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It’s here! Planet Coaster has officially launched!

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Today, on November 17, 2016, Planet Coaster is officially released! Adding to the beta update earlier this week, the released game comes with all 12 Scenarios and more general balancing and fixes, as well as Steam Achievements and Trading Cards.

We’ve hit so many milestones over the past months, and it’s been a long way from concept to finish, so let’s quickly recap some of the highlights:

At the heart of the game are the park guests. Everything you do, whether it’s management or creativity-based, now has an impact on each individual crowd member. Each of them have their own simulated preferences and needs to ultimately affect gameplay, and new, advanced crowd simulation and path-finding algorithms help with the logistics of guest flow around your park.

Authenticity is key – a huge amount of research and development went into all aspects of the game, something especially noticeable in coasters. For example, the system which automatically designs the correct support structures for wooden and hybrid coaster had to be built with a new rendering pipeline, with so many pieces being on screen at once.

In fact the attention to detail and development effort that goes into each ride, coaster, guest and scenery piece from a technical, visual and audio point of view is an order of magnitude more than any previous coaster park game we’ve worked on.

Piece-by-piece construction gives you the opportunity to build anything and everything you’ve ever dreamed of. Change your parks by theming your areas, create buildings in every style, or add (animated) scenery and customised audio to entertain your guests and up your park and scenery ratings. The unprecedented control and customisation means that you can truly get super creative or be more focused on sophisticated finance and management; whatever suits you as an individual player.

The technology underpinning the game is both advanced and highly useable. The 3D voxel landscape gives terrain that’s completely in your control, the lighting engine ensures that everything you create in your park instantly becomes a seamless part of the whole dynamic lighting environment, and you can now create your own dark rides with full creative control of triggering ride events, lights and audio.

Every single aspect and element of Planet Coaster has been carefully selected and designed to work in conjunction with every other one as an integrated whole.

The tight integration with Steam Workshop has a front end that puts your friends to the fore. It enables creators to share and receive credit for their original designs, and also allows those of us who want to use these fantastic creations to download that content and enhance their parks with those existing blueprints.

It has been a fantastic experience for us at Frontier to have the opportunity to create a new game which we hope sets a new quality bar for a genre loved by so many people – no team could have been better suited to the task or more passionate. It’s taken a blend of the team’s expertise and experience, talent, and deep connection with the community; and for that we must thank you all.

First and foremost, we want to thank the developers for their incredible hard work, passion, and dedication to the project. Everyone at Frontier has contributed to Planet Coaster in one way or another; a true team effort and shared love for the game from the start. Programmers, animators, producers, sound team, designers, artists, QA, publishing team, engine wizards, support team, video editors, and all you other experts: you’re awesome, well done. #FrontierFam

We also want to give a massive shoutout to our forum mods, content creators, and master builders. Thank you for keeping the community an overwhelmingly positive place, where everyone has a voice but no one feels unwelcome. Thank you for making videos or streaming the game, showing it off to your viewers, and spreading the word across your community. Thank you for challenging yourselves and creating the most intricate buildings, for using shapes and items in ways even the devs couldn’t have thought of, and for pushing your creativity to the limit.

Last but not least: thank you. Thanks to every single member of this amazing community for your ongoing support, invaluable feedback, and enthusiasm about Planet Coaster. In the end, this game is for you, the players. You have helped shape the game in so many ways, inspired the devs with your ideas and suggestions, and humbled us with your shared passion for the game. We are honoured to have a community like this one. So thank you for joining us on this crazy and ever-evolving rollercoaster ride!

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Today, on November 17, 2016, Planet Coaster is officially released! Adding to the beta update earlier this week, the released game comes with all 12 Scenarios and more general balancing and fixes, as well as Steam Achievements and Trading Cards.

We’ve hit so many milestones over the past months, and it’s been a long way from concept to finish, so let’s quickly recap some of the highlights:

At the heart of the game are the park guests. Everything you do, whether it’s management or creativity-based, now has an impact on each individual crowd member. Each of them have their own simulated preferences and needs to ultimately affect gameplay, and new, advanced crowd simulation and path-finding algorithms help with the logistics of guest flow around your park.

Authenticity is key – a huge amount of research and development went into all aspects of the game, something especially noticeable in coasters. For example, the system which automatically designs the correct support structures for wooden and hybrid coaster had to be built with a new rendering pipeline, with so many pieces being on screen at once.

In fact the attention to detail and development effort that goes into each ride, coaster, guest and scenery piece from a technical, visual and audio point of view is an order of magnitude more than any previous coaster park game we’ve worked on.

Piece-by-piece construction gives you the opportunity to build anything and everything you’ve ever dreamed of. Change your parks by theming your areas, create buildings in every style, or add (animated) scenery and customised audio to entertain your guests and up your park and scenery ratings. The unprecedented control and customisation means that you can truly get super creative or be more focused on sophisticated finance and management; whatever suits you as an individual player.

The technology underpinning the game is both advanced and highly useable. The 3D voxel landscape gives terrain that’s completely in your control, the lighting engine ensures that everything you create in your park instantly becomes a seamless part of the whole dynamic lighting environment, and you can now create your own dark rides with full creative control of triggering ride events, lights and audio.

Every single aspect and element of Planet Coaster has been carefully selected and designed to work in conjunction with every other one as an integrated whole.

The tight integration with Steam Workshop has a front end that puts your friends to the fore. It enables creators to share and receive credit for their original designs, and also allows those of us who want to use these fantastic creations to download that content and enhance their parks with those existing blueprints.

It has been a fantastic experience for us at Frontier to have the opportunity to create a new game which we hope sets a new quality bar for a genre loved by so many people – no team could have been better suited to the task or more passionate. It’s taken a blend of the team’s expertise and experience, talent, and deep connection with the community; and for that we must thank you all.

First and foremost, we want to thank the developers for their incredible hard work, passion, and dedication to the project. Everyone at Frontier has contributed to Planet Coaster in one way or another; a true team effort and shared love for the game from the start. Programmers, animators, producers, sound team, designers, artists, QA, publishing team, engine wizards, support team, video editors, and all you other experts: you’re awesome, well done. #FrontierFam

We also want to give a massive shoutout to our forum mods, content creators, and master builders. Thank you for keeping the community an overwhelmingly positive place, where everyone has a voice but no one feels unwelcome. Thank you for making videos or streaming the game, showing it off to your viewers, and spreading the word across your community. Thank you for challenging yourselves and creating the most intricate buildings, for using shapes and items in ways even the devs couldn’t have thought of, and for pushing your creativity to the limit.

Last but not least: thank you. Thanks to every single member of this amazing community for your ongoing support, invaluable feedback, and enthusiasm about Planet Coaster. In the end, this game is for you, the players. You have helped shape the game in so many ways, inspired the devs with your ideas and suggestions, and humbled us with your shared passion for the game. We are honoured to have a community like this one. So thank you for joining us on this crazy and ever-evolving rollercoaster ride!

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Planet Coaster Beta - Open for Business, November 9!

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Hey everyone!
Get strapped in because the Planet Coaster beta is opening soon!

That’s right coaster park fans, we’re very excited to share some much-anticipated news with you about the Planet Coaster beta and how it will work.

Straight from the information booth

The beta will open its gates on Wednesday November 9 for everyone who owns the Early Bird Edition or Thrillseeker Pre-Order of Planet Coaster (and all new Thrillseeker customers joining the community on or after the 9th) and will run all the way through until Planet Coaster launches on November 17.

What’s more, you’ll be able to experience every new feature that’s coming to the final release as we bring you our most significant update ever, which puts simulation and management firmly at the centre of the game!

You’ll be able to put your managerial prowess to the test, build your money-making empire and surprise, delight and thrill your guests with a host of new features and content that brings everything together into the greatest coaster park game ever made.

Beta together

The beta will include all of the content and features that will be in Planet Coaster at launch, but not all the gameplay scenarios – we’re saving those!

On November 9 there’ll be two scenarios to test in Career mode - one easier, one more challenging - and we’ll be looking to our fabulous beta community to give us as much feedback as possible.

During the Beta, our amazing dev team will be working hard monitoring what’s going on, taking feedback and using it to help finalise balancing, bug fixing and last minute improvements before the final release on November 17.

So, what’s new?

Glad you asked. In the two and a half weeks leading up to the beta release on November 9th, we’ll be keeping you informed and entertained on the massive changes coming to Planet Coaster with livestreams, news posts and sneak peeks.

Look out for our Management Matters article that will give you loads of delicious detail about the management features coming to the beta. We’ll have two developer livestreams, on October 31st and November 7th, where we’ll be taking a lingering look at some of the incredible big ticket additions to the game, including some great surprises. Keep your eyes on our Facebook and Twitter pages too for those sneak peeks of exciting new content and features coming in the Planet Coaster Beta.

So clear your schedule and make space in your diary as we show you everything – the team have been working on a lot of this stuff for a long time, and we’re sure you’ll think it was worth the wait!

If you would like to play the Planet Coaster beta before the November 17 release date and don’t already have either the Early Bird Edition or Thrillseeker pre-order, you can pick up the Thrillseeker Pre-Order now from Steam for just £29.99 and gain access on November 9. The Thrillseeker Pre-Order comes packed with extra goodies too, including a downloadable sketch book, a download of the amazing soundtrack album ‘You, Me & Gravity’, an in-game golden King Coaster mascot and a gold hat for your in-game avatar to wear around your parks!

Thanks for joining us for the ride! From here on, please keep your hands inside the car at all times.

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Hey everyone!
Get strapped in because the Planet Coaster beta is opening soon!

That’s right coaster park fans, we’re very excited to share some much-anticipated news with you about the Planet Coaster beta and how it will work.

Straight from the information booth

The beta will open its gates on Wednesday November 9 for everyone who owns the Early Bird Edition or Thrillseeker Pre-Order of Planet Coaster (and all new Thrillseeker customers joining the community on or after the 9th) and will run all the way through until Planet Coaster launches on November 17.

What’s more, you’ll be able to experience every new feature that’s coming to the final release as we bring you our most significant update ever, which puts simulation and management firmly at the centre of the game!

You’ll be able to put your managerial prowess to the test, build your money-making empire and surprise, delight and thrill your guests with a host of new features and content that brings everything together into the greatest coaster park game ever made.

Beta together

The beta will include all of the content and features that will be in Planet Coaster at launch, but not all the gameplay scenarios – we’re saving those!

On November 9 there’ll be two scenarios to test in Career mode - one easier, one more challenging - and we’ll be looking to our fabulous beta community to give us as much feedback as possible.

During the Beta, our amazing dev team will be working hard monitoring what’s going on, taking feedback and using it to help finalise balancing, bug fixing and last minute improvements before the final release on November 17.

So, what’s new?

Glad you asked. In the two and a half weeks leading up to the beta release on November 9th, we’ll be keeping you informed and entertained on the massive changes coming to Planet Coaster with livestreams, news posts and sneak peeks.

Look out for our Management Matters article that will give you loads of delicious detail about the management features coming to the beta. We’ll have two developer livestreams, on October 31st and November 7th, where we’ll be taking a lingering look at some of the incredible big ticket additions to the game, including some great surprises. Keep your eyes on our Facebook and Twitter pages too for those sneak peeks of exciting new content and features coming in the Planet Coaster Beta.

So clear your schedule and make space in your diary as we show you everything – the team have been working on a lot of this stuff for a long time, and we’re sure you’ll think it was worth the wait!

If you would like to play the Planet Coaster beta before the November 17 release date and don’t already have either the Early Bird Edition or Thrillseeker pre-order, you can pick up the Thrillseeker Pre-Order now from Steam for just £29.99 and gain access on November 9. The Thrillseeker Pre-Order comes packed with extra goodies too, including a downloadable sketch book, a download of the amazing soundtrack album ‘You, Me & Gravity’, an in-game golden King Coaster mascot and a gold hat for your in-game avatar to wear around your parks!

Thanks for joining us for the ride! From here on, please keep your hands inside the car at all times.

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Update 1.3.6 – Cedar Point’s Steel Vengeance!

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Planet Coaster partners with Cedar Point to reveal Steel Vengeance!

We’re very excited to announce a special partnership with Cedar Point today, resulting in another free update for all Planet Coaster players!

In Spring 2018 Cedar Point will be opening its hyper-hybrid rollercoaster, the Steel Vengeance – a revamp of their famous wooden coaster Mean Streak. Steel Vengeance is set to be the tallest, fastest, and longest hybrid rollercoaster in the world!

However, you won’t have to wait until next year to see this beauty in action: in today’s update, we have released the Steel Vengeance for free! The new hybrid coaster is fully customisable, and you’ll also have the premade blueprint of the Steel Vengeance to place and ride in-game! We’ve also added Steel Vengeance’s own brand new ride entrance sign as well as Cedar Point’s official logos to the sign collection.

Big thanks to both Cedar Point and the Planet Coaster team for this one-of-a-kind collaboration. We cannot wait to visit the real coaster in Spring 2018!

Watch the trailer here, and for more information on Cedar Point’s Steel Vengeance ride please visit cedarpoint.com.

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Planet Coaster partners with Cedar Point to reveal Steel Vengeance!

We’re very excited to announce a special partnership with Cedar Point today, resulting in another free update for all Planet Coaster players!

In Spring 2018 Cedar Point will be opening its hyper-hybrid rollercoaster, the Steel Vengeance – a revamp of their famous wooden coaster Mean Streak. Steel Vengeance is set to be the tallest, fastest, and longest hybrid rollercoaster in the world!

However, you won’t have to wait until next year to see this beauty in action: in today’s update, we have released the Steel Vengeance for free! The new hybrid coaster is fully customisable, and you’ll also have the premade blueprint of the Steel Vengeance to place and ride in-game! We’ve also added Steel Vengeance’s own brand new ride entrance sign as well as Cedar Point’s official logos to the sign collection.

Big thanks to both Cedar Point and the Planet Coaster team for this one-of-a-kind collaboration. We cannot wait to visit the real coaster in Spring 2018!

Watch the trailer here, and for more information on Cedar Point’s Steel Vengeance ride please visit cedarpoint.com.

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Hi coaster friends!

Surprise, we’re bringing you another small update! The Planet Coaster development team have been working hard and wanted to indulge you with something new ahead of our bigger update in mid-late April.

After our 1.1.3 update included localisation into Chinese and Korean, we are now also adding Japanese to that list. Konichiwa!

What’s more, we also have a brand new flat ride for you! Say welcome to the Tri-Storm, an amusement park classic. It consists of three arms on a central column, with a star-shaped wheel at the end that holds seven gondolas. When the ride is activated, the central column rotates clockwise, while the star at the end of each arm rotates counterclockwise. Hydraulic cylinders then raise the arms to a 40° angle – at 25 feet tall and whipping around at decent speed, the Tri-Storm is fun for everyone.

The team are still super busy working on features, improvements and bug fixes which will be implemented with our next major update in April. In the meantime, be sure to check out the PAX East livestreams on our official YouTube channel for a sneak peek into what has been happening behind the scenes.

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Hi coaster friends!

Surprise, we’re bringing you another small update! The Planet Coaster development team have been working hard and wanted to indulge you with something new ahead of our bigger update in mid-late April.

After our 1.1.3 update included localisation into Chinese and Korean, we are now also adding Japanese to that list. Konichiwa!

What’s more, we also have a brand new flat ride for you! Say welcome to the Tri-Storm, an amusement park classic. It consists of three arms on a central column, with a star-shaped wheel at the end that holds seven gondolas. When the ride is activated, the central column rotates clockwise, while the star at the end of each arm rotates counterclockwise. Hydraulic cylinders then raise the arms to a 40° angle – at 25 feet tall and whipping around at decent speed, the Tri-Storm is fun for everyone.

The team are still super busy working on features, improvements and bug fixes which will be implemented with our next major update in April. In the meantime, be sure to check out the PAX East livestreams on our official YouTube channel for a sneak peek into what has been happening behind the scenes.

