Rust, the acclaimed multiplayer survival simulator, is coming to consoles on May 21, 2021. The announcement was made last weekend by the game studio Double Eleven. They also posted a trailer for Rust Console, which you can check out below.
The PC version of Rust hit the market back in 2013. But since 2016, developers have been trying to adapt the game for consoles. The main difficulty was the problem of productivity. Rust Console has to deal with the fact that consoles aren’t as easy to improve as PCs. That is why the creators had to rewrite most of the engine to adapt it for the consoles’ capabilities. The updates for the console and PC versions will be separate for the same reason.
At the beginning of development, it took almost an hour to launch the game on Playstation. Thanks to the developers’ efforts, the launch-time was reduced to a minute.
It’s worth noting that the Rust Console will be available for more than just next-gen. The studio aimed at the Playstation 4 and Xbox One during the creative process. But thanks to backward compatibility, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X \ S owners will also be able to enjoy the game.
