2026-09-10 15:57 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Today we announce the winners of our first Official Clip ContestA little while ago now we ran a community competition focused around capturing gameplay from either PCE on PC or Primal Carnage: Evolution. There were several categories and we had A LOT of entries to look through (sorry it's taken a while to review them!)We'll be reaching out to the creators via Discord soon to grant their rewards. Now, on with the show...! HONORABLE MENTIONSHere are some of the clips we really liked but which didn't quite make it to the finals. As usual, it was hard narrowing down the list of winners. You guys n
2026-08-04 20:20 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Meltdown Part 2 is the second part of our annual summer event, bringing a second sizzling selection of skins, mutations and more to both PCE on PC and Primal Carnage: Evolution on PlayStation!Check out the highlights below, and view all of the event content (both live and upcoming) on Trello!Open Testing UpdatesExperimental ContentIn case you missed it, we've been updating the PCE Open Testing Beta app with new features recently. Right now we're in the midst of porting and polishing the new Sandbox playable dinosaurs, including the Brachiosaurus, Compy, Iguanodon, Parasaurolophus and Stegosaur
2026-07-24 09:07 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Although we have a small-ish game update for PCE on PC today, we're most excited to share our little collaboration with DinoCon this year! Read on for the details, or scroll down to the bottom for a summary of today's patch...DinoCon 2026 & Primal CarnageWait, what's a Dinocon?Hosted in the UK and run by leading palaeontologists, DinoCon is an awesome convention that started just last year, celebrating all things prehistoric (though mostly dinos). From scientific talks on the history of dinosaur research and cutting edge discoveries, to behind the scenes panels about paleo media, it’s simply a
2026-07-14 20:10 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Last update we made some major changes to PCE's codebase, completely refactoring how user items are loaded and moving to a newer type of server configuration. We tested these changes thoroughly before the update went live, but unfortunately still encountered some unexpected issues. We're deeply sorry for the connection problems people have been experiencing since the update went live and hope that today's patch addresses the number one issue:SERVER STABILITY Our programmers have been working flat out to fix problems with PCE's game servers. Reverting the whole game to an earlier patch would ha
2026-06-29 22:18 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Arguably the biggest update we've ever done. No joke.Aside from the usual new hotness that Meltdown brings, with dozens of sizzling new skins and even a new map to play on, there are some major updates to the game's code.Inspired by the sudden influx of new players this May from the Steam sale (seriously, we broke our all-time player count record!) the programmers went into overdrive adding features that we'd often assumed were impossible. Let's look at those first...SERVER HOSTING OVERHAULJust so you know, this involved some serious coding kung fu. We've heard from many new arrivals that they
2026-06-25 17:44 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
A little heads up about this summer's savings, along with a tease of what's just around the corner...STEAM SUMMER SALEGet 75% OFF Primal Carnage: Extinction:(And 75% OFF the PCE-4 Pack, gift some Carnage to your friends!)ALL DLC packs are 50% OFF!View all DLC packs here...Steam Summer Sale ends July 9th, don't miss out!MONDAY MELTDOWNOur annual scorcher is almost here...We're capping off Jurassic June with a massive Meltdown Event starting Monday! All the quality of life features we've been working on have been rolled into one big update, along with a sizzling selection of new looks. There may
2026-06-12 15:27 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Today we announce the winners of our latest Official Emoji Contest! We've run a couple of these now on the official Primal Carnage Discord and will be doing more in future. If you've entered into the recent Clip Contest don't worry, we're still reviewing submissions for that and will be publicly recognising the top videos soon! For now, it's all about the artwork...HONORABLE MENTIONSThere were dozens of entries to the contest, so we'd like to share some of the pieces we liked but which didn't quite make it to the finals. We've always been impressed by the artistic talents found within the comm
2026-05-30 12:54 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
In celebration of Primal Carnage: Evolution debuting on PlayStation, we've collaborated with several talented modders from the Path of Titans community on some fun crossover mods!PoT WHAT?!If you're into dinosaurs, there's a fair chance you know about or have played Path of Titans (PoT)... Considering it's not on Steam though, here's a quick rundown - it's basically Freeroam XL - massive maps filled with dozens of dinosaur players. A multiplatform open world survival game that members of the Primal Carnage team have actually contributed to the development of. So, when we were approached by som