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Hi coaster friends,

Our wonderful Summer Update is now LIVE! After showing you the live build last week and teasing you with beautiful images of fireworks and billboards, the 1.3 update is now available for download – if you already own the game, it will automatically roll out to you via Steam.

Aside from fireworks and billboards, we have eight new coasters and rides, three new Scenarios, a new Stars and Stripes scenery set, the option to trigger rides, custom biomes, and more! We can’t wait to see what you come up with, from fireworks shows to relaxed summer scenes!

Keep your eyes peeled for more info on our upcoming fireworks competition, join us on YouTube (Wednesday 7PM BST), Twitch (Tuesday 1PM BST) and Facebook Live (Friday 2:30PM BST), and send us your creations at community@frontier.co.uk!

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Hi coaster friends,

Our wonderful Summer Update is now LIVE! After showing you the live build last week and teasing you with beautiful images of fireworks and billboards, the 1.3 update is now available for download – if you already own the game, it will automatically roll out to you via Steam.

Aside from fireworks and billboards, we have eight new coasters and rides, three new Scenarios, a new Stars and Stripes scenery set, the option to trigger rides, custom biomes, and more! We can’t wait to see what you come up with, from fireworks shows to relaxed summer scenes!

Keep your eyes peeled for more info on our upcoming fireworks competition, join us on YouTube (Wednesday 7PM BST), Twitch (Tuesday 1PM BST) and Facebook Live (Friday 2:30PM BST), and send us your creations at community@frontier.co.uk!

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Planet Coaster's free Spring Update is officially live! Get the lowdown on the latest update including new scenery, blueprints, security for your park and more! Here are some highlights of what you can find in your game as of now:

CREATE

With an array of new scenery and blueprints to choose from, you can get even more creative than before – customise your Missy Good donut shops with custom signs, or make your Go-Karts track extra epic by decorating with flags and road symbols. There are over 150 new pieces including animatronics, fencing, and security cameras! What’s more, the function to disable collision for scenery, flat rides, and coasters has been added to your settings; you can disable each of these separately in your menu!

We’re also introducing three new flat rides to the family: the Zozo, Elixir Machine, and Big Wheel. Theme them with the new scenery pieces and show us some of those amazing ride skins you create!

As for tracked rides, get ready to race with the all-new Go-Karts! Create your own custom tracks from scratch, theme them as you please, and have your guests burn rubber as they speed across the roads! There are between 12 and 20 uniquely numbered cars and each race will have a different result.

If you’re more of a coaster fiend, you’re in luck too! As shown in last week’s livestream, THREE new coasters are ready to be built by you! The Steel Hydra, a swinging, suspended family coaster that has a unique elegance as it travels around its track; the Bakasura, an inverted shuttle coaster which gives guests an awesome experience of riding the coaster backwards and forwards along the same track; and the Trident, a classic shuttle coaster with a unique catch-car system that lifts the car backwards from the station and releases from up high.
We’re introducing duelling coasters: you can link up to five coasters together and have them duel it out on the tracks!

MANAGE

Security! Pickpockets and vandals can now roam your park and bother your guests, so it’s up to you to keep everyone happy and safe. And don’t worry: we’re giving you the tools to do just that!

If your parks are overcrowded and without any security measures, pickpockets will pay you a visit. They sneak up on guests and take their belongings, causing a drop in guest happiness and park ratings. To counteract this, hire our newest staff member, the Security Guard, to patrol your paths and catch those pesky pickpockets before they leave the park – because if they do, they will call upon their immoral friends and soon your park will be infested with crime. Aside from security guards and patrol zones, you can install security cameras to discourage people from committing crimes.

Unfortunately for you, it doesn’t stop there... if you fail to keep your guests happy, fed, or well rested, they might turn into vandals themselves. If your guests’ needs drop below a certain threshold, their cries for attention are no longer peaceful; they will demolish your park until you address their issues, or of course until a security guard tells them off. Failing to tend to your guests will result in dropping ratings, and a certainly costly fine to repair the damage they’ve done...

Ride prestige has been completely revamped and has its own tab within the ride info panel. You now have the option to re-brand a ride with a new name, which will return its age to Established – this will increase the time it takes for a ride to become a Classic, so choose and time wisely! We’ve also added a beautiful Ride Reputation timeline which visualises the aging process and effects to its prestige.

Test all these new additions to the game’s management in three completely new, funky Scenarios: Chief Beef’s Raceway, Oak Island, and Downtown. Do also check out the many improvements regarding bug fixes, browser and search options, and UI.

SHARE

Uploading your blueprints to the Steam Workshop has become even greater: the maximum size is going up from 2,000 to 4,000 pieces per blueprint! You can now include flat rides AND their entrance/exit stations as well, and up to five rides per blueprint can be included. All of these together can now be multi-selected and moved around along with your scenery pieces and buildings, making it ultra-easy to drag and place themed areas or rotate them around.

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Planet Coaster's free Spring Update is officially live! Get the lowdown on the latest update including new scenery, blueprints, security for your park and more! Here are some highlights of what you can find in your game as of now:

CREATE

With an array of new scenery and blueprints to choose from, you can get even more creative than before – customise your Missy Good donut shops with custom signs, or make your Go-Karts track extra epic by decorating with flags and road symbols. There are over 150 new pieces including animatronics, fencing, and security cameras! What’s more, the function to disable collision for scenery, flat rides, and coasters has been added to your settings; you can disable each of these separately in your menu!

We’re also introducing three new flat rides to the family: the Zozo, Elixir Machine, and Big Wheel. Theme them with the new scenery pieces and show us some of those amazing ride skins you create!

As for tracked rides, get ready to race with the all-new Go-Karts! Create your own custom tracks from scratch, theme them as you please, and have your guests burn rubber as they speed across the roads! There are between 12 and 20 uniquely numbered cars and each race will have a different result.

If you’re more of a coaster fiend, you’re in luck too! As shown in last week’s livestream, THREE new coasters are ready to be built by you! The Steel Hydra, a swinging, suspended family coaster that has a unique elegance as it travels around its track; the Bakasura, an inverted shuttle coaster which gives guests an awesome experience of riding the coaster backwards and forwards along the same track; and the Trident, a classic shuttle coaster with a unique catch-car system that lifts the car backwards from the station and releases from up high.
We’re introducing duelling coasters: you can link up to five coasters together and have them duel it out on the tracks!

MANAGE

Security! Pickpockets and vandals can now roam your park and bother your guests, so it’s up to you to keep everyone happy and safe. And don’t worry: we’re giving you the tools to do just that!

If your parks are overcrowded and without any security measures, pickpockets will pay you a visit. They sneak up on guests and take their belongings, causing a drop in guest happiness and park ratings. To counteract this, hire our newest staff member, the Security Guard, to patrol your paths and catch those pesky pickpockets before they leave the park – because if they do, they will call upon their immoral friends and soon your park will be infested with crime. Aside from security guards and patrol zones, you can install security cameras to discourage people from committing crimes.

Unfortunately for you, it doesn’t stop there... if you fail to keep your guests happy, fed, or well rested, they might turn into vandals themselves. If your guests’ needs drop below a certain threshold, their cries for attention are no longer peaceful; they will demolish your park until you address their issues, or of course until a security guard tells them off. Failing to tend to your guests will result in dropping ratings, and a certainly costly fine to repair the damage they’ve done...

Ride prestige has been completely revamped and has its own tab within the ride info panel. You now have the option to re-brand a ride with a new name, which will return its age to Established – this will increase the time it takes for a ride to become a Classic, so choose and time wisely! We’ve also added a beautiful Ride Reputation timeline which visualises the aging process and effects to its prestige.

Test all these new additions to the game’s management in three completely new, funky Scenarios: Chief Beef’s Raceway, Oak Island, and Downtown. Do also check out the many improvements regarding bug fixes, browser and search options, and UI.

SHARE

Uploading your blueprints to the Steam Workshop has become even greater: the maximum size is going up from 2,000 to 4,000 pieces per blueprint! You can now include flat rides AND their entrance/exit stations as well, and up to five rides per blueprint can be included. All of these together can now be multi-selected and moved around along with your scenery pieces and buildings, making it ultra-easy to drag and place themed areas or rotate them around.

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Commercial Break Competition Winner: Mountain Woods

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Announcing the winner of our Commercial Break Competition: view the Mountain Woods video featuring community star Headcrash's Planet Coaster park!

Between May 15 and June 15, 2017, our community took part in a video competition in which they were asked to create a short commercial for their Planet Coaster parks. The winning entry is this stunning piece of work called Mountain Woods, made by one of our longest-playing community members.

The talented Headcrash has been playing the game since its early Alpha stages. “It’s so much fun to play. I became interested in theme park simulation games many years ago and thought Planet Coaster was a great new chance to get back in to the genre.”

After many hours of building and shaping the park, which is set in a luscious and mountainous environment, Headcrash decided to enter the competition. “I’d always wanted to edit a video about one of my creations, and this was the perfect opportunity. First, I recorded the attractions from many different angles to get all the movements they make – I ended up with a 40-minute long video! It was quite difficult to narrow it down to the best parts and combine it into a commercial... but I’m happy it came together in the end, especially with the addition of the beautiful Planet Coaster soundtrack.”

Our creators are constantly inspired by each other’s work and support each other when building or making videos – a true testament to the vibrant and positive community spirit. The entire Planet Coaster team loved Mountain Woods for its melancholic tones and well-edited style.

Congratulations Headcrash, we sure hope to see more of your work!

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Announcing the winner of our Commercial Break Competition: view the Mountain Woods video featuring community star Headcrash's Planet Coaster park!

Between May 15 and June 15, 2017, our community took part in a video competition in which they were asked to create a short commercial for their Planet Coaster parks. The winning entry is this stunning piece of work called Mountain Woods, made by one of our longest-playing community members.

The talented Headcrash has been playing the game since its early Alpha stages. “It’s so much fun to play. I became interested in theme park simulation games many years ago and thought Planet Coaster was a great new chance to get back in to the genre.”

After many hours of building and shaping the park, which is set in a luscious and mountainous environment, Headcrash decided to enter the competition. “I’d always wanted to edit a video about one of my creations, and this was the perfect opportunity. First, I recorded the attractions from many different angles to get all the movements they make – I ended up with a 40-minute long video! It was quite difficult to narrow it down to the best parts and combine it into a commercial... but I’m happy it came together in the end, especially with the addition of the beautiful Planet Coaster soundtrack.”

Our creators are constantly inspired by each other’s work and support each other when building or making videos – a true testament to the vibrant and positive community spirit. The entire Planet Coaster team loved Mountain Woods for its melancholic tones and well-edited style.

Congratulations Headcrash, we sure hope to see more of your work!

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With the weather getting colder and the holidays drawing closer, it’s the perfect time to release our all-new FREE Winter Update for you to enjoy!

The Winter Update will automatically become available to you via a Steam update.

This seasonal gift contains the following festive treats – there is something for everyone, so check out the update notes below!

New Rides

Collider! The winner of our community poll with 41.57% of the votes - a retro sci-fi ride with 20 swinging gondolas on a horizontal Ferris Wheel that rises to an angle of 87 degrees.

Bumpin Derby; a long-time favourite has found its way into Planet Coaster! Give a fist bump to these bonkers bumper cars!

Management Improvements

Macro management features added; in the Attraction and Shops tab you can globally set prices, sync shops and open/close attractions.

There is now an ‘All Staff’ view, which lets you change their salary, training level, roster, and workload all at once!

You can now also place multiple staff members of the same type simultaneously in your parks!

Ride/Coaster prestige is now shown on the Info panel and changes with time (initially decreasing and then increasing as the ride gains classic status.) Prestige is also communicated in the form of guest thoughts and notifications.

A recently used tab has now been added to each browser category.

A delete path button makes it that it’s easier to change around your pathing!

Three new Scenarios!

Festive King Coaster’s Crackers will let you earn up to nine more stars – be sure to think about your ride prestige...

New Shops

Cosmic Cow Ice Cream; get some actual snow cones!

Gulpee Soda; joining the Gulpee family!

Missy Good; donut worry, be happy! Missy Good’s sugary goodness will cheer you right up!

Pipshot; a healthy alternative to the fast food goodness – and there’s three of them! Pipshot Water, Pipshot Juice, and Pipshot Smoothie are going to blow your guests’ minds.

Pizza Pen; get it while it’s hot and cheesy!

Winter Theme and Scenery Objects

Snow/Ice Biome; it’s getting chilly in your park! Explore this beautiful Arctic biome in Sandbox or Challenge mode.

Snow Objects; create realistic snow-covered areas and build your own snowman!

Gingerbread wall set; we can’t wait to see the creative gingerbread houses you can build in-game!

Winter Scenery; decorate your park with a lovely Christmas tree or a carolling choir.

Festive King Coaster is your latest addition to the Entertainer family!

New Transport/Tracked Rides

Sleigh Ride; jingle all the way with these tracked snowy sliders!

Iron Horse; a new transport ride for your park visitors to choo around your area.

New Coaster Blueprints

Screamer (the American Arrow)

Lycanthrope (Werewolf)

The Hunt (Pioneer)

Frenzy (Rage)

Trailer Blazer (Aethon)

More – see the build notes for full details. Includes:

Pressing F5 now transports you back into the game rather than the menu.

Stability improvements

Balance

Bug fixing

We hope all of you enjoy this incredible, free Winter Update, and we’re looking forward to seeing all your winter-themed Workshop items appear. If you want to, send your creations to community@frontier.co.uk with the subject “Winter Workshop Wonderland” and you might be featured on our 24 hour long Festive Charity livestream on December 19!

For more information click here.

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With the weather getting colder and the holidays drawing closer, it’s the perfect time to release our all-new FREE Winter Update for you to enjoy!

The Winter Update will automatically become available to you via a Steam update.

This seasonal gift contains the following festive treats – there is something for everyone, so check out the update notes below!

New Rides

Collider! The winner of our community poll with 41.57% of the votes - a retro sci-fi ride with 20 swinging gondolas on a horizontal Ferris Wheel that rises to an angle of 87 degrees.

Bumpin Derby; a long-time favourite has found its way into Planet Coaster! Give a fist bump to these bonkers bumper cars!

Management Improvements

Macro management features added; in the Attraction and Shops tab you can globally set prices, sync shops and open/close attractions.

There is now an ‘All Staff’ view, which lets you change their salary, training level, roster, and workload all at once!

You can now also place multiple staff members of the same type simultaneously in your parks!

Ride/Coaster prestige is now shown on the Info panel and changes with time (initially decreasing and then increasing as the ride gains classic status.) Prestige is also communicated in the form of guest thoughts and notifications.

A recently used tab has now been added to each browser category.

A delete path button makes it that it’s easier to change around your pathing!

Three new Scenarios!

Festive King Coaster’s Crackers will let you earn up to nine more stars – be sure to think about your ride prestige...

New Shops

Cosmic Cow Ice Cream; get some actual snow cones!

Gulpee Soda; joining the Gulpee family!

Missy Good; donut worry, be happy! Missy Good’s sugary goodness will cheer you right up!

Pipshot; a healthy alternative to the fast food goodness – and there’s three of them! Pipshot Water, Pipshot Juice, and Pipshot Smoothie are going to blow your guests’ minds.

Pizza Pen; get it while it’s hot and cheesy!

Winter Theme and Scenery Objects

Snow/Ice Biome; it’s getting chilly in your park! Explore this beautiful Arctic biome in Sandbox or Challenge mode.

Snow Objects; create realistic snow-covered areas and build your own snowman!

Gingerbread wall set; we can’t wait to see the creative gingerbread houses you can build in-game!

Winter Scenery; decorate your park with a lovely Christmas tree or a carolling choir.

Festive King Coaster is your latest addition to the Entertainer family!

New Transport/Tracked Rides

Sleigh Ride; jingle all the way with these tracked snowy sliders!

Iron Horse; a new transport ride for your park visitors to choo around your area.

