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Gold Mining SimulatorNews[NLZ] No Loading Zones - join the playtest! 🎮
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[NLZ] No Loading Zones - join the playtest! 🎮

Gold Mining Simulator · published 4 Feb 2026, 22:32 UTC

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Hello, miners! 👋We have recently started messing around with getting rid of the Loading Zones that were annoying you for years. We want to run a small playtest and give you a sneak peek at what it could look like. 👉 Important information:

  • This playtest focuses strictly on technical aspects (this rework may cause increased RAM usage and occasional crashes) and will last till 8th February

  • It's an old version of the game from over half a year (there is no DLC4 and saves won't work)

  • This build is a test version to check if it works on every PC. Making it fully playable will still take few months, but you can speed it up filling out the survey below 👇


❗ Playing on you current saves might damage them and render useless. ❗

Fill out the survey to help us bring this change faster for you 👇

No Loading Zones - playtest survey

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