2026-05-20 14:58 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Wait, That's Too Much Carnage?!We've been incredibly humbled by the sheer volume of people trying to play PCE on Steam recently. Our development team is less than 5 people at present, we mostly work on Primal Carnage as a passion project outside of our day jobs... So, opening the game and seeing so many full matches was amazing. It's been a lot to take in.Once again, welcome to all of our new blood! We hope you're enjoying the carnage so far.The team has been racing to make sure player inventories and servers stay up under heavy load, but it has certainly been a challenge!ADDRESSING SERVER STA
2026-05-18 11:41 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
New BloodFirstly, a warm welcome to our newest players!Honestly, we've been overwhelmed by the sheer number of new players jumping into the fray! Our team is doing our best to make sure the loadout servers stay online and that there are enough dedicated matches for people to play in.Thankyou to everyone who decided to give our little game a go!As a reminder, the current 90% off sale lasts until May 31stSteam Community UpdateEons ago, PCE launched on Steam with the bog standard set of screenshots as profile backgrounds and some other basic community items. There wasn't a whole lot, and that col
2026-05-17 18:46 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
With the release date announced for Primal Carnage: Evolution on PlayStation, we thought it would be a good time for a refresher about what this means for PCE on PC.Same Game, Different Name?Extinction on PC isn't going anywhere, it's evolving.Some of you already know the details, but with so many comments about "is this coming to Steam?" being posted lately, here we go again!This summer, everyone who owns Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam will automatically be "upgraded" to Primal Carnage: Extinction - Evolved Edition when update 3.5 arrives.Just to make things totally clear: PC players don
2026-05-17 14:03 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Hotfix 3.3.1Change Log:tweaked flyer shader snowverlay effect in cold weatherfixed Lanceus Cerato mutation using default modelfixed Solstice Carno textures rendering low resfixed Reef Raider Carno body base texture being incorrectfixed missing icons for Scarab Oil Carno, Ravenous Carno, Algae Paint, Blood Red PaintNote: this should (hopefully) be the last patch to live game for a little while. The new Open Testing beta begins soon. Brand new features such as bonus playable dinosaurs will begin testing by end of next week, with more being added to the beta in the lead up to Summer Meltdown this
2026-05-15 15:37 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Update 3.3 brings numerous fixes and improvements to maps, ported from the upcoming PlayStation version. There have been many visual and sound updates, plus further game-wide optimizations. Read on for the details...CONTENT UPDATES & ASSET OPTIMIZATIONOne of the mostly hidden changes this update is a large scale rearrange and optimization effort of the game's files. As part of getting PCE running better on PlayStation, we've been modifying everything to be more efficient, updating shaders and textures across the board. You may notice some skin icons being slightly lower resolution, this is bec
2026-05-02 16:54 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
Last year we had our first big crossover event with another game, Primal Pinball, now we're collaborating with the folks at Zaccaria Pinball again for round two!FOUR NEW TABLES....As with the first pack, each table in Vol 2 represents a different era in pinball game design. From the simple yet fun retro classic style to the more modern solid state / deluxe eras, each have unique mechanics and gameplay quirks that set them apart.BEYOND UTILITY (Deluxe)This time around, most of the pinball tables are loosely inspired by certain maps. Beyond Utility most explicitly references UtilityBase, showcas
2026-03-21 16:40 UTC · Community Announcements · dinosauriac
A new patch is now available for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam! After downloading the latest version, please allow time for hosters to update their servers. This process is always longer than simply updating the game itself, so it may take a few hours for most of them to pop back online.UPDATE HIGHLIGHTSThis patch makes a number of balance changes based on your community feedback. After the last patch some adjustments have been rolled back with different tweaks taking their place, such as sniper rifle fire rate being reverted but with changes to accuracy this time. Spit has also been rev
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