New Coaster Blueprints

Screamer (the American Arrow)

Lycanthrope (Werewolf)

The Hunt (Pioneer)

Frenzy (Rage)

Trailer Blazer (Aethon)

More – see the build notes for full details. Includes:

Pressing F5 now transports you back into the game rather than the menu.

Stability improvements

Balance

Bug fixing

We hope all of you enjoy this incredible, free Winter Update, and we’re looking forward to seeing all your winter-themed Workshop items appear. If you want to, send your creations to community@frontier.co.uk with the subject “Winter Workshop Wonderland” and you might be featured on our 24 hour long Festive Charity livestream on December 19!

For more information click here.

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Hi everyone!

Another small update for you just went live; aside from small tweaks, we are bringing you an all-new ride and the Go-Karts competition winning blueprint!

The Pathos III is a pretty intense ride for its relatively small footprint; It’s twenty-three meters high, has three main rotating arms that also rotate around a central point and this is attached to a larger arm that is raised to almost 90 degrees, and also rotates! There are eight riders per arm that are suspended on each side. There are three rotation axis that spin the guests in all directions. This ride is only for the most hardcore thrill seeker!

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Hi everyone!

Another small update for you just went live; aside from small tweaks, we are bringing you an all-new ride and the Go-Karts competition winning blueprint!

The Pathos III is a pretty intense ride for its relatively small footprint; It’s twenty-three meters high, has three main rotating arms that also rotate around a central point and this is attached to a larger arm that is raised to almost 90 degrees, and also rotates! There are eight riders per arm that are suspended on each side. There are three rotation axis that spin the guests in all directions. This ride is only for the most hardcore thrill seeker!

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Today we are thrilled to announce that the Thememaker's Toolkit is now available for everyone!

The Thememaker's Toolkit is here to let you unleash your creative minds and enhance your parks with bespoke models and scenery of your own design.

It is free to use and will convert your 3D models into Planet Coaster scenery pieces that can then be placed in your parks and/or shared on the Steam Workshop for everyone to enjoy.

Go to the Thememaker's Toolkit website now to start bringing your own 3D models into the game!

To learn more about how to use the Thememaker's Toolkit, please check out our User Guide or read our comprehensive FAQ.

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Today we are thrilled to announce that the Thememaker's Toolkit is now available for everyone!

The Thememaker's Toolkit is here to let you unleash your creative minds and enhance your parks with bespoke models and scenery of your own design.

It is free to use and will convert your 3D models into Planet Coaster scenery pieces that can then be placed in your parks and/or shared on the Steam Workshop for everyone to enjoy.

Go to the Thememaker's Toolkit website now to start bringing your own 3D models into the game!

To learn more about how to use the Thememaker's Toolkit, please check out our User Guide or read our comprehensive FAQ.

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Thememaker's Toolkit coming 20 November!

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Recently we announced the launch of the Thememaker's Toolkit, a new pipeline system for turning your 3D creations into Planet Coaster scenery items! We know you've been eagerly awaiting more information on this update and we are excited to reveal that the Thememaker's Toolkit will be launching on:

20 November 2018

The Thememaker's Toolkit is a free update and will allow you to upload 3D files created in 3D modelling programs (we currently support Autodesk® Maya, Blender and Autodesk® 3ds Max) and convert them into small bespoke items that can be used as scenery pieces in Planet Coaster. These can be later downloaded and placed in your Planet Coaster theme parks, or used as building blocks to make even more amazing piece-by-piece creations. You'll also be able to share all of your bespoke creations with the community for everyone to enjoy via the Steam workshop.

You can learn more about the Toolkit here with our Developer Guide - this guide will be continuously updated with improvements and information about the Toolkit. We've also updated the FAQ here.

Also, be sure to tune in for a special Thememaker's Toolkit deep dive livestream on 21 November at 7pm UTC. Community Manager Chanté will be talking to developers Joe Maddox and Sam Denney as they go through the workings of the Toolkit and answer as many questions as they can.

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Recently we announced the launch of the Thememaker's Toolkit, a new pipeline system for turning your 3D creations into Planet Coaster scenery items! We know you've been eagerly awaiting more information on this update and we are excited to reveal that the Thememaker's Toolkit will be launching on:

20 November 2018

The Thememaker's Toolkit is a free update and will allow you to upload 3D files created in 3D modelling programs (we currently support Autodesk® Maya, Blender and Autodesk® 3ds Max) and convert them into small bespoke items that can be used as scenery pieces in Planet Coaster. These can be later downloaded and placed in your Planet Coaster theme parks, or used as building blocks to make even more amazing piece-by-piece creations. You'll also be able to share all of your bespoke creations with the community for everyone to enjoy via the Steam workshop.

You can learn more about the Toolkit here with our Developer Guide - this guide will be continuously updated with improvements and information about the Toolkit. We've also updated the FAQ here.

Also, be sure to tune in for a special Thememaker's Toolkit deep dive livestream on 21 November at 7pm UTC. Community Manager Chanté will be talking to developers Joe Maddox and Sam Denney as they go through the workings of the Toolkit and answer as many questions as they can.

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Hi coaster friends,

Planet Coaster’s beta is just around the corner – until now the alpha builds you have been playing have focused mainly on creative park building, with Alpha 3’s Steam Workshop integration powering the sharing of community created assets.

The beta release is the biggest step forward the game has ever taken. A lot of the features and content you’ll be seeing for the first time have been worked on from very early in the project, as we close in on the release of what we believe is the best coaster park sim ever – sophisticated, challenging, engaging, and fun!
Simulation Evolved

As our Dev Diary #5 will explain, at the heart (or the head) of our ‘Simulation Evolved’ approach is the ‘guest brain’. This delivers the most sophisticated individual character simulations ever – each park guest has their own thoughts, feelings, desires, and most importantly their own money in their pocket.

Every change you make will affect your gameplay like never before, and in order to build your park empire you’ll need to create great rides, layouts, facilities, amenities, and parks to persuade your guests to part with their hard-earned cash.
Up for the Challenge

In the beta, coming November 9, we’ll be including two scenarios to test your park design and entrepreneurial skill. One easier and one more challenging, with the remainder of the scenarios being released at launch on November 17.

The beta will also bring in three different challenge mode difficulties to explore, along with in-game awards to make sure your triumphs are always rewarded.
Take it from the Top

Dev Diary #6 will explain the management tools available to you to meet every challenge in your own unique way.

There’s a new park management dashboard which brings a real-time overview of your parks’ performance, and a notification system to give you every detail you need.

You can run your business your way by manually opening and closing your park and selecting the park’s opening times. Set your park admission pricing including family tickets and balance this against the cost of your rides individually. Offer fast passes to your guests or use a combination of all of these methods – you have complete freedom over your park’s pricing structure.

Money makes the world go round and every park manager worth their salt has been in need of financial assistance before. The new loan system lets you inject more capital into your park but be careful, different loans will come with different interest rates so you’ll need to be shrewd!

You can research specific fields in which to gain and unlock new rides, shops and content for your park, and Planet Coaster’s flexible marketing campaigns let you use wide reaching campaigns to bring the visitors flocking in, or focus and attract the specific groups and ages that perfectly suit your specialist coaster park.

At the heart of every great park are great staff, and Planet Coaster’s staff are as highly ‘evolved’ as our guests. Their own sophisticated ‘staff brain’ simulation gives you great new ways to manage your staff work areas and responsibilities. We’ll share more details about those soon.

Make sure your employees are happy by reviewing their pay, managing their workload and investing in their future through training in order to run your park as effectively as possible. You can choose to send out mechanics to either maintain and repair your rides, or pre-emptively refurbish your older rides to give them a new lease on life.

Planet Coaster Livestreams!

We've still got loads more to share with you over the coming weeks. Keep your eyes on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages for more news and information during the countdown to beta and of course, make sure you join us on October 31 and November 7 for our developer livestreams where you’ll see our headline features and announcements for the first time.

Much of the all-important finer detail will need to be played to be appreciated. No matter what you’re doing within Planet Coaster, from the layout of your park, your amenities, the scenery you use, even down to your colour selection of items - all have an impact on the simulation.

Every single aspect of Planet Coaster has been designed from the ground up to put simulation and gameplay at the core of the experience, and set a new benchmark for the genre.

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on it!

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Hi coaster friends,

Planet Coaster’s beta is just around the corner – until now the alpha builds you have been playing have focused mainly on creative park building, with Alpha 3’s Steam Workshop integration powering the sharing of community created assets.

The beta release is the biggest step forward the game has ever taken. A lot of the features and content you’ll be seeing for the first time have been worked on from very early in the project, as we close in on the release of what we believe is the best coaster park sim ever – sophisticated, challenging, engaging, and fun!
Simulation Evolved

As our Dev Diary #5 will explain, at the heart (or the head) of our ‘Simulation Evolved’ approach is the ‘guest brain’. This delivers the most sophisticated individual character simulations ever – each park guest has their own thoughts, feelings, desires, and most importantly their own money in their pocket.

Every change you make will affect your gameplay like never before, and in order to build your park empire you’ll need to create great rides, layouts, facilities, amenities, and parks to persuade your guests to part with their hard-earned cash.
Up for the Challenge

In the beta, coming November 9, we’ll be including two scenarios to test your park design and entrepreneurial skill. One easier and one more challenging, with the remainder of the scenarios being released at launch on November 17.

The beta will also bring in three different challenge mode difficulties to explore, along with in-game awards to make sure your triumphs are always rewarded.
Take it from the Top

Dev Diary #6 will explain the management tools available to you to meet every challenge in your own unique way.

There’s a new park management dashboard which brings a real-time overview of your parks’ performance, and a notification system to give you every detail you need.

You can run your business your way by manually opening and closing your park and selecting the park’s opening times. Set your park admission pricing including family tickets and balance this against the cost of your rides individually. Offer fast passes to your guests or use a combination of all of these methods – you have complete freedom over your park’s pricing structure.

Money makes the world go round and every park manager worth their salt has been in need of financial assistance before. The new loan system lets you inject more capital into your park but be careful, different loans will come with different interest rates so you’ll need to be shrewd!

You can research specific fields in which to gain and unlock new rides, shops and content for your park, and Planet Coaster’s flexible marketing campaigns let you use wide reaching campaigns to bring the visitors flocking in, or focus and attract the specific groups and ages that perfectly suit your specialist coaster park.

At the heart of every great park are great staff, and Planet Coaster’s staff are as highly ‘evolved’ as our guests. Their own sophisticated ‘staff brain’ simulation gives you great new ways to manage your staff work areas and responsibilities. We’ll share more details about those soon.

Make sure your employees are happy by reviewing their pay, managing their workload and investing in their future through training in order to run your park as effectively as possible. You can choose to send out mechanics to either maintain and repair your rides, or pre-emptively refurbish your older rides to give them a new lease on life.

Planet Coaster Livestreams!

We've still got loads more to share with you over the coming weeks. Keep your eyes on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages for more news and information during the countdown to beta and of course, make sure you join us on October 31 and November 7 for our developer livestreams where you’ll see our headline features and announcements for the first time.

Much of the all-important finer detail will need to be played to be appreciated. No matter what you’re doing within Planet Coaster, from the layout of your park, your amenities, the scenery you use, even down to your colour selection of items - all have an impact on the simulation.

Every single aspect of Planet Coaster has been designed from the ground up to put simulation and gameplay at the core of the experience, and set a new benchmark for the genre.

We can’t wait for you to get your hands on it!

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We're happy to announce that we're preparing another free update for Planet Coaster. This comes with a number of exciting new additions which are detailed below.

RESTAURANTS

The PlanCo chefs have been working hard to prepare the most mouth-watering menus for the brand new restaurants you can now place in your parks! Have guests get together for a yummy daytime or evening meal to enjoy in one of the fine establishments you choose to build. Restaurants are built very similarly to hotels by creating a restaurant facility that guests enter and increasing its capacity with additional expansions. You can of course dress it up to your liking or use on of the provided in-game blueprints. Once your guests have finished their meals, they will leave with a boost to their happiness, food, and drink rating - which will vary on what your restaurant offers and what your guests have bought. You can customize what your restaurants offer by choosing from the different in-game brands and creating a menu; the more items being served, the higher your running costs. You can increase the effectiveness of your restaurants using perks to attract different guest demographics and increase the star rating at restaurant sizes.

You can also play around with restaurant capacity very similar to how hotels work. Each box represents a group of 4 at a table, so if you place 20 boxes inside your restaurant, you have space for 80 guests to dine. Guests who have a meal at a restaurant will feel spoiled and luxurious, so do try them out for yourself!

NEW SCENERY

We're adding some extra vending machines, building on the ones that were released in previous update 1.7! You can now also expect to find Chief Beef, Hotdog Squad, Pizza Pen, Cosmic Cow ice cream, Mexcelente, Tiki Chiki, Monsieur Frites and Missy Good donuts.

OBJECT BROWSER IMPROVEMENTS

We've added more tags to better categorize and identify objects in the building menus for Planet Coaster. You can add your own tags to scenery and blueprints, or based on projects you're working on, so that you can more efficiently find your more commonly used pieces. We've also created a Favorites category, which is an easier way to find the items you use all the time! You'll now also be able to use the search bar to search for these tags.

TRIGGER EVENTS FOR DOORS

All door animatronics have been changed in the game so that they have extra trigger options, and you can now open and close them as you please. This much-requested change allows you to perfectly time coaster doors with their coasters or tracked rides, right up until the last 100th of a second.

NEW FIREWORKS

A host of new firework shapes including letters and Planet Coaster iconography are ready to shoot into the skies, and will give your park that extra spark of excitement.

CUSTOMISE OPERATION STAFF

Another much-requested feature, you can now customize the staff colors of the ticket booth staff and the ride operators!

COASTER IMPROVEMENTS

Lapping has been added to 38 coasters, which allows you to lap the train through the station multiple times! We've also improved the Operations Tab with a dropdown menu showing only the possible operations mode for a specific coaster: Standard, Lapping, and Block section.

NEW ADDITIONS!

We've also removed the blue glow around selected scenery items, making it easier to change their colors; we've added new audio effects to the camera effects introduced in update 1.7, and triggerable speakers now have the option to change their pitch by trigger, meaning you can bend or snap to that pitch by up to an octave.

Be sure to tune in TONIGHT at 7PM BST to watch Lead Artist Sam Denney and Gameplay Programmer Robert Chisholm talk about the 1.8 free update over at www.youtube.com/planetcoaster/live

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We're happy to announce that we're preparing another free update for Planet Coaster. This comes with a number of exciting new additions which are detailed below.

RESTAURANTS

The PlanCo chefs have been working hard to prepare the most mouth-watering menus for the brand new restaurants you can now place in your parks! Have guests get together for a yummy daytime or evening meal to enjoy in one of the fine establishments you choose to build. Restaurants are built very similarly to hotels by creating a restaurant facility that guests enter and increasing its capacity with additional expansions. You can of course dress it up to your liking or use on of the provided in-game blueprints. Once your guests have finished their meals, they will leave with a boost to their happiness, food, and drink rating - which will vary on what your restaurant offers and what your guests have bought. You can customize what your restaurants offer by choosing from the different in-game brands and creating a menu; the more items being served, the higher your running costs. You can increase the effectiveness of your restaurants using perks to attract different guest demographics and increase the star rating at restaurant sizes.

You can also play around with restaurant capacity very similar to how hotels work. Each box represents a group of 4 at a table, so if you place 20 boxes inside your restaurant, you have space for 80 guests to dine. Guests who have a meal at a restaurant will feel spoiled and luxurious, so do try them out for yourself!

NEW SCENERY

We're adding some extra vending machines, building on the ones that were released in previous update 1.7! You can now also expect to find Chief Beef, Hotdog Squad, Pizza Pen, Cosmic Cow ice cream, Mexcelente, Tiki Chiki, Monsieur Frites and Missy Good donuts.

