Planet-shaping survival game ‘Astroneer’ launches tomorrow – Engadget

The finished Astroneer includes expected features like cross-platform multiplayer (including persistent servers that let friends build bases asynchronously) as well as a few additions that should spice things up. There’s a narrative mode for people who want some direction, six new themed planets, more gadgetry “recipes” and cosmetic customizations. Some of these are virtually par for the course for survival games, but they’re still welcome — they help flesh out a game that already reeled some people in based on its uncommon mechanics.