- Grim Misadventure #203 - Obsidian Lore - 14 September 2026
You always knew there would be MOAR. Read up on what's in store for Fangs of Asterkarn post-release in our latest dev update.Things are just getting started!
- Grim Dawn v1.3.0.8 and MOAR! - 19 August 2026
Since Fangs of Asterkarn released, we have been diligently addressing your bug reports and feedback. We have now released 8 patches, and numerous smaller hotfixes. If you missed any, you can see detailed changes on the official website.Major changes in v1.3 and the new expansion meant some of you have experienced degraded stability, so that has been one of our top priorities. We have already resolved numerous reported crashes and graphics and game-blocking bugs. These issues are, once again, becoming increasingly rare, but we will continue to tackle reports, so keep them coming if you are running into problems. The team is also investigating optimizing performance in Kurnhold, which is a very graphically intensive area.The second major pain point has been the disproportionate challenge presented by Fangs of Asterkarn encounters and v1.3 balance changes. With the recent updates, we belie…
- Bring Scorv and Crate home with our first ever pin collection! - 6 August 2026
We regularly receive requests for merch, and we have reached out to various companies in the past on your behalf. We are usually met with a whole lot of go away. Apparently we're not exciting enough.But Makeship has been a good partner in the past. You might recall the two big plushies we made with them. This time around, we made some pins. If you are a fan of ours and want to show it off, these are pretty chonky. As usual, we don't make much off of this sort of thing. But we hear your requests and hope we can provide you more opportunities for merch in the future.https://www.makeship.com/products/mildly-amusing-box-pinsHere is a developer's hand for reference:
- Grim Dawn v1.3.0.5 is now available! - 3 August 2026
The team has been gathering your feedback and bug reports, which has culminated in a series of updates. V1.3.0.5 not only addresses your reports about overall game balance, but also introduces several new Quality of Life improvements you have been asking for.For the full list of changes, stop by the forums.We are just getting started!
- Grim Dawn offers an answer to its final expansion's most controversial addition - 2 August 2026
The new Grim Dawn Fangs of Asterkarn expansion is off to a great start, and the team already has some changes coming to support players. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Grim Dawn offers an answer to its final expansion's most controversial addition
- Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 21 Jul — 28 July 2026 - 28 July 2026
* Palworld ; * Halo: Campaign Evolved ; * DragonSword : Awakening ; * Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced ; * Battlefield™ 6 ; * Shift At Midnight ; * Grim Dawn ; * MECCHA CHAMELEON ; * Steam Deck ; * Grim Dawn - Fangs of Asterkarn ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
- Grim Dawn v1.3.0.1 Hotfix 1 is now live - 25 July 2026
The team is thrilled to see the warm reception that Fangs of Asterkarn has gotten so far. We set a new all-time concurrent player record (outside of a free trial weekend), which shows just how many of you were eager to jump back into Cairn.As always, a smooth experience is our utmost priority. We have just pushed our first hotfix to address critical issues, including some of your recent feedback.The theme of our last expansion is letting you play the game the way you want. To that end, we will be making the following changes (very soon):The Dread has proven to be a contentious addition. While we are pleased with the challenge it offers and do not plan to nerf it, we understand that its regular and unexpected interruptions can be frustrating to some of you. As such, we will be adding an (optional) method to disable the Dread from spawning in Ascendant mode unless you specifically boost i…
- A new expansion and the ability to be a crow wizard has me enjoying a 10-year-old action RPG for the first time - 23 July 2026
I'm not even that far into my first ever playthrough of Grim Dawn and I can already see why I've heard people praise this game for the last 10 years. It's old, sure, but it's a surprisingly tight action RPG that despite its age hasn't been left to rust... Read more.
- Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn is now available! - 23 July 2026
The long wait is over! Alongside our most comprehensive free QOL update ever (patch v1.3.0), you now have Grim Dawn's largest expansion ever!The team could not be more proud of how Fangs of Asterkarn turned out. This may not be Grim Dawn 2, but to us it is very much Grim Dawn 1.5. A massive expansion of everything you’ve loved about the game and so much more. We’ve raised the quality bar in every way imaginable, with more custom unique art, more animations, a fantastic soundtrack recorded with a live orchestra, and a massive world that has never been more compelling to explore every inch of.Our final expansion is a love letter to the community that will send off Grim Dawn with a triumphant roar.Key Features:Conquer the Ascendant Game Mode – turn the campaign world into a challenge worthy of ascendant demigods, with every dungeon and boss encounter sure to test your limits. Ascend your e…
- Fangs of Asterkarn Release Time and Pricing - 20 July 2026
We have seen these questions come up regularly in our communities, and since the information is a bit scattered, we figure we should put it in one official place!Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn releases on July 23rd at 10AM EDT on Steam and GOG and is priced $18.99 USD. Note: Fangs of Asterkarn will release on Xbox after a delay, likely in August.Grim Dawn's v1.3.0 quality of life update is releasing on all platforms (including Xbox) on July 23rd, whether you pick up Fangs of Asterkarn or not.Fangs of Asterkarn is Grim Dawn's largest expansion ever, an absolutely unprecedented amount of content that expands the world of Grim Dawn grows by over 30%!Key Features:Conquer the Ascendant Game Mode – turn the campaign world into a challenge worthy of ascendant demigods, with every dungeon and boss encounter sure to test your limits. Ascend your equipment to attain incredible new power. A Transfo…
- Live Podcast Sunday July 19th 2026 - 17 July 2026
We'll be talking ARPGs this Sunday at 1PM EDT. Come join us. EDIT: If you missed the live podcast earlier today, the VOD is now available on Youtube:
- GrimTools Fangs of Asterkarn Update - 17 July 2026
GrimTools, which we all know is the real game that Grim Dawn happens to be associated with, has been updated with previews of v1.3.0 and Fangs of Asterkarn.https://grimtools.com/calc/Be sure to thank Dammitt for all their hard work!