OBJECT BROWSER IMPROVEMENTS

We've added more tags to better categorize and identify objects in the building menus for Planet Coaster. You can add your own tags to scenery and blueprints, or based on projects you're working on, so that you can more efficiently find your more commonly used pieces. We've also created a Favorites category, which is an easier way to find the items you use all the time! You'll now also be able to use the search bar to search for these tags.

TRIGGER EVENTS FOR DOORS

All door animatronics have been changed in the game so that they have extra trigger options, and you can now open and close them as you please. This much-requested change allows you to perfectly time coaster doors with their coasters or tracked rides, right up until the last 100th of a second.

NEW FIREWORKS

A host of new firework shapes including letters and Planet Coaster iconography are ready to shoot into the skies, and will give your park that extra spark of excitement.

CUSTOMISE OPERATION STAFF

Another much-requested feature, you can now customize the staff colors of the ticket booth staff and the ride operators!

COASTER IMPROVEMENTS

Lapping has been added to 38 coasters, which allows you to lap the train through the station multiple times! We've also improved the Operations Tab with a dropdown menu showing only the possible operations mode for a specific coaster: Standard, Lapping, and Block section.

NEW ADDITIONS!

We've also removed the blue glow around selected scenery items, making it easier to change their colors; we've added new audio effects to the camera effects introduced in update 1.7, and triggerable speakers now have the option to change their pitch by trigger, meaning you can bend or snap to that pitch by up to an octave.

Be sure to tune in TONIGHT at 7PM BST to watch Lead Artist Sam Denney and Gameplay Programmer Robert Chisholm talk about the 1.8 free update over at www.youtube.com/planetcoaster/live

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Thememaker's Toolkit coming soon to Planet Coaster 

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The Thememaker's Toolkit is a pipeline system for 3D models to be added as scenery items to your parks. It is a free feature we have been working on for a while now, and will truly challenge players who'd love to try their hand at creating all-new items for their parks! Skilled artists within the community will be able to create a host of items such as a sci-fi spacecraft, or an amazingly crafted piece of foliage. The Thememaker's Toolkit will give you the ability to bring your 3D models to life and share them with everyone.

This much-requested community feature will make its way into the game later this year. We wanted to let you know today as some Thememaker's Toolkit files will be visible in the game folders after our next update. We also hope this gives you plenty of time to prepare your gaming stations with the necessary tools, or start planning your next creations which will be infused with boundless variety once the feature launches.

We will have even more news for you soon regarding the next Planet Coaster update, but for now: thank you for your ongoing support!

You'll be able to find an FAQ here, if you have any questions.

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The Thememaker's Toolkit is a pipeline system for 3D models to be added as scenery items to your parks. It is a free feature we have been working on for a while now, and will truly challenge players who'd love to try their hand at creating all-new items for their parks! Skilled artists within the community will be able to create a host of items such as a sci-fi spacecraft, or an amazingly crafted piece of foliage. The Thememaker's Toolkit will give you the ability to bring your 3D models to life and share them with everyone.

This much-requested community feature will make its way into the game later this year. We wanted to let you know today as some Thememaker's Toolkit files will be visible in the game folders after our next update. We also hope this gives you plenty of time to prepare your gaming stations with the necessary tools, or start planning your next creations which will be infused with boundless variety once the feature launches.

We will have even more news for you soon regarding the next Planet Coaster update, but for now: thank you for your ongoing support!

You'll be able to find an FAQ here, if you have any questions.

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Are you longing to revisit traditional fairgrounds or old-school theme parks? Do you enjoy a more classic look in your parks, combined with the smell of popcorn and gumballs?

Take your guests on a nostalgic journey with the brand new Vintage Pack, coming to you on July 10, 2018! The latest paid content pack is filled to the brim with Victorian touches and a timeless charm.

We're welcoming two wooden coasters to the family: the Zephyrus, a high-speed wooden coaster with a tarnished charm; and the Aces Sky, which negotiates a large wooden pipe with biplane styled cars moving sideways through it. We've also got five new rides for you to expand your parks with! Round The World, combining gentle and spinning motions of a ferris wheel; Loop Da Loop, a twin cabin inverting swinger from the 1930s; Test Flight, an inverting plane ride which the guests can control; Hurricane, twisting and turning action as a fairground staple; and Centrum, classic carnival ride which spins at high speeds at a thrilling 50 degrees!

We've got four new Vintage machines your guests can have a play with. The Gumball and Popcorn stands bring a true vintage flair to your parks, with guests being able to purchase these treats directly. The Vintage Crane machine is a new way of getting your guests trying their luck to get some lovely park merchandise, and the famous Zoltan will predict your future. You are in charge of the probability of these machines, like how likely it is to win a prize or how positive the guests' fortunes are...

Then there's a whole new set of vintage-themed scenery and wall sets, Victorian pillars, decorative trimmings and lightbox lettering, and animal statues. For the ultimate fairground flair, you can add a barbershop quartet or some highly skilled trapeze artists!

Again, all of this is part of the new Vintage Pack - but don't forget this release will be paired with the free update containing in-game branded vending machines, recolourable staff members, scenery grouping, and filters. We're also adding a free wooden coaster - the Mouse Hunt, a historic wooden mouse coaster preserved forever in the game - and a planter set with new plants to decorate your parks!

The Planet Coaster Vintage Pack is completely optional for you to purchase - you can get it from Steam of the Frontier Store for £7.99. Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

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Are you longing to revisit traditional fairgrounds or old-school theme parks? Do you enjoy a more classic look in your parks, combined with the smell of popcorn and gumballs?

Take your guests on a nostalgic journey with the brand new Vintage Pack, coming to you on July 10, 2018! The latest paid content pack is filled to the brim with Victorian touches and a timeless charm.

We're welcoming two wooden coasters to the family: the Zephyrus, a high-speed wooden coaster with a tarnished charm; and the Aces Sky, which negotiates a large wooden pipe with biplane styled cars moving sideways through it. We've also got five new rides for you to expand your parks with! Round The World, combining gentle and spinning motions of a ferris wheel; Loop Da Loop, a twin cabin inverting swinger from the 1930s; Test Flight, an inverting plane ride which the guests can control; Hurricane, twisting and turning action as a fairground staple; and Centrum, classic carnival ride which spins at high speeds at a thrilling 50 degrees!

We've got four new Vintage machines your guests can have a play with. The Gumball and Popcorn stands bring a true vintage flair to your parks, with guests being able to purchase these treats directly. The Vintage Crane machine is a new way of getting your guests trying their luck to get some lovely park merchandise, and the famous Zoltan will predict your future. You are in charge of the probability of these machines, like how likely it is to win a prize or how positive the guests' fortunes are...

Then there's a whole new set of vintage-themed scenery and wall sets, Victorian pillars, decorative trimmings and lightbox lettering, and animal statues. For the ultimate fairground flair, you can add a barbershop quartet or some highly skilled trapeze artists!

Again, all of this is part of the new Vintage Pack - but don't forget this release will be paired with the free update containing in-game branded vending machines, recolourable staff members, scenery grouping, and filters. We're also adding a free wooden coaster - the Mouse Hunt, a historic wooden mouse coaster preserved forever in the game - and a planter set with new plants to decorate your parks!

The Planet Coaster Vintage Pack is completely optional for you to purchase - you can get it from Steam of the Frontier Store for £7.99. Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

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On March 27, 2018 we are releasing the action-packed Studios Pack for you to get creative with. The newest paid content pack is specifically catered for those who want to bring that glitzy Hollywood glamour to their park. With new props, stunts, animatronics and special effects to boot, you'll be able to breathe new life into those park center pieces.

The content pack contains three new rides; the Big Screen Tour bringing guests face-to-face with your cinematic spectacles. Re-Motion ride has an adjustable robotic arm holding the seats which allow the seats to be moved freely in all directions! And finally Horror Heights; scream in terror in this classic multi-drop tower! Set the stage and thrill your guests with new static and animated building attachments, props, vehicles, character animatronics, placeable special effects and more! Don't forget about what goes on behind the stage: new wall set, construction props and metropolis wall tiles together with Planet Coaster’s existing themes will allow you to build those far-from-glamourous... but essential backlots.

In addition to the paid content, we are releasing a small free update to all players which includes: hotels; get your guests to stick around for longer; eagerly awaited path tunnelling, allowing you to place a path-shaped holes in terrain; as well as triggerable flexi-colour on objects; and triggerable time of day in the ride camera - night becomes day in a flash!

The Planet Coaster Studios Pack is completely optional for you to purchase – you can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99). Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content. Absorb the glitz of the silver screen, behind the scenes to centre stage with the Studios Pack, coming 27 March!

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On March 27, 2018 we are releasing the action-packed Studios Pack for you to get creative with. The newest paid content pack is specifically catered for those who want to bring that glitzy Hollywood glamour to their park. With new props, stunts, animatronics and special effects to boot, you'll be able to breathe new life into those park center pieces.

The content pack contains three new rides; the Big Screen Tour bringing guests face-to-face with your cinematic spectacles. Re-Motion ride has an adjustable robotic arm holding the seats which allow the seats to be moved freely in all directions! And finally Horror Heights; scream in terror in this classic multi-drop tower! Set the stage and thrill your guests with new static and animated building attachments, props, vehicles, character animatronics, placeable special effects and more! Don't forget about what goes on behind the stage: new wall set, construction props and metropolis wall tiles together with Planet Coaster’s existing themes will allow you to build those far-from-glamourous... but essential backlots.

In addition to the paid content, we are releasing a small free update to all players which includes: hotels; get your guests to stick around for longer; eagerly awaited path tunnelling, allowing you to place a path-shaped holes in terrain; as well as triggerable flexi-colour on objects; and triggerable time of day in the ride camera - night becomes day in a flash!

The Planet Coaster Studios Pack is completely optional for you to purchase – you can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99). Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content. Absorb the glitz of the silver screen, behind the scenes to centre stage with the Studios Pack, coming 27 March!

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Adventure Pack Available To Purchase Now!

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Are you ready for Planet Coaster to become more... adventurous? Discover more on your jungle-themed adventure with the brand-new wall set; both static and animated wall attachments, special effects, shop and path extras, doors, fences, animated scenery and triggered coaster doors and signs.

A new face joining the entertainer crew in Planet Coaster: Renee Feu – she’s truly the queen of this jungle!

Create your own pyramids, temples, and other jungle structures. Lure your guests into ancient traps and have them encounter some truly scary creatures including crocodiles, hippos, or even mummies! Including three new rides; Gold Fever coaster, Island Adventure, Land Ahoy and a new entertainer, Renee Feu! Are you ready for an adventure?!

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Are you ready for Planet Coaster to become more... adventurous? Discover more on your jungle-themed adventure with the brand-new wall set; both static and animated wall attachments, special effects, shop and path extras, doors, fences, animated scenery and triggered coaster doors and signs.

A new face joining the entertainer crew in Planet Coaster: Renee Feu – she’s truly the queen of this jungle!

Create your own pyramids, temples, and other jungle structures. Lure your guests into ancient traps and have them encounter some truly scary creatures including crocodiles, hippos, or even mummies! Including three new rides; Gold Fever coaster, Island Adventure, Land Ahoy and a new entertainer, Renee Feu! Are you ready for an adventure?!

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Cause a Scene! Planet Coaster’s Scenario Editor Competition Winners

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The Scenario Editor was a game-changing feature added to Planet Coaster with its recent Anniversary Update. Players now have the power in their hands to create their very own custom scenarios, with all the building and management tools at your disposal. We asked you to come up with an original, creative, and challenging custom scenario as part of our Scenario Editor competition, Cause a Scene! Please have a look at the amazing winners below:

Island Hopping by Tinwelende

"Captain Lockjaw has stumbled upon some adorable islands and decided to turn them into an amusement park. Unfortunately his treasure chest is now empty, so he needs a hand to produce some proper revenue. It’s up to you to turn this ship around! Tinwelende did a fabulous job with this tropical park, creating a lush little village on one of the thriving islands and laying down the groundwork for a blooming new theme park."

Play Tinwelende's scenario

Grand Valley by Boochoo

"In the middle of this beautiful valley lies an aging theme park... and we need to modernise it to attract more guests! Reach a total park value of $160,000 and a scenery rank of 990 to ace the objectives! Using the autumnal trees and minimising the space of the park, Boochoo really challenges you to make the best of this hidden gem within the forests of Grand Valley."

Play Boochoo's scenario

Snow Dune Valley by HeadCrash

"After an investor has lost interest in Snow Dune Valley, the park falls into your hands. Can you build coasters and rides to attract new guests, and achieve a total park value of $130,000? HeadCrash certainly knows how to challenge you in this icy area; we dare you to turn up the heat in this little snow village."

Thanks to all the community members who participated and sent in their fabulous scenarios!

Play HeadCrash's scenario

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The Scenario Editor was a game-changing feature added to Planet Coaster with its recent Anniversary Update. Players now have the power in their hands to create their very own custom scenarios, with all the building and management tools at your disposal. We asked you to come up with an original, creative, and challenging custom scenario as part of our Scenario Editor competition, Cause a Scene! Please have a look at the amazing winners below:

Island Hopping by Tinwelende

"Captain Lockjaw has stumbled upon some adorable islands and decided to turn them into an amusement park. Unfortunately his treasure chest is now empty, so he needs a hand to produce some proper revenue. It’s up to you to turn this ship around! Tinwelende did a fabulous job with this tropical park, creating a lush little village on one of the thriving islands and laying down the groundwork for a blooming new theme park."

Play Tinwelende's scenario

Grand Valley by Boochoo

"In the middle of this beautiful valley lies an aging theme park... and we need to modernise it to attract more guests! Reach a total park value of $160,000 and a scenery rank of 990 to ace the objectives! Using the autumnal trees and minimising the space of the park, Boochoo really challenges you to make the best of this hidden gem within the forests of Grand Valley."

Play Boochoo's scenario

Snow Dune Valley by HeadCrash

"After an investor has lost interest in Snow Dune Valley, the park falls into your hands. Can you build coasters and rides to attract new guests, and achieve a total park value of $130,000? HeadCrash certainly knows how to challenge you in this icy area; we dare you to turn up the heat in this little snow village."

Thanks to all the community members who participated and sent in their fabulous scenarios!

Play HeadCrash's scenario

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Frontier’s 24 Hour Charity Livestream 2017

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On December 11, 2017 (midday GMT), Ed and Bo will kick off our third annual charity livestream in honour of SpecialEffect, a wonderful charity which helps disabled people use technology and play videogames. We will be joined by amazing developer guests, as well as community and streamer friends throughout the day. Last year, we raised over £46,000 together and we hope to again make a huge difference for people in need this year.

"For each £1 you donate to our Just Giving campaign you’ll get one entry into our final raffle, which will happen in the final hour of the 24 hour stream. The raffle is full of epic prizes such as a gaming PC, PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One X, or an annual pass to a theme park of your choice! For each £1,000 we raise during the 24 hour stream, we unlock one of our 25 advent calendar doors; behind each door lies a little surprise, which ranges from a spontaneous giveaway to awesome video content. You’re not just donating to a great cause, you’re also joining the fun with us!"

We will be streaming on twitch.tv/frontierdevelopments throughout the 24 hours, and the stream will be uploaded to YouTube afterwards in case people want to watch it back. We cannot wait to join together for SpecialEffect, so we hope to see you all there on December 11, 2017, at 12PM GMT.

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On December 11, 2017 (midday GMT), Ed and Bo will kick off our third annual charity livestream in honour of SpecialEffect, a wonderful charity which helps disabled people use technology and play videogames. We will be joined by amazing developer guests, as well as community and streamer friends throughout the day. Last year, we raised over £46,000 together and we hope to again make a huge difference for people in need this year.

"For each £1 you donate to our Just Giving campaign you’ll get one entry into our final raffle, which will happen in the final hour of the 24 hour stream. The raffle is full of epic prizes such as a gaming PC, PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One X, or an annual pass to a theme park of your choice! For each £1,000 we raise during the 24 hour stream, we unlock one of our 25 advent calendar doors; behind each door lies a little surprise, which ranges from a spontaneous giveaway to awesome video content. You’re not just donating to a great cause, you’re also joining the fun with us!"

