- Dev Diary #3 — System Designer Overhaul and Upcoming Performance Improvements - 25 August 2026
Greetings, Commanders!Welcome to our third Dev Diary. Since our last update, the team working on Planetary Annihilation has nearly doubled in size! Our new contributors have already helped deliver Galactic-War Co-Op, new splash and main-menu artwork, and many of the bug fixes and optimisations in our recent hotfixes.This time, our Dev Diary will focus on new enhancements coming to map making and the System Designer, written by our very own WPMarshall. But let's start by reviewing what else is coming in the pipeline and how you can get involved, as there's a lot happening behind the scenes.What's in the Pipeline?Performance OptimisationsWe're tackling some of the engine's core systems to significantly improve performance in areas such as AI and pathfinding.These changes affect some of the foundations of the game, so there may be some short-term instability as we push through the transiti…
- Galactic War Co-op Hotfix 4 - 21 August 2026
Greetings Commanders, Another week, another set of hotfixes! We are releasing this build with a couple of minor tweaks to last set of balance adjustments plus several bugfixes and QoL improvements. Stay tuned for Dev Diary #3 very soon, we have some big announcements to make!Balance HotfixesLandLeveler splash_damage decreased from 300 to 250When damage was lowered we made a minor oversight and forgot to also scale down splash.AirIcarus rate_of_fire increased from 1 to 10 ammo_per_shot decreased from 900 to 450Icarus now will fire a short burst of 2 lightnings instead of 1, effectively doubling min and max damage.Pelican 'max_health' decreased from 125 to 120Pelicans are now 2 shot by Stingers. No other damage tresholds are changed.OrbitalHelios splash_damage decreased from 5000 to 500Significantly scaling down the crash collision damage so that a Helios can no longer guarantee a kill on…
- New Mechanics, Re-balance and Ranked Season 16 - 26 July 2026
New Mechanics, Re-balance and Ranked Season 16Updates 124666 and 124667 Greetings Commanders, Since the release of Co-op Galactic War our primary focus has been on fixing bugs and improving the overall experience. With much of that work behind us, we can finally treat you to a new ranked season and some major balance changes. We very much hope you enjoy this update and dip your toes back into 1v1 Ranked. Join the PA Discord and let us know what you're enjoying most about this and our recent updates! We'd love to chat! ~ The Community CommandersRanked Season 16This ranked season will run from July to October. Want to escape Bronze and brag to all your friends how much better of a commander you are? Check out the official guide or get free coaching in the official Discord. 2 New MapsOutreach by MournfulEagle Skaro by PhyrricVictory16 Returning Maps from Previous SeasonsAlloyAquilarisBasil…
- Galactic War Co-op Hotfix 3 - 16 July 2026
Greetings Commanders,Alongside the recent Co-op work, we've been chipping away at a batch of long-standing bugs — and we're opening up four brand new engine mechanics for modders. Here's what's new: Bug Fixes Wreckage targeting — units no longer get stuck shooting at wreckage.Naval sinking — ships now sink gradually to the seafloor instead of snapping to it instantly. Transport status bars — all transports now display a status bar to indicate how full they are.Air transports — no longer endlessly chase a moving pickup target. Orbital transports — no longer hop up and down when picking up a moving target. They now descend to the air layer and hold there if the target moves out of load range.Beam weapons — beams using the enemies collision check now aim at a target's center mass instead of the ground it's standing on.Co-Op Galactic War Inventories stay put — clients who leave Co-op to pla…
- Galactic War Co-op Hotfix 2 - 7 July 2026
We've been hard at work addressing more of your feedback on Co-op Galactic War, along with a couple of long-standing bug fixes. Here's what's new: Co-op Galactic War:Persistent titles & passwords: Saves now remember the most recent lobby title and password. No more retyping the same details every time you boot up the same campaign! Fixed an issue where opening a campaign to Co-op for the first time with separate Tech enabled could wipe the host's inventory. Fixed a minor display bug where some Galactic War server beacons showed raw !LOC: text as part of the system name. Bug FixesResolved a common effect-related crash frequently seen when reconnecting to a modded game. Fixed a common issue where players would get stuck on "Loading Mods" when launching the game. Quality of LifePersistent wreckage: Once spotted, wreckage now stays visible in the fog of war instead of vanishing when you los…
