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ITER-8 is launching March 9th!

ITER-8 · published 20 Feb 2026, 13:27 UTC

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// Begin Transmission

Operators, we have some exciting news!

The wait is almost over - your courageous duties of mining the pillar and defending our homeland are approaching...

ITER-8 will be launching on Steam March 9th!

If you'd like to get some practice in beforehand at gathering materials, blasting enemies, and trying not to die, you can check out our demo. Which leads us nicely to our next point...

The ITER-8 demo has had an upgrade!

We'll be part of Steam Next Fest, and we've been working hard behind the scenes at polishing our demo so it's even more satisfying. There's been some UI and game performance improvements, and you can read the full list below:

Secondary weapon changes:
Old version: rocket launcher and artillery.
New version: tesla coil

Device changes:
Old version: Improved path and Emp.
New version: Improved path and Drones factory

Localised into:
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Ukrainian

Thanks for all your support, and we'll see you at the surface very soon!

//End Transmission

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