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MYSTERIOUS: Facepunch - What They Never Told You

Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane, who once offered to buy New World from Amazon and faked us out about Rust 2, has left the company

McFarlane says he's lived his dream, but it's time to start tending to other parts of his life.

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Rust gets even more cutthroat by adding its own version of apartment rentals

You're not the only one with a key.

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Everyone in Rust is getting a new face

Player models are getting overhauled for the first time in a decade.

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Garry's Mod successor punishes gen AI use as creator admits "our Steam reviews obviously aren't great"

Performance problems are an ongoing concern

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S&box makes nearly $1 million on launch day, and yes there are problems but that's okay: 'We love it when things break because then we get to fix them'

Facepunch says S&box launch day went "pretty much exactly as expected."

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The Garry's Mod 'successor' is, tragically, more Roblox than anything else

Perhaps Garry's Mod was too pure to happen twice.

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'Eventually the slop will just fall to the bottom': Garry's Mod sequel launches to 'mixed' reviews, but Garry himself isn't worried about AI games on the main page

"Low quality, obvious AI-created slop is going to be a growing problem in every creative outlet."

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The Valve-approved Half-Life remake is joining the Garry's Mod family 'by popular demand'

The 20-year-old sandbox game keeps expanding.

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'We don't have to fire 1000 people to keep it working': Facepunch Studios says paying s&box game developers is sustainable, with '$500,000 paid out to date'

Developers can also export their games standalone to Steam: "No hidden percentages, no rug pulls, your work is yours."

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Garry's Mod follow-up S&box will launch on Steam with "sustainable" payout for people using it to make games, as devs say with a wink: "We don't have to fire 1000 people to keep it working"

"We're not guided by commercial milestones"

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Facepunch boss Garry Newman shoots down Rust 2 speculation after mysterious Steam page appears: 'Nope'

I thought it might be, but it's not.

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Shock, awe, and disbelief as Rust devs confirm Rust 2 Steam teaser is "fake"

Update: Act surprised

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Rust is getting hydro power through water wheels that can also be powered by humans: 'Before you ask, yes, you can force handcuffed players into them'

Facepunch's latest update also adds armoured ladder hatches, coloured buttons, and Easter-themed bunny costumes

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Garry's Mod successor s&box finally arrives on Steam on April 28

Still waiting for a price, but at least we've got a date.

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Garry Newman says companies have tried to buy Facepunch but the only reason to sell it would be for money 'and I feel like I've got enough money'

"Why not just enjoy what I've got and keep building it."

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Facepunch is 'talking to people' about a Rust movie: 'We definitely had interest'

The Adventures of John Rust.

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'Anyone mad is a cheater:' Players are divided as Rust beefs up anti-cheat with more effective—and invasive—upgrades

Facepunch's COO said the studio expects to make the requirements mandatory at some point.

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I asked Garry Newman if he really was going to rename s&box as Garry's mod 2 after an overwhelming poll and he joked 'people are d*ckheads'

"People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party Jeremy. You can't trust people."

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Garry's Mod and Rust studio lead says "games should never die" as Amazon MMO New World prepares to shut down for good, and fans are fully behind the idea of a Hytale-style rescue

A $25 million offer could potentially be available

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Rust's hotly anticipated naval update is delayed into 2026: 'We took on too much'

"The closer we got to release, the less confident and happy we were with the state of it."

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Garry's mod successor s&box goes open source and even opens up the finances, Garry says: 'Valve gave me my chance, I'm already rich, I don't want to f*ck anyone over'

"We can all win together."

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Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat'

So much for my Steam Machine plans.

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Rust's 'Pivot or Die' update was meant to shake up the meta, but it's a nightmare for solo survivors that leaves me no choice but to die

Is 'pivot' code for 'join a clan'?

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Rust studio COO wants an official Delta Force collab after calling out the game for allegedly stealing assets: "Cinematic is great though, hopefully next time we see a Rust Hazmat in their next season"

"If you wanted to collab, you should have reached out"

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Delta Force devs apologise after Facepunch Studios exec accuses them of stealing assets from Rust: 'If you wanted to collab, you should have reached out'

Facepunch spied some suspiciously familiar C4 in Delta Force's most recent trailer.

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