm watching two games I backed slip into obscurity and irrelevance, Project Genom and Fragmented. [...]

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Fragmented Gameplay - Gumble's Grumbles

Fragmented Gameplay - Gumble's GrumblesWatch this video on YouTube Fragmented Gameplay video from Sean (Gumble) Fragmented is a sci-fi survival game published by Above and Beyond technologies that launched in April, 2016. It aims to compete with games like Rust and Ark: Survival Evolved. It differentiates itself from other survival games with its sci-fi setting. It also tries to stand apart from these [...]

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The Repopulation Spin-Off Fragmented Enters Early Access On April 26th

Above and Beyond Technologies has announced that The Repopulation's survival spin-off Fragmented "should be" launching on Steam Early Access on April 26th. The Steam store page is already up. Unfortunately, the price still hasn't been announced. If you own The Repopulation, however, you may remember that you are getting the game for free. Your key should be made available to [...]

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Fragmented Set To Enter Early Access This Month

Above and Beyond Technologies has announced that, following a Closed Beta that is exclusive to owners of The Repopulation, Fragmented will be launching on Early Access later this month. The team is also preparing to lift the NDA "soon." Fragmented was patched a full twelve times over the course of March. The entire month's patch notes can be found in [...]

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The Repopulation Moving To Unreal Engine 4, "Fragmented" Spin-Off Announced

The Repopulation was taken offline and subsequently removed from sale last month due to issues with Hero Engine and Idea Fabrik. For the past month, backers and players alike have been kept in suspense about the game's future. Rumors floated around about moving to a new engine, but nothing was confirmed—until now. After carefully considering possible solutions, the team at [...]

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