We will be streaming on twitch.tv/frontierdevelopments throughout the 24 hours, and the stream will be uploaded to YouTube afterwards in case people want to watch it back. We cannot wait to join together for SpecialEffect, so we hope to see you all there on December 11, 2017, at 12PM GMT.

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A theme so dark it rose from the grave! Embrace the spook-tacular new supernatural content in Planet Coaster, and thrill your guests with surprises lurking around every dark corner! Featuring two new thrilling rides, a spooky building set and more frightfully themed items, the Spooky Pack DLC is available to buy now for Planet Coaster.

Two New Dark Rides: The Hoax is a free-spinning haunted house ride that can fit in even the smallest spaces with its tight track that twists and turns, thrilling your guests and give them a fright. Are they scared of the dark?

The Huntsman is Planet Coaster's first ever motion platform ride that is uniquely designed by the way it rotates on an axis. How brave are your guests? Find out by sending them on this spine-tingling adventure.

Spooky Building Set: New spooky building pieces can be used on their own or together with existing themed wall sets; the piece-by-piece construction tools mean every part can be mixed, matched, removed and re-used however players choose.

King Ghoster: The newest Planet Coaster entertainer will haunt your park and bring eerie entertainment to those who dare venture into your spooky park.

Dare to join us?

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A theme so dark it rose from the grave! Embrace the spook-tacular new supernatural content in Planet Coaster, and thrill your guests with surprises lurking around every dark corner! Featuring two new thrilling rides, a spooky building set and more frightfully themed items, the Spooky Pack DLC is available to buy now for Planet Coaster.

Two New Dark Rides: The Hoax is a free-spinning haunted house ride that can fit in even the smallest spaces with its tight track that twists and turns, thrilling your guests and give them a fright. Are they scared of the dark?

The Huntsman is Planet Coaster's first ever motion platform ride that is uniquely designed by the way it rotates on an axis. How brave are your guests? Find out by sending them on this spine-tingling adventure.

Spooky Building Set: New spooky building pieces can be used on their own or together with existing themed wall sets; the piece-by-piece construction tools mean every part can be mixed, matched, removed and re-used however players choose.

King Ghoster: The newest Planet Coaster entertainer will haunt your park and bring eerie entertainment to those who dare venture into your spooky park.

Dare to join us?

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With the summer months behind us, we are gearing up for our Frontier Expo in October, during which we will be able to tell you more about some great new content making its way to Planet Coaster. The team has been so busy, our office has turned into a ghost town... creepy creatures are lurking in the corners, our desks are covered in cobwebs, and the lights seem to flicker every other minute... Strange, isn’t it?

It must be the side effects from our brand-new SPOOKY PACK!

That’s right: on September 25, 2017 we are releasing a spook-tacular Spooky Pack for you to get creative with. This is our newest paid content pack, specifically themed for those horror lovers and dark ride fanatics. The content pack contains two new powered tracked rides, a spooky themed wall set and static and animated attachments, special effects, shop fronts, path extras, doors and windows, fences, triggerable coaster doors, themed custom signs and facility signs, and themed hats for your Planco avatars. We’re also joined by a new entertainer, King Ghoster, who will happily haunt your parks and thrill your guests!

The Hoax is a free-spinning haunted house ride with a tight track that twists and turns through each corner, and the Huntsman is Planet Coaster’s first ever motion platform ride which rotates on an axis and fits the theme perfectly. As always, the rides are fully customisable so it can fit your park just the way you want it to.

In addition to this paid content pack, we’re also releasing a third coaster, the In-Descent, for everyone to enjoy for free! This is a rapid steel shuttle coaster not created for the faint-hearted... every Planet Coaster owner will automatically receive the In-Descent with this update on September 25 (it is NOT part of the Spooky content, it is a FREE coaster).

The Planet Coaster Spooky Pack is completely optional for you to purchase – you can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99. Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

We hope you’re excited about this hauntingly boo-tiful new Spooky Pack... Watch the announcement video here!

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With the summer months behind us, we are gearing up for our Frontier Expo in October, during which we will be able to tell you more about some great new content making its way to Planet Coaster. The team has been so busy, our office has turned into a ghost town... creepy creatures are lurking in the corners, our desks are covered in cobwebs, and the lights seem to flicker every other minute... Strange, isn’t it?

It must be the side effects from our brand-new SPOOKY PACK!

That’s right: on September 25, 2017 we are releasing a spook-tacular Spooky Pack for you to get creative with. This is our newest paid content pack, specifically themed for those horror lovers and dark ride fanatics. The content pack contains two new powered tracked rides, a spooky themed wall set and static and animated attachments, special effects, shop fronts, path extras, doors and windows, fences, triggerable coaster doors, themed custom signs and facility signs, and themed hats for your Planco avatars. We’re also joined by a new entertainer, King Ghoster, who will happily haunt your parks and thrill your guests!

The Hoax is a free-spinning haunted house ride with a tight track that twists and turns through each corner, and the Huntsman is Planet Coaster’s first ever motion platform ride which rotates on an axis and fits the theme perfectly. As always, the rides are fully customisable so it can fit your park just the way you want it to.

In addition to this paid content pack, we’re also releasing a third coaster, the In-Descent, for everyone to enjoy for free! This is a rapid steel shuttle coaster not created for the faint-hearted... every Planet Coaster owner will automatically receive the In-Descent with this update on September 25 (it is NOT part of the Spooky content, it is a FREE coaster).

The Planet Coaster Spooky Pack is completely optional for you to purchase – you can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99. Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

We hope you’re excited about this hauntingly boo-tiful new Spooky Pack... Watch the announcement video here!

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Hey everyone!

We have exciting news and some important information for all Planet Coaster pre-order members including Early Bird bundle, Coaster Head bundle, Deluxe bundle and standard pre-order.

After many requests we have decided to re-assure you by confirming early that Planet Coaster will be available on Steam. Every one of our amazing community of players and future players who have already ordered the game will be able to generate a free Steam key from our Frontier Store which they can add to their Steam game library.

We can also reveal today that Alpha 3 will be released on 23 August - we’re really excited to share development progress with you!

Another benefit of announcing Steam integration early is that the community features that debut in Planet Coaster’s Alpha 3 build on Steamworks functionality so we can prioritise and test the Steam support as early as possible.

Although Alpha will not be available to buy through Steam, if you are an Alpha player you will need to have a Steam account to access Alpha 3. This is because we are adding Steamworks at this stage in the development. We will contact you nearer the time with details on how to redeem your free Steam key.

Finally, we wanted to let you know that we are going to be closing Alpha to new players on 25 August. Current Alpha players or those who upgrade or order before that date will continue to be able to play the Alpha until just before Beta (dates to be announced in due course), and we will continue to support the Alpha until that time.

We have a detailed FAQ available here including details on how to create a free Steam account if you don’t already have one - please do take a look and if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to ask.

EDIT RE $5 limitations - We've spoken with Steam and they were really helpful on this matter. Anybody who already owns Planet Coaster will receive a code that waives the initial $5 account limitation. Basically if you haven't got a Steam account already, the code you receive from us will de-limit new accounts.

Thanks!

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Hey everyone!

We have exciting news and some important information for all Planet Coaster pre-order members including Early Bird bundle, Coaster Head bundle, Deluxe bundle and standard pre-order.

After many requests we have decided to re-assure you by confirming early that Planet Coaster will be available on Steam. Every one of our amazing community of players and future players who have already ordered the game will be able to generate a free Steam key from our Frontier Store which they can add to their Steam game library.

We can also reveal today that Alpha 3 will be released on 23 August - we’re really excited to share development progress with you!

Another benefit of announcing Steam integration early is that the community features that debut in Planet Coaster’s Alpha 3 build on Steamworks functionality so we can prioritise and test the Steam support as early as possible.

Although Alpha will not be available to buy through Steam, if you are an Alpha player you will need to have a Steam account to access Alpha 3. This is because we are adding Steamworks at this stage in the development. We will contact you nearer the time with details on how to redeem your free Steam key.

Finally, we wanted to let you know that we are going to be closing Alpha to new players on 25 August. Current Alpha players or those who upgrade or order before that date will continue to be able to play the Alpha until just before Beta (dates to be announced in due course), and we will continue to support the Alpha until that time.

We have a detailed FAQ available here including details on how to create a free Steam account if you don’t already have one - please do take a look and if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to ask.

EDIT RE $5 limitations - We've spoken with Steam and they were really helpful on this matter. Anybody who already owns Planet Coaster will receive a code that waives the initial $5 account limitation. Basically if you haven't got a Steam account already, the code you receive from us will de-limit new accounts.

Thanks!

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Party in the Park – Planet Coaster Alpha Weekend!

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Planet Coaster is all about creating amazing content, managing your parks to the best of your abilities, and sharing your original creations with friends on Steam Workshop.

To celebrate our amazing community, the hard work of the Planet Coaster development team, and our upcoming Beta and subsequent game release on November 17, we are organising an extra special event for you:

The Party in the Park
Community Alpha Weekend

From Thursday, October 6 at 6PM BST, until Monday, October 10 at 5PM BST, anyone who has pre-ordered the Thrillseeker Edition of Planet Coaster will be able to join the Early Bird owners playing the Planet Coaster Alpha! What’s more, we’ll be coming together for an epic, imaginative, and fun weekend of community livestreams and activity!

Before we get started...

Make sure you’re ready by pre-ordering the Thrillseeker Edition of Planet Coaster so you can get access and join us during the Alpha weekend. The Thrillseeker Edition also includes Beta Access in early November, a Gold Mascot, Digital Sketchbook, Official Soundtrack, and in-game Golden Baseball Cap for your avatar which will be available at the games release on November 17, 2016.

In preparation for this wonderful and creativity-filled weekend, and to get our new Thrillseeker players quickly up to speed, we are asking current Alpha players to create our foundations; all we need is the base of our epic park, meaning that all paths are there and some of the terrain editing has been done. Be as intricate or straightforward as you want with it; just remember to have clear areas in your park where we can build shops, coasters, rides, and community blueprints.

Save your park as PartyInThePark_YOURNAME and upload the park blueprint to the Steam Workshop (or alternatively submit its Steam URL to community@frontier.co.uk ). We will pick one of your submitted parks to be the starting point of our giant community creation, and use it to build upon during the weekend livestreams.

Piece by Post

Another thing we want you to create together is the centrepiece of our park. We won’t know what it will be; it can turn into a superb statue, a funky figure, or a brilliant building. What’s important is that we make it together. Each of you who signs up gets to create a part of the centrepiece, save it, and send it on the next person. A Planet Coaster game of Chinese whispers, so to say! The final centrepiece will be revealed during the weekend livestreams and placed prominently inside our community park.

To take part in our Piece by Post experiment, please fill in and submit this Google Form. The community team will then contact all participants with the relevant instructions via the forum and email to get the process started and we will try and get through as many people as possible.

Join the Party

As previously mentioned, all pre-orders of the Thrillseeker Edition of Planet coaster will be able to join the Early Birds owners in the Planet Coaster Alpha during this weekend. Your Community Managers will be streaming on Saturday and Sunday at 18:00 - 21:00 BST – during these streams we will build our community park together, so be sure to tune in and continuously give us suggestions about what it will look like. You can also submit any of your Workshop items, and we will review them live as our park expands and grows.

The final park will be available on Steam to be played.

TL;DR

Party in the Park - Community Alpha Weekend
October 6 (6PM BST) – 10 (5PM BST)

Anyone can join; make sure you have pre-ordered the Planet Coaster Thrillseeker Edition before the start of the Alpha weekend to gain instant access to the game. This access will be revoked at the end of the Alpha weekend (October 10, 5PM BST). This does not count for Early Bird owners, who will continue to have access up until the game’s release.

Help us prepare by creating the foundations (building the base park layout) or registering for our centrepiece creation called Piece by Post. You can also submit Workshop items during the livestreams.

Spread the word and make sure to tune in during our Alpha weekend livestreams as well. This is all about celebrating our community and enjoying the Planet Coaster Alpha together.

Be part of a wonderful community and let’s get this party started!

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Planet Coaster is all about creating amazing content, managing your parks to the best of your abilities, and sharing your original creations with friends on Steam Workshop.

To celebrate our amazing community, the hard work of the Planet Coaster development team, and our upcoming Beta and subsequent game release on November 17, we are organising an extra special event for you:

The Party in the Park
Community Alpha Weekend

From Thursday, October 6 at 6PM BST, until Monday, October 10 at 5PM BST, anyone who has pre-ordered the Thrillseeker Edition of Planet Coaster will be able to join the Early Bird owners playing the Planet Coaster Alpha! What’s more, we’ll be coming together for an epic, imaginative, and fun weekend of community livestreams and activity!

Before we get started...

Make sure you’re ready by pre-ordering the Thrillseeker Edition of Planet Coaster so you can get access and join us during the Alpha weekend. The Thrillseeker Edition also includes Beta Access in early November, a Gold Mascot, Digital Sketchbook, Official Soundtrack, and in-game Golden Baseball Cap for your avatar which will be available at the games release on November 17, 2016.

In preparation for this wonderful and creativity-filled weekend, and to get our new Thrillseeker players quickly up to speed, we are asking current Alpha players to create our foundations; all we need is the base of our epic park, meaning that all paths are there and some of the terrain editing has been done. Be as intricate or straightforward as you want with it; just remember to have clear areas in your park where we can build shops, coasters, rides, and community blueprints.

Save your park as PartyInThePark_YOURNAME and upload the park blueprint to the Steam Workshop (or alternatively submit its Steam URL to community@frontier.co.uk ). We will pick one of your submitted parks to be the starting point of our giant community creation, and use it to build upon during the weekend livestreams.

Piece by Post

Another thing we want you to create together is the centrepiece of our park. We won’t know what it will be; it can turn into a superb statue, a funky figure, or a brilliant building. What’s important is that we make it together. Each of you who signs up gets to create a part of the centrepiece, save it, and send it on the next person. A Planet Coaster game of Chinese whispers, so to say! The final centrepiece will be revealed during the weekend livestreams and placed prominently inside our community park.

To take part in our Piece by Post experiment, please fill in and submit this Google Form. The community team will then contact all participants with the relevant instructions via the forum and email to get the process started and we will try and get through as many people as possible.

Join the Party

As previously mentioned, all pre-orders of the Thrillseeker Edition of Planet coaster will be able to join the Early Birds owners in the Planet Coaster Alpha during this weekend. Your Community Managers will be streaming on Saturday and Sunday at 18:00 - 21:00 BST – during these streams we will build our community park together, so be sure to tune in and continuously give us suggestions about what it will look like. You can also submit any of your Workshop items, and we will review them live as our park expands and grows.

The final park will be available on Steam to be played.

TL;DR

Party in the Park - Community Alpha Weekend
October 6 (6PM BST) – 10 (5PM BST)

Anyone can join; make sure you have pre-ordered the Planet Coaster Thrillseeker Edition before the start of the Alpha weekend to gain instant access to the game. This access will be revoked at the end of the Alpha weekend (October 10, 5PM BST). This does not count for Early Bird owners, who will continue to have access up until the game’s release.

Help us prepare by creating the foundations (building the base park layout) or registering for our centrepiece creation called Piece by Post. You can also submit Workshop items during the livestreams.

Spread the word and make sure to tune in during our Alpha weekend livestreams as well. This is all about celebrating our community and enjoying the Planet Coaster Alpha together.

Be part of a wonderful community and let’s get this party started!

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We hope you’re as excited as we are for the Planet Coaster Beta release! It’s been an incredible journey so far and we’ve loved sharing it together with this amazing community: from news articles to dev dairies, from livestreams to open play weekends, you were always the first to witness all the amazing features coming to the game. The Planet Coaster development team have worked so hard (high fives to all of them) and we’re very thankful that you, our beloved community, have joined us for the ride and helped us shape the game through Alpha.

