Facepunch founder Garry Newman has denied the existence of a secret Rust sequel, after a Steam itemizing for the sport popped up on-line.
Suspicions of some sort of viral Rust 2 announcement had been piqued final night time when a reddit thread appeared highlighting a — actual — Steam page for “Rust 2.” Inside minutes, the thread elicited a swift, probably teasing response from a Facepunch developer, stating: “You noticed nothing.”
However as gamers debated whether or not this new sport may be a full sequel or the long-awaited port of Rust on a brand new engine (the present model was constructed utilizing Unity), Newman in the end stepped in to set the file straight.
“Nope. We’re not making Rust 2,” Newman mentioned in a brief assertion handed to PC Gamer, claiming that he had “no concept in any respect” what the Rust 2 Steam web page was all about. On the time of writing, the web page stays on-line.
Newman has talked about the potential for a Rust 2 earlier than, resembling when he spoke out in opposition to Unity’s notorious plan to introduce pricey Runtime Charges for the usage of video games constructed on its engine. “Let’s not make the identical mistake once more, Rust 2 undoubtedly will not be a Unity sport,” Newman mentioned again in 2023.
Initially launched for PC and Mac in early entry again in 2013, the favored survival sport was later ported to consoles in 2021, at a time that the sport was receiving a lockdown-era resurgence in recognition. Within the years since, the sport has remained a Steam favourite, and extra fashionable variations for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S arrived in 2025.
Followers have lengthy puzzled if and when a sequel would possibly arrive, particularly as Facepunch has spent years constructing its personal new engine, s&field (pronounced Sandbox), that is lastly set for launch later this month. With that timeline in thoughts, was the Steam web page only a hoax — or is Newman being coy about future plans?
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