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The healing survival sandbox masterpiece "Honeycomb: The World Beyond" announced that it will adjust its release date originally scheduled for November 6, 2025 to the first quarter of 2026.The game currently has over 200,000 wishlists on the Steam platform.The development team stated that the delay is intended to bring players a richer ecosystem, a more realistic exploration experience, and more creative features.
Hive: Alien Story, a high-quality healing survival sandbox game developed by Frozen Way and co-published by Frozen District and Snail Games, announced today that its release has been postponed.The new offering window is set for the first quarter of 2026.This adjustment is a careful decision made by the team after in-depth consideration, aiming to allow players to experience a more complete, fulfilling and vital Sota7 planet in the official version.The developer also said: "This is not an easy decision, but it is the right decision."
Players will play as bioengineers in "Hive: Alien Story" and carry out ecological transformation on the unknown planet Sota7.The game combines gameplay elements such as open world exploration, resource management, biological evolution, and technological construction. Players need to balance the planet's ecosystem, study the characteristics of animals and plants, and solve environmental challenges.Its worldview is set in a future Earth where the environmental crisis is increasingly severe. In order to find a way out for survival, humans embark on a journey of galaxy exploration.
Game features include a high degree of freedom of ecological interaction, an operable drone system, an immersive hoverboard movement experience, and a customizable photo mode, allowing players to obtain a highly immersive and creative experience during exploration.
It is worth mentioning that "Hive: Alien Story" continues to use NVIDIA technical support during the development process, including DLSS 4, RTX and RTXDI.These technologies provide the game with more delicate light and shadow performance, a more stable frame rate and an overall visual experience, providing high-quality picture presentation for players to explore in Sota7.
According to the development team’s explanation in the latest postponement announcement video, during the postponement period, “Hive: Alien Story” will usher in a series of major updates and optimizations, covering multiple aspects such as ecology, exploration tools, visual performance, and user interaction experience:
The alien ecology is renewed and the life spectrum is richer
The ecosystem of the Sota7 planet will be further enriched, with the introduction of more new animal and plant species.Players will encounter more interactive creatures during the exploration process, which not only improves ecological diversity, but also makes every exploration full of novelty and surprises.The behavioral patterns and ecological functions of different creatures will increase the strategy and immersion of the game.
UAVs evolve and upgrade, and the exploration dimension is expanded
The new version of the UAV system has significantly expanded its functions and operating range.Players can use drones to more conveniently scout the environment and collect resources.This improvement will allow players to explore every corner of Sota7 more deeply and feel a more free space operation experience.
The hoverboard has a new look, and the riding experience is more free
Hoverboard animations and visuals have been fully optimized.The upgraded skateboard not only brings a smoother mobile experience, but also uses dynamic wind effects to allow players to truly feel the freedom of the wind blowing through their hair during skating, making mobile exploration more vivid and fun.
Visual upgrade of mineral deposits, making resource exploration more efficient
Underground mineral deposits have been visually optimized to be more obvious, allowing players to easily identify resource locations and improve exploration efficiency.At the same time, the new visual effects also make the mining process more fulfilling, allowing players to enjoy a visually pleasing experience while discovering mineral deposits.
Blueprint database expansion, visualization of technological secrets
The in-game blueprint database has been completely updated, allowing players to observe the operation and internals of different devices.Through this function, players can understand the technological mechanism of the planet like a scientist, further enhancing the sense of immersion and the fun of exploration.
Optimized human-computer interaction and smoother operation feedback
The game operating system has been improved, making interactions smoother and more natural.Interface feedback and visual performance have been improved, giving players a smoother and more comfortable experience when controlling characters, operating tools, or performing tasks.
Expanded photo mode to record every frame of alien adventure
Photo mode adds a variety of new features, including filters, stickers, and lighting systems, to meet players' various needs from cinematic shots to humorous screenshots.Players can create and share more creative video content, making alien exploration not only an adventure, but also an artistic expression.
Each update is designed to allow players to gain a deeper sense of immersion and freedom of exploration when logging into Sota7.
The development team stated that these improvements will allow players to have a more vivid, free and shocking alien exploration experience when it is officially released.Although the delay brings waiting, it provides guarantee for the integrity and quality of the final version.The exploration journey of the healing survival sandbox game "Hive: Alien World" continues, and the world of Sota7 is evolving. Players will witness a planet with more vitality, surprise and immersion.
The interstellar exploration journey of "Hive: Alien Story" is about to begin. The game will be launched in early access version on PlayStation, XBox, NS, and Steam. Interested players can now go to the corresponding platform or Steam to add it to your wish list.About Frozen Way Games:
Frozen Way Games is a game development team composed of more than 80 passionate members.Game development is our lifestyle and philosophy, and our greatest joy is to see our creations bring endless joy to the player community.
About Snail Games:
Snail Games is a NASDAQ listed company with the stock code SNAL.As the world's leading independent developer and publisher, we are committed to providing multi-platform interactive digital entertainment experiences to consumers around the world. We have a variety of high-quality game products for consoles, PCs and mobile devices.