The release of the Beta will mean that, next to all of our loyal Alpha players, we will have an influx of new community members playing the game. Everyone who has pre-ordered or won a code for the Thrillseeker Edition will be able to play once we go live this afternoon. We will be updating this thread throughout the day to let you know exactly when it all happens, so be sure to check in regularly. Remember that all communications regarding Planet Coaster and the Beta will come from official channels and the community team only!

The Beta will include the majority of core game features and its purpose is to balance and adjust gameplay. You will have two Scenarios available to you (with the remainder being released at launch on November 17), as well as a host of new features including the new content, management, and creative features we’ve shown over the past couple of weeks and so much more; you will have a lot to play around with during the next few weeks, and please share your new Workshop items with us as well – we’d love to see you get creative with all the Beta content and we can’t wait to see what parks you create, manage, and share!

We do still want to keep you on your toes by saving a little extra for launch on November 17! Aside from the remaining Scenarios, you’re going to be treated to even more additions such as Rolling River, Chair-O-Plane, Tiki Chicken and Miss Elly entertainers and the balloon shop!

If you haven’t already claimed your Steam key, the details of how to do so are here. Also, as a reminder for all of you who have an Early Bird version, you will need to claim your Thrillseeker code separately since it counts as a different Steam product.

Just as with previous steps within Planet Coaster’s development, your feedback is absolutely vital to us. Please do make sure that you send us your thoughts, concerns, and report bugs so that we can make the final release version the best it can possibly be.

You can report Beta bugs here.

You can give your feedback here.

So, in short: keep an eye on our official channels today for live updates about the Beta release, and please send us all your feedback and bug reports. If you have any issues with your codes, contact our fantastic Customer Support team who are always happy to help here.

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We hope you’re as excited as we are for the Planet Coaster Beta release! It’s been an incredible journey so far and we’ve loved sharing it together with this amazing community: from news articles to dev dairies, from livestreams to open play weekends, you were always the first to witness all the amazing features coming to the game. The Planet Coaster development team have worked so hard (high fives to all of them) and we’re very thankful that you, our beloved community, have joined us for the ride and helped us shape the game through Alpha.

The release of the Beta will mean that, next to all of our loyal Alpha players, we will have an influx of new community members playing the game. Everyone who has pre-ordered or won a code for the Thrillseeker Edition will be able to play once we go live this afternoon. We will be updating this thread throughout the day to let you know exactly when it all happens, so be sure to check in regularly. Remember that all communications regarding Planet Coaster and the Beta will come from official channels and the community team only!

The Beta will include the majority of core game features and its purpose is to balance and adjust gameplay. You will have two Scenarios available to you (with the remainder being released at launch on November 17), as well as a host of new features including the new content, management, and creative features we’ve shown over the past couple of weeks and so much more; you will have a lot to play around with during the next few weeks, and please share your new Workshop items with us as well – we’d love to see you get creative with all the Beta content and we can’t wait to see what parks you create, manage, and share!

We do still want to keep you on your toes by saving a little extra for launch on November 17! Aside from the remaining Scenarios, you’re going to be treated to even more additions such as Rolling River, Chair-O-Plane, Tiki Chicken and Miss Elly entertainers and the balloon shop!

If you haven’t already claimed your Steam key, the details of how to do so are here. Also, as a reminder for all of you who have an Early Bird version, you will need to claim your Thrillseeker code separately since it counts as a different Steam product.

Just as with previous steps within Planet Coaster’s development, your feedback is absolutely vital to us. Please do make sure that you send us your thoughts, concerns, and report bugs so that we can make the final release version the best it can possibly be.

You can report Beta bugs here.

You can give your feedback here.

So, in short: keep an eye on our official channels today for live updates about the Beta release, and please send us all your feedback and bug reports. If you have any issues with your codes, contact our fantastic Customer Support team who are always happy to help here.

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Revisit traditional attractions and enjoy a more classic look in your parks with the new Planet Coaster Vintage Pack. Create your own classic-style amusement parks with timeless charm, and have your guests go on a journey filled with nostalgia!

The Vintage Pack includes two new coasters, five new rides, classic roofs and architecture, interactive vending machines, static and animated props, building props, lights and scenery, animated characters, fences, path extras, and character hats.

Victorian & Vintage Scenery Items:

Build nostalgic buildings and fairground-style areas with new vintage-looking scenery and wall sets. Have your guests try out the brand new Gumball and Popcorn machines reminiscent of old-school town fairs, or predict your fortunes with the Zoltan!

Decorate your parks with Victorian pillars, decorative trimming, lightbox lettering, and animal statues. For the ultimate flair, add a barbershop quartet and some trapeze artists!

Traditional Attractions & Classic Rides:

Zephyrus: Is an example of the world’s first high thrills and high speed wooden roller coasters, dating back to designs from the 1920’s. The whole aesthetic is beautifully aged to capture its tarnished charm.

Aces Sky: another historic type of wooden coaster but instead if using a traditional track this coaster negotiates a large wooden pipe through which it can freely ride up and down the side. The cars have a unique biplane styling and special wheel assembly to allow it to move sideways through the pipe.

Round the World: combines the gentle motion of a Ferris wheel with the insanity of spinning, inverting gondolas. It might not look safe but rides like these have really stood the test of time and still operate today.

Loop Da Loop: Buckle up and prepare to loop head over heels in this twin cabin inverting swinger from the 1930’s that has one of the smallest footprints in Planet Coaster.

Test Flight: Take off and practice your flying skills in this spinning, inverting plane ride. Each car has a set of wings which the guests control to roll the cabin in this vintage aircraft.

Hurricane: Twisting and turning that’s so fast your world will be a blur. This is a real classic found in many parks and fairgrounds around the world.

Centrum: Feel the excitement of spinning at high speed at a thrilling 50 degrees in this classic centrifuge ride that’s been a favourite for generations of fairground and carnival fans.

Classic Audio:

New music by JJ Ipsen, classic ambience, and triggered sound effects will make your parks come alive.

Build traditional attractions with the new Vintage Pack! Available to Purchase Now! Join The Ride!

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Revisit traditional attractions and enjoy a more classic look in your parks with the new Planet Coaster Vintage Pack. Create your own classic-style amusement parks with timeless charm, and have your guests go on a journey filled with nostalgia!

The Vintage Pack includes two new coasters, five new rides, classic roofs and architecture, interactive vending machines, static and animated props, building props, lights and scenery, animated characters, fences, path extras, and character hats.

Victorian & Vintage Scenery Items:

Build nostalgic buildings and fairground-style areas with new vintage-looking scenery and wall sets. Have your guests try out the brand new Gumball and Popcorn machines reminiscent of old-school town fairs, or predict your fortunes with the Zoltan!

Decorate your parks with Victorian pillars, decorative trimming, lightbox lettering, and animal statues. For the ultimate flair, add a barbershop quartet and some trapeze artists!

Traditional Attractions & Classic Rides:

Zephyrus: Is an example of the world’s first high thrills and high speed wooden roller coasters, dating back to designs from the 1920’s. The whole aesthetic is beautifully aged to capture its tarnished charm.

Aces Sky: another historic type of wooden coaster but instead if using a traditional track this coaster negotiates a large wooden pipe through which it can freely ride up and down the side. The cars have a unique biplane styling and special wheel assembly to allow it to move sideways through the pipe.

Round the World: combines the gentle motion of a Ferris wheel with the insanity of spinning, inverting gondolas. It might not look safe but rides like these have really stood the test of time and still operate today.

Loop Da Loop: Buckle up and prepare to loop head over heels in this twin cabin inverting swinger from the 1930’s that has one of the smallest footprints in Planet Coaster.

Test Flight: Take off and practice your flying skills in this spinning, inverting plane ride. Each car has a set of wings which the guests control to roll the cabin in this vintage aircraft.

Hurricane: Twisting and turning that’s so fast your world will be a blur. This is a real classic found in many parks and fairgrounds around the world.

Centrum: Feel the excitement of spinning at high speed at a thrilling 50 degrees in this classic centrifuge ride that’s been a favourite for generations of fairground and carnival fans.

Classic Audio:

New music by JJ Ipsen, classic ambience, and triggered sound effects will make your parks come alive.

Build traditional attractions with the new Vintage Pack! Available to Purchase Now! Join The Ride!

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Quick Draw – Interactive Target-Shooting Ride FREE DLC Now Available

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The brand new Quick Draw, an interactive target-shooting ride is now available for download on Steam.

Quick Draw: Sharpen your aim in this target-shooting ride and log your high score in a test of accuracy. You can also create your own themed interactive shooting galleries for a different experience every time.

How to download:

Steam

Head over to Steam where you will see all available Planet Coaster DLCs. Click through to the Quick Draw – Interactive Shooting Ride DLC and select download.

The DLC should appear in your Steam downloads; once completed it will be available for you in-game!

If you have downloaded the DLC but it still isn’t in the game, restart Steam.

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The brand new Quick Draw, an interactive target-shooting ride is now available for download on Steam.

Quick Draw: Sharpen your aim in this target-shooting ride and log your high score in a test of accuracy. You can also create your own themed interactive shooting galleries for a different experience every time.

How to download:

Steam

Head over to Steam where you will see all available Planet Coaster DLCs. Click through to the Quick Draw – Interactive Shooting Ride DLC and select download.

The DLC should appear in your Steam downloads; once completed it will be available for you in-game!

If you have downloaded the DLC but it still isn’t in the game, restart Steam.

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Celebrate the wonder of global culture and the peak of international park entertainment in the World’s Fair Pack!  Introducing themes and scenery from 10 new countries this pack features two new coasters, one new ride, a bountiful collection of new scenery, and an assortment of items from across the globe. With it come cultural props, giant food signs, fences, path extras, character hats, and 10 new wall set styles based on the new country themes complete with shop panels, doors and roof pieces.

A celebration of international engineering excellence

The World’s Fair pack introduces two brand new coasters: Polarity and Jixxer & Interceptor.

Polarity, is an unmanned rapid transport system that uses magnetic forces to propel the train forward at great speed. This has a unique and flexible track system that aesthetically has a futuristic feel but is equally fitting in most parks.

Jixxer & Interceptor, is a duelling duo of launched motorcycle coasters (two separate coasters, same type of coaster). This is a type of high speed hydraulic launched track with riders leaning into the corners in a new seating type as they embark on a high octane motorcycle chase. Are you the good guys or the bad guys?

A globally inspired collection of decorations

Choose from a host of new scenery items based on 10 new multicultural themes and create your very own World’s Fair. Give a cosmopolitan touch to your park with new wall sets, shop panels, doors, roof pieces, cultural props, giant food signs, fences, path extras, and character hats.

Add variety to your commercial enterprise with a choice of new national brands based on the countries being introduced, which include new shops, new signage, and vending machines.

A World Music and Audio Showcase

15 brand new music tracks from JJ Ipsen will give your park international flair. Hear music inspired by the diverse local flavour of the newly added countries. Alongside the new music, there will also be 16 new ambiences for the new regions and 25 new triggered sound effects.

As part of the base game, 8 new triggered sound effects will also be available!

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Celebrate the wonder of global culture and the peak of international park entertainment in the World’s Fair Pack!  Introducing themes and scenery from 10 new countries this pack features two new coasters, one new ride, a bountiful collection of new scenery, and an assortment of items from across the globe. With it come cultural props, giant food signs, fences, path extras, character hats, and 10 new wall set styles based on the new country themes complete with shop panels, doors and roof pieces.

A celebration of international engineering excellence

The World’s Fair pack introduces two brand new coasters: Polarity and Jixxer & Interceptor.

Polarity, is an unmanned rapid transport system that uses magnetic forces to propel the train forward at great speed. This has a unique and flexible track system that aesthetically has a futuristic feel but is equally fitting in most parks.

Jixxer & Interceptor, is a duelling duo of launched motorcycle coasters (two separate coasters, same type of coaster). This is a type of high speed hydraulic launched track with riders leaning into the corners in a new seating type as they embark on a high octane motorcycle chase. Are you the good guys or the bad guys?

A globally inspired collection of decorations

Choose from a host of new scenery items based on 10 new multicultural themes and create your very own World’s Fair. Give a cosmopolitan touch to your park with new wall sets, shop panels, doors, roof pieces, cultural props, giant food signs, fences, path extras, and character hats.

Add variety to your commercial enterprise with a choice of new national brands based on the countries being introduced, which include new shops, new signage, and vending machines.

A World Music and Audio Showcase

15 brand new music tracks from JJ Ipsen will give your park international flair. Hear music inspired by the diverse local flavour of the newly added countries. Alongside the new music, there will also be 16 new ambiences for the new regions and 25 new triggered sound effects.

As part of the base game, 8 new triggered sound effects will also be available!

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Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters™ Available Now!

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Planet Coaster is proud to announce its most ambitious content pack, Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters is out now. The pack boasts a brand new, story-driven scenario and employs the talents of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton, who voice their roles as iconic Ghostbusters’ co-founder, Raymond Stantz, and Special Agent Walter Peck, from the 1984 classic.

The most ambitious content pack for Planet Coaster to date, Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters™ includes:

A fully-voiced, narrative campaign featuring the voice talents of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton.

Classic Ghostbusters characters such as Raymond Stantz, Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and a few surprises!

A new interactive ghostbusting ride, The Ghostbusters Experience.

Answer the call and bust some ghosts! A unique dark ride experience featuring a new interactive element. Bust ghosts, score points, and aim for the high score table as players ride around in the ECTO-1 clearing a haunted location.

A new, Slimer-themed kiddie coaster, the RollerGhoster.

Join Slimer on this fun-filled children’s coaster ride. The RollerGhoster train features fan-favourite Slimer leading guests around the tracks twists and turns.

Authentic scenery pieces and sounds straight from the 1984 original movie, including the Ghostbusters HQ, Spook Central, ECTO-1 and Ray Parker Jr’s classic Ghostbusters theme.

Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £12.99 ($14.99, €14.99)

*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this additional content.

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Planet Coaster is proud to announce its most ambitious content pack, Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters is out now. The pack boasts a brand new, story-driven scenario and employs the talents of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton, who voice their roles as iconic Ghostbusters’ co-founder, Raymond Stantz, and Special Agent Walter Peck, from the 1984 classic.

The most ambitious content pack for Planet Coaster to date, Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters™ includes:

A fully-voiced, narrative campaign featuring the voice talents of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton.

Classic Ghostbusters characters such as Raymond Stantz, Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and a few surprises!

A new interactive ghostbusting ride, The Ghostbusters Experience.

Answer the call and bust some ghosts! A unique dark ride experience featuring a new interactive element. Bust ghosts, score points, and aim for the high score table as players ride around in the ECTO-1 clearing a haunted location.

A new, Slimer-themed kiddie coaster, the RollerGhoster.

Join Slimer on this fun-filled children’s coaster ride. The RollerGhoster train features fan-favourite Slimer leading guests around the tracks twists and turns.

Authentic scenery pieces and sounds straight from the 1984 original movie, including the Ghostbusters HQ, Spook Central, ECTO-1 and Ray Parker Jr’s classic Ghostbusters theme.

Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £12.99 ($14.99, €14.99)

*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this additional content.

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Inspired by some of the most iconic and classic attractions from fairgrounds and theme parks around the world, Classic Rides Collection comes to Planet Coaster to add a touch of nostalgia and class to your park.

The collection includes nine new rides and one variation. These are:

Sky Temple

Rising Raptor & Golden Eagle

Free Flyer

Swift Drifters

Interdimensional

Infinite

Armada

Macchina Classica

Gondola

Alongside new rides and coasters, the 1.11 update also comes with Carowinds' Copperhead Strike, a free new coaster available to all players. Additionally there are minor bug fixes and tweaks, as well as performance improvements.

The Classic Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store  for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).
*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this additional content.

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Inspired by some of the most iconic and classic attractions from fairgrounds and theme parks around the world, Classic Rides Collection comes to Planet Coaster to add a touch of nostalgia and class to your park.