- GW Co-op Hotfix & Lobby Update - 2 July 2026
Greetings Commanders! Thank you for the incredible response to the Galactic War Co-op launch. You jumped into the fight together in numbers we didn't expect, (and frankly struggled to handle!) and you sent us a mountain of feedback, logs, and bug reports along the way. This hotfix addresses some of the more urgent ones and brings some brand new QoL improvements to the multiplayer lobby experience plus a number of Co-op improvements. A quick note on UI lag: we're aware that some players have been running into UI lag, and we're actively looking into it. The causes can vary from system to system, but some players have reported relief by turning off multithreading or running the game with hardware acceleration disabled. Hop into the official Discord for updates and more detailed per-system support! A better lobby We've added three new lobby tools to make setting up a game less of a chore: A…
- Planetary Annihilation: TITANS adds Galactic War Co-op - 25 June 2026
The multi-planet RTS game Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has been upgraded, adding co-op support to their fancy Galactic War mode. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/planetary-annihilation-titans-adds-galactic-war-co-op/
- Galactic War Co-op is here! - 24 June 2026
Greetings Commanders!This is a big one. Galactic War — the roguelike campaign at the heart of Titans — has been a single-player experience since day one. Today that changes. You can now take on the galaxy together, with up to 12 players* sharing a single campaign from the first landing to the final boss.This update has been a long time coming, and one the community has asked for again and again. Thank you for sticking with us and for keeping Galactic War alive all these years. We can't wait to see your Omega battleships tear across the stars.One galaxy, one teamUp to 12 players* in a single shared campaign.One shared galactic map — explore the same procedurally-generated galaxy together, with shared progression across every star system.Shared win/loss conditions — you take down the faction bosses as a team, and you live or die as a team.*player cap can be increased even further with the…
- Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets improved Linux support - 11 June 2026
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has a fresh update out now, and it should hopefully fix the Native Linux version for a lot of players who had issues. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/planetary-annihilation-titans-gets-improved-linux-support/
- Bug Fix Update: Linux - 10 June 2026
When the community commanders took over the release cycle for PA, we lost support for Linux in the new community-supported build process. At that time, we asked for help from the community, and you delivered. Thank you to all who shared workarounds, logs, advice, and testing. Without that support, we would not have been able to make the progress we are sharing today.It took much longer than we wanted, but after several failed attempts, we have moved forward, and your mileage for running the game natively on Linux should be much improved. To be clear, we are still seeing cases of incompatibility, but we are seeing a significant improvement in the number of people who can run the game natively.With this release now out, we would like to iterate and make improvements, so if you are having issues, please come to the Discord server and share your logs and successes. You might also recall fro…
- Dev Diaries #2: - 30 May 2026
Taking on stewardship of Planetary Annihilation's codebase has been one of the most rewarding things we've worked on. PA runs on a powerful custom engine, and getting properly fluent in it (while also bringing it in line with modern standards) is a big job that we're steadily chipping away at.Right now, our engineering effort is split across three areas:Production and release pipeline. Everything that takes us from a code change to a live update on Steam. We've got a solid handle on this now, and we're moving from "working" to "well-optimised."Bug fixes and dependency updates. Like most games, PA relies on a range of external libraries, and keeping these current is essential for stability across platforms. Linux in particular benefits a lot from regular updates here.Servers and backend. PA's original AWS architecture dates back to 2014 and predates a lot of what we now ask of it. We've…
- Bug Fix - 24 May 2026
Faster mod downloads in lobbies — Steam P2P transfers now run at full link speed, so joining a modded lobby is dramatically quicker than before.Ranked matchmaking fix — Resolved a bug where queueing for a ranked match could occasionally drop you back into a custom lobby you'd previously joined.
- Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets Steam P2P multiplayer and more content to come - 19 May 2026
The developers reviving Planetary Annihilation: TITANS have announced another update in their work to improve this grand-scale multi-planet RTS. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/planetary-annihilation-titans-gets-steam-p2p-multiplayer-and-more-content-to-come/
- Community Update #3 - LABS Testing + Linux Beta - 16 May 2026
Greetings Commanders,We, the Community Commanders dev team, are excited to share some of our progress and how you can shape PA's ongoing development.Our priorities are stability, playability, and transparency. So, recently we have released several silent bugfix patches which have resolved a large number of issues and crashes. This will help us build a more stable foundation on which to build some major content drops we have planned. More on those soon – look out for Dev Diaries and join the PA discord to be the first to see what's coming up! Read on to find out how YOU can help shape PA moving forwards…Introducing the LABS Public Testing EnvironmentThe LABS PTE is a new initiative where we will be pre-releasing new and experimental content for public testing via the Steam Betas function.Joining public testing grants you:Early access to new features, units, mechanics, maps and moreShow o…
- Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets revived as the devs ask for Linux help and feedback - 27 March 2026
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has returned with a new community team working on updates, and they need Linux user help to get it fixed up. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/planetary-annihilation-titans-gets-revived-as-the-devs-ask-for-linux-help-and-feedback/
- Ranked Season 15 Begins + Linux Support Update - 16 March 2026
Greetings Commanders! If there's one constant in war: Galactic battlefield strategy must evolve. Today we are releasing a small balance pass, resetting 1v1 ranks and reshuffling the ranked map pool. To our Linux players, please read on to hear about how you can help our technical team improve Linux support! Ranked Season 15Season 15 will run from March 16th 2026 to June 16th 2026New Maps: Coldbox (by Dreadnought)Dire Strait (by Marshall)Mukden (by Quildtide)TheClassyBarren (By AndreasG)Returning Maps:Abyss LEBlitzDiahydriGeonosisHeadwindHydeLockMantleRotundaShoreline (Hemispheric)Sunbaked GullyTartarusThe MarneTropics LEUtonagaBalanceLandBluehawk `max_range` decreased from 180 to 160Bluehawks are intended to be mid-range skirmisher units that help initiate and force engagements. This range reduction will reduce their kiting effectiveness. Gil-E `acceleration` decreased from 120 to 60`tu…
- Community Commander Dev Diaries #1: New Year, New Team, New Approach - 27 February 2026
It’s a new year and with it comes a new team and a new approach. The Community Commanders (previously the Community Consultants) are now hard at work on some significant updates to Planetary Annihilation: Titans. You may already be aware of the server migration that is currently ongoing, but the team has a lot more in store and is eager to share it with you! You’ll notice this Dev Diary is #1. These community dev diaries will aim to fill you in on what we are working on to provide some transparency on what your community team is working on and who the hardworking members of the community are. We want to keep you all informed on goings-on from here on out and will use these to sprinkle juicy sneak peaks at their work in progress on its way to release later this year.The Community TeamThe team behind these upcoming updates and these diaries is a number of passionate players who have been…
- PA Consultants Update #2.1 Hotfix - 4 July 2025
Maps:Fixed bug with the ranked map Mukden,Fixed minor metal spot asymmetry on the ranked map Crag,Improvements to Trench,Improvements to Bulkhead,removed duplicate of Phang Shores, AI and Galactic War:The AI will now build the new units,The new units will now be affected by Galactic War cards, Balance:Drifterammo 'flight_type' reverted to default (Ballistic)ammo 'gravity_scalar' increased from 1 to 20 ammo 'lifetime' decreased from 1 to 0.75Bluehawk'max_health' deceased from 1000 to 800 split the main weapon into anti-orbital and anti-ground new anti-orbital weapon'damage' set to 750'rate_of_fire' set to 0.2'max_range' set to 200Gil-E'damage' increased from 500 to 600 'max_range' increased from 180 to 200
- PA Consultants Update #2: Defender’s Advantage Update - 26 June 2025
Greetings Commanders! Sparks of activity have been observed in armament research facilities and have resulted in new weapons of war that you can roll out onto the battlefield. Not only this, but there were rumors that armies have been sighted operating without a central commander brain controlling them. This update has been installed on all commanders, resulting in a brand new game mode: Eradication! Developed by the team of Community Consultants, 3 new units have been added to your arsenal as well as a brand new way to play Planetary Annihilation! Read on to find out more about these new ways to wage war, all with a brand new Ranked Season! 3 Brand New Units Nyx Advanced Radar Jamming VehicleA compact and mobile version of its structural sibling, the Nyx hides nearby allied units from enemy radar and provides radar vision to your own forces over a large area. Excellent for sneaking up…
- Over $200K Funded on Kickstarter - First Stretch Goal Unlocked! - 30 August 2024
Our first stretch goal on Kickstarter has been unlocked - Industrial Annihilation will have an original soundtrack, and those who pledge at the Digital Deluxe Edition or above will receive this brand new music inspired by the Annihilation universe. We are less than $50,000 away from additional Custom Kickstarter Commander Skins - let’s keep the excitement going and unlock more stretch goals, with plenty of big surprises yet to be revealed!
