Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment titles Grounded and Pentiment head to Nintendo Switch

What you need to know Grounded, a co-op survival game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios, is coming to Nintendo Switch.  Pentiment, a medieval narrative RPG also developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios, is also heading to Nintendo Switch.  This news was shared during a Nintendo Direct […]

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Grounded Guide: How to access the Koi Pond secret lab

Grounded, the massive survival adventure game from Obsidian that shrinks the player to the size of an ant, has finally launched out of early access. A series of updates have brought along plenty of new enemies, materials, a whole underwater biome which serves as the campaign’s third secret lab. The two previous labs are the […]

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Grounded celebrates 15 million players with new holidays update

What you need to know Grounded is an open-world survival crafting game from Obsidian Entertainment, and left early access this year. Just in time for the holidays, Obsidian is celebrating 15 million players in Grounded — Up from 13 million a month ago. All Grounded players can now enjoy a plethora of new features and […]

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Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded crosses 13 million players on Xbox and PC

What you need to know Grounded is a survival game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios.  Grounded initially launched in early access in July 2020, with the full 1.0 launch releasing on Sep. 27, 2022.  In February 2022, Grounded crossed 10 million players across Xbox and PC. In an interview on […]

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Grounded guide: List of all known bugs, issues, and upcoming fixes

Grounded is scarcely recognizable when compared to its original launch state in July 2020, as the game has undergone an endless number of changes leading up to its fated 1.0 public release. Now that Grounded is putting the finishing touches on its epic survival-adventure story with a massive final content update, a huge influx of […]

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Grounded 1.0.2 patch update arrives with major fixes and balancing changes

What you need to know Grounded is an epic open-world survival-adventure title from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios. The game recently released its full 1.0 update, completing the Backyard and its narrative campaign. On Thursday, Obsidian Entertainment began releasing the 1.0.2 patch update for Grounded. The update brings dozens of balancing changes, fixes, performance […]

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Grounded: How to get charcoal

If you’re tired of constantly repairing and replacing your torches and canteens in Grounded, the backyard survival RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, then you may be interested in getting your tiny little hands on some charcoal. Charcoal is one of the more versatile resources you can find in the game, as it is used to build […]

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Grounded: How to get Grub Hide

Originally a passion project from a small team of developers at Obsidian, Grounded has taken players by storm and proven to be an action-packed open-world survival sandbox. Following its 1.0 release, the game quickly shot up the charts and cemented itself as one of the best games on Xbox Game Pass. If you’re just getting […]

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Grounded: How to get Berry Leather

While most resources you need for crafting in Grounded can be found in several places throughout the game’s Backyard open world, the berries you need to make Berry Leather are exclusively located in one fairly hidden area. As a result, many players don’t know where to obtain the berries that they need, making progression difficult. […]

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Grounded: How to get Thistle Needles

Grounded challenges players to find many different resources in its expansive Backyard open world, and Thistle Needles are one of the most important ones to hunt down if you like using a bow in combat. However, Thistle plants can be fairly tough to find, especially if you don’t know where to look and what to […]

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Grounded: How to get into the Sandbox

The Backyard of Obsidian Entertainment’s unique survival game, Grounded, is full of danger. Still, few of its biomes are as hazardous as the Sandbox in the southwestern portion of the map. Filled with scorching hot sands and plenty of hostile critters, the Sandbox is not a place for novice explorers. However, for those that have […]

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Grounded: How to find Sap

One of the most important resources that players will need to track down during the early-game of Grounded is Sap, as it’s often used in many common crafting recipes. However, unlike other basic materials like Grass, it’s not immediately clear where players can actually find Sap in the vast open world of the Backyard. If […]

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Grounded: How to find and kill Ladybugs

While Grounded’s Ladybugs look relatively harmless, they’re actually quite tough and can be difficult for new and inexperienced players to defeat in combat. They’re also often hard to find despite their large size, as their quiet noises and neutral behavior makes them quite stealthy compared to other creatures in the Backyard. If you’re looking to […]

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Grounded: How to find Sunken Bones

One of Grounded’s rarest resources are its Sunken Bones, which are shards of the bones of a creature that used to live in the Backyard’s Koi Pond. These items are needed in order to craft some important mid-game gear, but they’re difficult to find if you don’t know where to look for them (and what […]

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Grounded: List of enemy bugs, creatures, mobs, monsters, and where to find them

Name Details Mite Mites are small spider-like creatures that like to bite off more than they can chew. Easily squished with any weapon. You can find lots near the rake on the West side of the map. Mite fuzz Infected Mite Infected Mites are more powerful than their red cousins, and cause poisonous wounds when […]

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Grounded crossplay: Is it cross-platform with Xbox and PC?

After a two-year long Early Access period, Obsidian Entertainment’s wild and unique new survival game Grounded is finally finished and has been released in full. In the midst of all the launch hype, though, something many players have wondered about is whether or not it supports cross-platform features like crossplay and cross-progression between the Xbox […]

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Grounded launch time: When you can play and how to preload

Grounded leaves early access this week, marking a historic milestone for Microsoft’s fun-sized survival game. The long-awaited 1.0 release follows more than two years of development in the public eye, expanding all facets of its virtual backyard. With this latest update, Grounded is marked complete, with a full story and more content to explore. The […]

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Grounded Xbox review: A stunning survival triumph teeming with secrets, stories, and surprises

For millions of players, Grounded is not a mystery; it’s a known quantity that has steadily grown and evolved over the last two years in early access. However, the final update brings the game out of early access and bestows upon it the vaulted “1.0” version number. This is more than declaring the game “complete” […]

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Grounded 0.14.0 ‘Home Stretch’ available now, final content update before full release

What you need to know Grounded is an upcoming survival game from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios. Ahead of Grounded’s full release, Obsidian Entertainment is releasing the game’s final early access content update. 0.14.0 “Home Stretch” includes dozens of new features, changes, and fixes, included new Shared Worlds. The major release is now rolling […]

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Grounded is testing ‘Shared Worlds’ server feature before launch

What you need to know Grounded received a new feature called Shared Worlds that is now available for public testing. Shared Worlds allow players to upload their saved games to the cloud where friends can host them while being offline. The game is currently in its final public test before its official launch on Sept. […]

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