The collection includes nine new rides and one variation. These are:

Sky Temple

Rising Raptor & Golden Eagle

Free Flyer

Swift Drifters

Interdimensional

Infinite

Armada

Macchina Classica

Gondola

Alongside new rides and coasters, the 1.11 update also comes with Carowinds' Copperhead Strike, a free new coaster available to all players. Additionally there are minor bug fixes and tweaks, as well as performance improvements.

The Classic Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store  for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).
*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this additional content.

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Update 1.12 - Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters Coming Soon

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Featuring an all new story-driven scenario, novel gameplay mechanics, plus original rides, characters and scenery straight from the 1984 classic movie, this new Planet Coaster content pack provides everything players need to create the most authentic Ghostbusters entertainment park seen in a game.

Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters also sees Dan Aykroyd voice his original role as the iconic Raymond Stantz, mentoring players throughout their campaign as they build their park and take care of the ghostly issues that besiege their rides. Joining Aykroyd, William Atherton will also voice his role as Ghostbusters antagonist Walter Peck.

A host of other fan-favourite ghosts and characters will also make appearances as the story progresses, including Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and even the legendary ECTO-1 car. A new interactive dark ride, The Ghostbusters Experience, will allow players to engage  in a whole new way as they take on the role of a Ghostbuster to bust ghosts with their particle throwers and log their high score.

Keep an eye on the Planet Coaster social channels for regular updates and further details.

In the meantime, be sure to watch the announcement trailer today:

The most ambitious content pack for Planet Coaster to date, Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters includes:

A fully-voiced, narrative campaign featuring the voice talents of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton.

A new interactive ghostbusting ride, The Ghostbusters Experience.

A new, Slimer-themed kiddie coaster, the RollerGhoster.

Classic Ghostbusters characters such as Raymond Stantz, Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and a few surprises!

Authentic scenery pieces and sounds straight from the 1984 original movie, including the Ghostbusters HQ, Spook Central, ECTO-1 and Ray Parker Jr’s classic Ghostbusters theme.

Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £12.99 ($14.99, €14.99)

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Featuring an all new story-driven scenario, novel gameplay mechanics, plus original rides, characters and scenery straight from the 1984 classic movie, this new Planet Coaster content pack provides everything players need to create the most authentic Ghostbusters entertainment park seen in a game.

Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters also sees Dan Aykroyd voice his original role as the iconic Raymond Stantz, mentoring players throughout their campaign as they build their park and take care of the ghostly issues that besiege their rides. Joining Aykroyd, William Atherton will also voice his role as Ghostbusters antagonist Walter Peck.

A host of other fan-favourite ghosts and characters will also make appearances as the story progresses, including Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and even the legendary ECTO-1 car. A new interactive dark ride, The Ghostbusters Experience, will allow players to engage  in a whole new way as they take on the role of a Ghostbuster to bust ghosts with their particle throwers and log their high score.

Keep an eye on the Planet Coaster social channels for regular updates and further details.

In the meantime, be sure to watch the announcement trailer today:

The most ambitious content pack for Planet Coaster to date, Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters includes:

A fully-voiced, narrative campaign featuring the voice talents of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton.

A new interactive ghostbusting ride, The Ghostbusters Experience.

A new, Slimer-themed kiddie coaster, the RollerGhoster.

Classic Ghostbusters characters such as Raymond Stantz, Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and a few surprises!

Authentic scenery pieces and sounds straight from the 1984 original movie, including the Ghostbusters HQ, Spook Central, ECTO-1 and Ray Parker Jr’s classic Ghostbusters theme.

Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £12.99 ($14.99, €14.99)

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Though some parts of the world are getting colder and snowier this time of year, we’re getting ready to move into the humid, green, lush jungle atmosphere with the all-new Planet Coaster Adventure Pack! Put on your hiking boots and grab your binoculars, because we want to show you something spectacular...

On December 18, 2017 we are releasing the awesome Adventure Pack for you to get creative with; our newest paid content pack is specifically catered for those who love jungle-themed journeys, wild animals, and feral nature. The content pack contains three brand new rides: the Gold Fever, a mine coaster which will take your guests through the most mysterious places and curious caves; the Island Adventure, a high capacity boat ride designed to work on large bodies of water and inspired by the old steamers used to explore the rivers in newly discovered lands in the 1930s; and the Land Ahoy, the Island Adventure’s little sister with the added benefit of not requiring a body of water to be built on as it has its own custom channel.

We’ve also got a brand-new adventure-themed wall set and both static and animated wall attachments, special effects, shop and path extras, doors, fences, animated scenery and triggered coaster doors, signs, and a new face joining the entertainer crew: Renee Feu – she’s truly the queen of this jungle!

The Adventure Pack is filled with awesome stuff that lets you create your own pyramids, temples, and other jungle structures. Lure your guests into ancient traps and have them encounter some truly scary creatures including crocodiles, hippos, or even mummies! Many of the pieces are flexi-colour and come in different shapes and sizes.

In addition to the paid content, we are releasing a small free update to all players which includes some quality of life improvements for core players such as UI improvements and vista points, where your guests can gather for the loveliest photo opportunities!

The Planet Coaster Adventure Pack is completely optional for you to purchase – you can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99. Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

Are you ready for an adventure?!

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Though some parts of the world are getting colder and snowier this time of year, we’re getting ready to move into the humid, green, lush jungle atmosphere with the all-new Planet Coaster Adventure Pack! Put on your hiking boots and grab your binoculars, because we want to show you something spectacular...

On December 18, 2017 we are releasing the awesome Adventure Pack for you to get creative with; our newest paid content pack is specifically catered for those who love jungle-themed journeys, wild animals, and feral nature. The content pack contains three brand new rides: the Gold Fever, a mine coaster which will take your guests through the most mysterious places and curious caves; the Island Adventure, a high capacity boat ride designed to work on large bodies of water and inspired by the old steamers used to explore the rivers in newly discovered lands in the 1930s; and the Land Ahoy, the Island Adventure’s little sister with the added benefit of not requiring a body of water to be built on as it has its own custom channel.

We’ve also got a brand-new adventure-themed wall set and both static and animated wall attachments, special effects, shop and path extras, doors, fences, animated scenery and triggered coaster doors, signs, and a new face joining the entertainer crew: Renee Feu – she’s truly the queen of this jungle!

The Adventure Pack is filled with awesome stuff that lets you create your own pyramids, temples, and other jungle structures. Lure your guests into ancient traps and have them encounter some truly scary creatures including crocodiles, hippos, or even mummies! Many of the pieces are flexi-colour and come in different shapes and sizes.

In addition to the paid content, we are releasing a small free update to all players which includes some quality of life improvements for core players such as UI improvements and vista points, where your guests can gather for the loveliest photo opportunities!

The Planet Coaster Adventure Pack is completely optional for you to purchase – you can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99. Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

Are you ready for an adventure?!

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Update 1.11 - Carowinds Copperhead Strike & Classic Rides Collection Coming Soon

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Planet Coaster partners with Carowinds to reveal Copperhead Strike!

The Copperhead Strike, a newly launched coaster at the Carowinds park in North Carolina, USA, will be free for all Planet Coaster players to feature in their parks from 16 April. Faithfully recreated from the original ride blueprints, this twisting and looping coaster train is beautifully themed like an original American hot-rod. The Copperhead Strike packs a real punch with its double launching track layout which boasts an inverted top hat, two 360 loops, a corkscrew, and a unique jojo roll straight out the station. It’s as close as you can get to riding the real thing.

In addition, new premium content, the Classic Rides Collection, will arrive alongside this free update. Inspired by some of the most iconic and classic attractions from fairgrounds and theme parks around the world, Classic Rides Collection comes to Planet Coaster to add a touch of nostalgia and class to your theme parks with nine new rides and coasters plus one variant.

Keep an eye on Planet Coaster social channels for regular ride reveals and further details on the way to launch on 16 April.

In the meantime, watch the brand new trailer for the Copperhead Strike below:

The Classic Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).

*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this extra content.

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Planet Coaster partners with Carowinds to reveal Copperhead Strike!

The Copperhead Strike, a newly launched coaster at the Carowinds park in North Carolina, USA, will be free for all Planet Coaster players to feature in their parks from 16 April. Faithfully recreated from the original ride blueprints, this twisting and looping coaster train is beautifully themed like an original American hot-rod. The Copperhead Strike packs a real punch with its double launching track layout which boasts an inverted top hat, two 360 loops, a corkscrew, and a unique jojo roll straight out the station. It’s as close as you can get to riding the real thing.

In addition, new premium content, the Classic Rides Collection, will arrive alongside this free update. Inspired by some of the most iconic and classic attractions from fairgrounds and theme parks around the world, Classic Rides Collection comes to Planet Coaster to add a touch of nostalgia and class to your theme parks with nine new rides and coasters plus one variant.

Keep an eye on Planet Coaster social channels for regular ride reveals and further details on the way to launch on 16 April.

In the meantime, watch the brand new trailer for the Copperhead Strike below:

The Classic Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).

*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this extra content.

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Dev Diary #4 - The Sound of Planet Coaster

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Check out our latest Planet Coaster Dev Diary. This installment highlights the staggering detail that goes into making the Planet Coaster audio. Creating a rich and immersive environment that brings your park to life.

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Check out our latest Planet Coaster Dev Diary. This installment highlights the staggering detail that goes into making the Planet Coaster audio. Creating a rich and immersive environment that brings your park to life.

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Check out our latest Planet Coaster Dev Diary, The Guest Brain. Planet Coaster is the most sophisticated coaster park simulation ever - each visitor has their own ‘guest brain’, making them an expressive individual who thinks, feels and explores your park with their own interests, desires and money.

They even have their own language.

This revolutionary brain lets your park guests individually react to every change you make like never before. Their sophisticated behavior combines with the limitless creative and strategic customization available and unparalleled range of high-quality coasters, rides and themed scenery from the community’s top creators to set a new standard of coaster park gameplay experience.

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Check out our latest Planet Coaster Dev Diary, The Guest Brain. Planet Coaster is the most sophisticated coaster park simulation ever - each visitor has their own ‘guest brain’, making them an expressive individual who thinks, feels and explores your park with their own interests, desires and money.

They even have their own language.

This revolutionary brain lets your park guests individually react to every change you make like never before. Their sophisticated behavior combines with the limitless creative and strategic customization available and unparalleled range of high-quality coasters, rides and themed scenery from the community’s top creators to set a new standard of coaster park gameplay experience.

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Q&A with Lead Artist Sam Denney with Rides

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Watch Lead Artist, Sam Denney and Community Manager, Edward Lewis as they answer your Planet Coaster Ride related questions on stream! Stream was recorded on Wednesday March 9th 2016. Stream begins at 3:00 minutes in.

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Watch Lead Artist, Sam Denney and Community Manager, Edward Lewis as they answer your Planet Coaster Ride related questions on stream! Stream was recorded on Wednesday March 9th 2016. Stream begins at 3:00 minutes in.

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Modular, piece-by-piece building allows for greater control within your park. Create something epic and share it with the community, or draw inspiration from your Planet Coaster peers!

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Modular, piece-by-piece building allows for greater control within your park. Create something epic and share it with the community, or draw inspiration from your Planet Coaster peers!

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The first ever official Planet Coaster livestream with Studio Art Director, John Laws, and Community Manager, Edward Lewis. We tackle some of the prominent questions from the community and take the opportunity to show never-before-seen videos and concept art.

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The first ever official Planet Coaster livestream with Studio Art Director, John Laws, and Community Manager, Edward Lewis. We tackle some of the prominent questions from the community and take the opportunity to show never-before-seen videos and concept art.

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Dev Diary #1 - The Individual Experience

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The wait is over! Our first Dev Diary for Planet Coaster is here for your viewing pleasure. The joy of the crowd starts with the joy of an individual, and that's the magic that we wanted to capture. The team talk about the philosophy behind creating a living, vibrant, and personality-driven crowd. It all starts with an individual.

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The wait is over! Our first Dev Diary for Planet Coaster is here for your viewing pleasure. The joy of the crowd starts with the joy of an individual, and that's the magic that we wanted to capture. The team talk about the philosophy behind creating a living, vibrant, and personality-driven crowd. It all starts with an individual.

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Welcome to Dev Diary #2 - Rewarding Creativity. What you will be able to do with the building tools in Planet Coaster will allow you to create the next level of coaster parks.

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Welcome to Dev Diary #2 - Rewarding Creativity. What you will be able to do with the building tools in Planet Coaster will allow you to create the next level of coaster parks.

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Hello coaster friends!

Picnic bench hype incoming – our Planet Coaster 1.4 Anniversary Update is now LIVE!

After everything we’ve teased during Frontier Expo and in our livestreams, we’re so excited it’s finally here! We cannot wait to see what you’ll do with the Scenario Editor (prepare for a competition announcement soon!), how you’ll place the Weisshorn or the Cascade, or the lovely new autumn-themed areas you’ll create... keep blowing us away like you always do, and join us tonight (November 22) at 7PM GMT on our YouTube channel for a 1.4 recap stream and let’s play with Sam Denney.

See the 1.4 update notes in the forums, and please post any questions you might have or report bugs you encounter so we can assist you as soon as possible. Thank you again for all the support; this update is thanks to all of your continuous feedback and passion for the game.

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Hello coaster friends!

Picnic bench hype incoming – our Planet Coaster 1.4 Anniversary Update is now LIVE!

After everything we’ve teased during Frontier Expo and in our livestreams, we’re so excited it’s finally here! We cannot wait to see what you’ll do with the Scenario Editor (prepare for a competition announcement soon!), how you’ll place the Weisshorn or the Cascade, or the lovely new autumn-themed areas you’ll create... keep blowing us away like you always do, and join us tonight (November 22) at 7PM GMT on our YouTube channel for a 1.4 recap stream and let’s play with Sam Denney.

See the 1.4 update notes in the forums, and please post any questions you might have or report bugs you encounter so we can assist you as soon as possible. Thank you again for all the support; this update is thanks to all of your continuous feedback and passion for the game.

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Thank you so much for 200,000 Workshop items!

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We've hit 200,000 Workshop items on our Steam Workshop! What an amazing achievement for you all, this lovely community!

We can't thank you enough for continuously sharing your creations in Planet Coaster; from crooked mushroom houses to the craziest of coasters, we can't get enough of your creativity.

As a thank you, and to celebrate YOU, we've created this highlights video for you all to enjoy.

Thanks again for all the support; we can't wait to see what else you'll build, create, and share.

Love from the Planet Coaster Team

Featured in the video, in order of appearance:

Floating Island - WormGar

Deadly Romance – Ambrose

Confectionary Corner – Swiss

Night of Damnation - FSF Ranger

Le Serpent Rouge – Xaphor

Fantasy Crooked Staff House – Whitesider

Mahkee’s Medieval / Fantasy Scenery Home – Hellgan

Sci-fi Madness Park – Imper_

Wicker Man - operateur

Rudis Camel Kingdom - RudiRennkamel

Jungle Fountain – Coastercad

Wisteria and Lilac Grandhotel – Anigmandra

Wimshurst Machine – AdriaanVanS

Fountain – ThomasDoorn95

Fountain – bram.boonen1

Iceberg Hotel – Floss

Fish Food – DeadEyeDuck

Mad Scientist Workshop – Wikz

Mad Mining Corporation – AdriaanVanS

Qakon and Qisir – PixelWess89

Post Apocalyptic lighthouse monte leone flat ride – Masceline

Flowery Modern Fountain – aritario

Shadow of the Colossus - riddlerrevange75

Crazy Hotel - Whitesider

Hot Dog Stand – RaYneMan

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We've hit 200,000 Workshop items on our Steam Workshop! What an amazing achievement for you all, this lovely community!

We can't thank you enough for continuously sharing your creations in Planet Coaster; from crooked mushroom houses to the craziest of coasters, we can't get enough of your creativity.

As a thank you, and to celebrate YOU, we've created this highlights video for you all to enjoy.

Thanks again for all the support; we can't wait to see what else you'll build, create, and share.