- Join us for a Livestream on June 29th! - 22 June 2026
Did you know Grim Dawn's third and final expansion arrives in just a month, on July 23rd?!We will be joining RektbyProtoss, content creator and one of the modders behind the Grim Dawn Community League, in a livestream on Monday June 29th at 1PM EDT to answer your burning questions and give you a sneak peek at all of the new content!Mark your calendars and join us!EDIT: if you missed the livestream, you can now watch the entire (3 hour!) stream on Youtube!
- Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn Releases July 23rd 2026! - 28 May 2026
The wait is nearly over. On July 23rd, you will journey to Asterkarn and parlay with the mighty Kurn in our largest expansion ever. Wishlist now!The team is taking an extra month to get this right, and we are making every additional day count. This is a massive expansion by every measure, an unprecedented amount of content for just $18.99 as the world of Grim Dawn grows by over 30%!Key Features:Conquer the Ascendant Game Mode – turn the campaign world into a challenge worthy of ascendant demigods, with every dungeon and boss encounter sure to test your limits. Ascend your equipment to attain incredible new power. A Transformative 10th Mastery – become a frenzied force of destruction upon the battlefield capable of shapeshifting into vicious beastlike forms. The new Berserker mastery brings the total number of mastery combinations to an astounding 45! A New Chapter of Cairn Unfolds – jou…
- Now ten years old, dark fantasy ARPG Grim Dawn is still a must-play, and ready for one giant final adventure - 28 May 2026
While Diablo 3 and Path of Exile were battling for supremacy among the ARPG crowd, a dark fantasy contender snuck in to stake its claim - Grim Dawn. Built by Crate Entertainment, an indie studio founded by the lead gameplay designer of Titan Quest, it quickly established itself as an essential experience for fans of games like Diablo. Now a decade old, it remains well worth your time. To give it a proper send-off the studio has been building its third and final expansion, Fangs of Asterkarn, and it's finally almost finished, complete with a round of modern polish for the classic. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Now ten years old, dark fantasy ARPG Grim Dawn is still a must-play, and ready for one giant final adventure
- Grim Dawn's gigantic final expansion will be out in July - 28 May 2026
Fangs of Asterkarn was already shaping up to be Grim Dawn's biggest expansion last time I wrote about it , with designer Kamil 'Zantai' Marczewski boasting it would have "54 new bosses" and "cover approximately 3.55sq. km, which makes it roughly 110% as big as Ashes of Malmouth." That had grown to "up to 170% as big" when we got an update as part of Grim Dawn's 10th anniversary earlier this year, and it's turned out to be even bigger now that it's time for the release date to be revealed... Read more.
- Grim Misadventure #202 - Asterkarn Cartography - 18 May 2026
Fun fact: Fangs of Asterkarn is 86% the size of the base game. It is our largest expansion by a massive margin.See just how much in our latest dev update.
- Grim Misadventure #201 - Beyond the Gates of Kurnhold - 13 April 2026
Venture beyond the safety of Kurnhold in our latest dev update and enter a once vibrant land now dominated by the Bloodbound, a vicious cult devoted to bringing about the return of the primordial god Ch'thon.
- Grim Misadventure #200 - The 200th Grim Misadventure - 9 March 2026
Can you believe there are 200 Grim Misadventures?The 200th one gets personal, but you will have to see for yourself on the official website!
- Grim Dawn marks its 10th anniversary with a triumphal update on its final expansion: 'Grim Dawn will not be going out with a bang, it will be a tremendous roar' - 26 February 2026
I haven't touched Grim Dawn in ages, but it will always have a special place in my heart. I first wrote about it 16 years ago (for a completely different site), when Crate Entertainment was fiddling around with something called "crowd contributed" game development: Give people an opportunity to pay now so they can play later, and kick in a few extras to make it worth their while. It took longer than expected to come out—instead of arriving in 2011 as planned, Grim Dawn launched in 2016—but the end result was well worth the wait ... Read more.