Love from the Planet Coaster Team

Featured in the video, in order of appearance:

Floating Island - WormGar

Deadly Romance – Ambrose

Confectionary Corner – Swiss

Night of Damnation - FSF Ranger

Le Serpent Rouge – Xaphor

Fantasy Crooked Staff House – Whitesider

Mahkee’s Medieval / Fantasy Scenery Home – Hellgan

Sci-fi Madness Park – Imper_

Wicker Man - operateur

Rudis Camel Kingdom - RudiRennkamel

Jungle Fountain – Coastercad

Wisteria and Lilac Grandhotel – Anigmandra

Wimshurst Machine – AdriaanVanS

Fountain – ThomasDoorn95

Fountain – bram.boonen1

Iceberg Hotel – Floss

Fish Food – DeadEyeDuck

Mad Scientist Workshop – Wikz

Mad Mining Corporation – AdriaanVanS

Qakon and Qisir – PixelWess89

Post Apocalyptic lighthouse monte leone flat ride – Masceline

Flowery Modern Fountain – aritario

Shadow of the Colossus - riddlerrevange75

Crazy Hotel - Whitesider

Hot Dog Stand – RaYneMan

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Management and simulation are the core components of Planet Coaster, driving guests' decision-making and giving you control over the most granular aspects of your park from staff management, to marketing campaigns, loans and much, much more! Planet Coaster is the most sophisticated park simulation ever made. You are the boss, manage your parks to surprise and delight your guests and see the profits rolling in. We can't wait for you to be park managers for real when Planet Coaster launches on November 17, 2016!

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Management and simulation are the core components of Planet Coaster, driving guests' decision-making and giving you control over the most granular aspects of your park from staff management, to marketing campaigns, loans and much, much more! Planet Coaster is the most sophisticated park simulation ever made. You are the boss, manage your parks to surprise and delight your guests and see the profits rolling in. We can't wait for you to be park managers for real when Planet Coaster launches on November 17, 2016!

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World's Fair Pack DLC coming 16 October!

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Our world is full of beauty and culture, so what better way to celebrate that by taking a theme park trip around the world?

Inspired by real-world theme parks and celebrating global cultures, the World's Fair Pack will introduce you to 10 fabulous new brands from around the world; each of these brands brings with it some giant and regular food signs, vending machines, and traditional wall-sets including shop panels, doors, and roof pieces from that part of the world, such as Mediterranean or renaissance architecture. Each new brand comes with a dedicated new shop for your guests to grab food from. There's also a host of new cultural props, fences, path extras, and character hats.

The World's Fair Pack also features two new coasters and a ride! The Jixxer and Interceptor are a dueling duo of launched motorcycle coasters with a high-speed hydraulic launched track and riders leaning into the corners as they embark on a crazy motorcycle race! The Polarity is an unmanned rapid transport system using magnetic forces to propel the train forward at great speed. It has a unique and flexible track system with a futuristic feel.

The World's Fair Pack will launch alongside our recently announced free update 1.8 on October 16, 2018! You can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store at £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99). Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

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Our world is full of beauty and culture, so what better way to celebrate that by taking a theme park trip around the world?

Inspired by real-world theme parks and celebrating global cultures, the World's Fair Pack will introduce you to 10 fabulous new brands from around the world; each of these brands brings with it some giant and regular food signs, vending machines, and traditional wall-sets including shop panels, doors, and roof pieces from that part of the world, such as Mediterranean or renaissance architecture. Each new brand comes with a dedicated new shop for your guests to grab food from. There's also a host of new cultural props, fences, path extras, and character hats.

The World's Fair Pack also features two new coasters and a ride! The Jixxer and Interceptor are a dueling duo of launched motorcycle coasters with a high-speed hydraulic launched track and riders leaning into the corners as they embark on a crazy motorcycle race! The Polarity is an unmanned rapid transport system using magnetic forces to propel the train forward at great speed. It has a unique and flexible track system with a futuristic feel.

The World's Fair Pack will launch alongside our recently announced free update 1.8 on October 16, 2018! You can get it from Steam or the Frontier Store at £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99). Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.

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Hi coaster friends!

We know you are eagerly awaiting more news on our 1.4 Anniversary Update, announced at this year’s Frontier Expo... With the game’s anniversary on November 17, we’d already hinted that the update would fall around this date. After taking into account some really valuable community feedback we received during and after Frontier Expo, we are happy to tell you that the 1.4 Anniversary Update will make its way to you on November 22, 2017!

Planet Coaster’s 1.4 Anniversary Update follows our free Winter, Spring, and Summer updates with new content, rides, and features. During our fantastic Frontier Expo we already showed you the following things:

Scenario Editor – giving you the tools to create your own custom scenarios and share them with the community through Steam Workshop!

Three new rides – the Weisshorn (a classic fairground ride), the Hop The Gaps (a rickety side friction ride), and the Cascade (our first water coaster).

Staff Management building – a place for your staff to rest and receive training.

A host of picnic benches – allowing you to create food courts and plazas!

Interchangeable coasters – this lets you switch coaster trains to other types of track allowing for maximum flexibility.

But wait... we’ve got a little bit more!

Firstly, due to much community feedback after the Weisshorn’s reveal at FX2017, we created the Monte Leone. This ride is a smaller and more compact version of the Weisshorn; it has the same mechanical cover and sequences as its bigger brother but it has no roof and a smaller control booth to allow you to customise your own look and feel for the ride.

At Frontier Expo we mentioned one more ride for you, so meet the Zenith coaster! The Zenith is a master class in rollercoaster engineering; it’s a hydraulic launched coaster with a top speed of 175mph that roars vertically up an enormous ‘Top Hat’ element that’s been custom made with a complex support system to include vertical incline and drop rolls for the ultimate thrill for your guests. The train has a sleek, high speed design to make this the complete package.

As well as the much requested picnic benches, you can also decorate your food courts with themed canopies, as well as a few new autumnal trees! We cannot wait to see the beautiful plazas you’ll create.

Last but not least, there are a heap of special management and UI improvements based on your feedback and reports. You’ll get a full list of changes in the upcoming patch notes, but here’s a few notable mentions.

Regarding custom biomes, you will now be able to swap the background as you see fit. This will allow you to create whatever vista you want!

We are now allowing for custom text on coasters; whatever you decide to name your coaster will now appear on the coaster car.

Some updates to triggers will now allow you to toggle objects for a certain time and at certain intervals (e.g. to create strobe lights).

We are also adding some kerbs and barriers to our pathing system to allow you to control the flow of guests.

To go into more detail on the Scenario Editor, its possibilities, and all of the UI and management additions, we’ve planned a special livestream on Wednesday November 15 which will feature a live build of the 1.4 Update (do note we will focus on the Scenario Editor only). Lead Programmer Andrew Chappell and Gameplay Programmer Bradley Pollard will tell you all about how it works and what you can achieve with it!

On Wednesday November 22, Lead Artist Sam Denney will join us for the launch day special and will play the update and talk about the process of making it all come together.

We hope you’re all excited, and just want to say thank you again for all your support.

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Hi coaster friends!

We know you are eagerly awaiting more news on our 1.4 Anniversary Update, announced at this year’s Frontier Expo... With the game’s anniversary on November 17, we’d already hinted that the update would fall around this date. After taking into account some really valuable community feedback we received during and after Frontier Expo, we are happy to tell you that the 1.4 Anniversary Update will make its way to you on November 22, 2017!

Planet Coaster’s 1.4 Anniversary Update follows our free Winter, Spring, and Summer updates with new content, rides, and features. During our fantastic Frontier Expo we already showed you the following things:

Scenario Editor – giving you the tools to create your own custom scenarios and share them with the community through Steam Workshop!

Three new rides – the Weisshorn (a classic fairground ride), the Hop The Gaps (a rickety side friction ride), and the Cascade (our first water coaster).

Staff Management building – a place for your staff to rest and receive training.

A host of picnic benches – allowing you to create food courts and plazas!

Interchangeable coasters – this lets you switch coaster trains to other types of track allowing for maximum flexibility.

But wait... we’ve got a little bit more!

Firstly, due to much community feedback after the Weisshorn’s reveal at FX2017, we created the Monte Leone. This ride is a smaller and more compact version of the Weisshorn; it has the same mechanical cover and sequences as its bigger brother but it has no roof and a smaller control booth to allow you to customise your own look and feel for the ride.

At Frontier Expo we mentioned one more ride for you, so meet the Zenith coaster! The Zenith is a master class in rollercoaster engineering; it’s a hydraulic launched coaster with a top speed of 175mph that roars vertically up an enormous ‘Top Hat’ element that’s been custom made with a complex support system to include vertical incline and drop rolls for the ultimate thrill for your guests. The train has a sleek, high speed design to make this the complete package.

As well as the much requested picnic benches, you can also decorate your food courts with themed canopies, as well as a few new autumnal trees! We cannot wait to see the beautiful plazas you’ll create.

Last but not least, there are a heap of special management and UI improvements based on your feedback and reports. You’ll get a full list of changes in the upcoming patch notes, but here’s a few notable mentions.

Regarding custom biomes, you will now be able to swap the background as you see fit. This will allow you to create whatever vista you want!

We are now allowing for custom text on coasters; whatever you decide to name your coaster will now appear on the coaster car.

Some updates to triggers will now allow you to toggle objects for a certain time and at certain intervals (e.g. to create strobe lights).

We are also adding some kerbs and barriers to our pathing system to allow you to control the flow of guests.

To go into more detail on the Scenario Editor, its possibilities, and all of the UI and management additions, we’ve planned a special livestream on Wednesday November 15 which will feature a live build of the 1.4 Update (do note we will focus on the Scenario Editor only). Lead Programmer Andrew Chappell and Gameplay Programmer Bradley Pollard will tell you all about how it works and what you can achieve with it!

On Wednesday November 22, Lead Artist Sam Denney will join us for the launch day special and will play the update and talk about the process of making it all come together.

We hope you’re all excited, and just want to say thank you again for all your support.

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Magnificent Rides Collection Available Now!

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2018 is almost over and Christmas is just around the corner, so what better way to celebrate than with the launch of the brand new Magnificent Rides Collection?

The Magnificent Rides Collection further expands on the rich assortment of Planet Coaster rides, with more rides than ever before. The pack includes nine new rides, plus one variation.

The nine rides include:

Mind Melt

Grand Carousel

Tracker

Power Moves

S.L.V.

Hyperjump & Ascendance

Swift Eagles

Vector

Skies

Alongside new rides and coasters, the 1.10 update also includes minor bug fixes and tweaks, as well as free hats and balloons that were unlocked during our Frontier 24hr livestream in honour of SpecialEffect.

The Magnificent Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store  for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).
*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this extra content.

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2018 is almost over and Christmas is just around the corner, so what better way to celebrate than with the launch of the brand new Magnificent Rides Collection?

The Magnificent Rides Collection further expands on the rich assortment of Planet Coaster rides, with more rides than ever before. The pack includes nine new rides, plus one variation.

The nine rides include:

Mind Melt

Grand Carousel

Tracker

Power Moves

S.L.V.

Hyperjump & Ascendance

Swift Eagles

Vector

Skies

Alongside new rides and coasters, the 1.10 update also includes minor bug fixes and tweaks, as well as free hats and balloons that were unlocked during our Frontier 24hr livestream in honour of SpecialEffect.

The Magnificent Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store  for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).
*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this extra content.

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Magnificent Rides Collection coming 18 December

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As we come to the end of 2018 we celebrate another year of incredible content, including three new themed packs including Studios, Vintage and the World's Fair. In addition we also launched the Thememaker’s Toolkit – a brand new tool that allows you to convert your 3D model creations into Planet Coaster scenery items.

However, the year is not over just yet, and we are thrilled to reveal the final content of 2018:
The Magnificent Rides Collection, coming to you on December 18, 2018. The collection will have nine new rides, with one that will have two variations.

To highlight these new rides Lead Artist Sam Denney will join  Community Manager Chanté Goodman for a developer livestream on December 12, at 7PM UTC on YouTube.

The Magnificent Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).
*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this extra content.

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As we come to the end of 2018 we celebrate another year of incredible content, including three new themed packs including Studios, Vintage and the World's Fair. In addition we also launched the Thememaker’s Toolkit – a brand new tool that allows you to convert your 3D model creations into Planet Coaster scenery items.

However, the year is not over just yet, and we are thrilled to reveal the final content of 2018:
The Magnificent Rides Collection, coming to you on December 18, 2018. The collection will have nine new rides, with one that will have two variations.

To highlight these new rides Lead Artist Sam Denney will join  Community Manager Chanté Goodman for a developer livestream on December 12, at 7PM UTC on YouTube.

The Magnificent Rides Collection* will be available to purchase from Steam or the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99).
*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster game (sold separately) in order to download and play this extra content.

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Planet Coaster: Console Edition Out Now!

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Welcome to a new generation of coaster park management, Planet Coaster: Console Edition is out now! Available from today, dive into a world of irrepressible magic on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. PlayStation 5 will be available from 12 November in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, and 19 November in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.

Enjoy a variety of ways to play, including an engaging career mode, beginning with a fully voiced tutorial in which a friendly cast of characters help get players up to speed, before joining them on a journey through a number of varied scenarios from Island Paradises to Festive Funlands. Those looking for a challenge can test their mettle in four different difficulty settings providing the perfect skill test, or flex their creative muscles in an expansive sandbox mode allowing them to create the coaster park of their dreams.

Expanding upon an already extensive collection of construction materials, Planet Coaster: Console Edition includes hundreds of beautifully crafted new blueprints. These pre-built items are a perfect way to jump straight into the action with everything from delightful shopfronts to captivating coasters, whilst expansive piece-by-piece construction allows players to assemble anything their mind can fathom and offers limitless creative options.

Players can also take full advantage of the brand new Frontier Workshop. An entirely new sharing platform built from the ground up enables them to inspire and be inspired as they share their creations with the world. The workshop can be accessed in-game, on PC, or on the move through a smartphone, to browse and subscribe to creations whenever inspiration strikes. And with cross-generation support, anything uploaded on a current-gen console can also be downloaded on its next-gen equivalent.

Planet Coaster: Console Edition will also have fully integrated Smart Delivery, meaning if you choose to purchase on the Xbox One, you will gain automatic access to an optimised version on Xbox Series X|S for free. A free upgrade will also be available from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 both for digital and physical players. For more detailed information on how this will work you can read more here.

Available as a digital exclusive, purchase Planet Coaster: Deluxe Edition for even more great content. As well as the base game, you’ll also receive both the Magnificent Rides Collection and the Classic Rides Collection, offering up a total of 18 new rides and coasters, inspired by some of the most iconic attractions from fairgrounds and theme parks around the world. These additions are sure to provide you with even more ways to surprise and delight your guests.

As a bonus, the pre-order offer has been extended until 24 November, so there’s still time for players to get the fantastically whimsical coaster, Oswald’s Magnificent Machine.

Don't miss out on any news by following us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and subscribe to us on YouTube.

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Welcome to a new generation of coaster park management, Planet Coaster: Console Edition is out now! Available from today, dive into a world of irrepressible magic on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. PlayStation 5 will be available from 12 November in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, and 19 November in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.

Enjoy a variety of ways to play, including an engaging career mode, beginning with a fully voiced tutorial in which a friendly cast of characters help get players up to speed, before joining them on a journey through a number of varied scenarios from Island Paradises to Festive Funlands. Those looking for a challenge can test their mettle in four different difficulty settings providing the perfect skill test, or flex their creative muscles in an expansive sandbox mode allowing them to create the coaster park of their dreams.

Expanding upon an already extensive collection of construction materials, Planet Coaster: Console Edition includes hundreds of beautifully crafted new blueprints. These pre-built items are a perfect way to jump straight into the action with everything from delightful shopfronts to captivating coasters, whilst expansive piece-by-piece construction allows players to assemble anything their mind can fathom and offers limitless creative options.

Players can also take full advantage of the brand new Frontier Workshop. An entirely new sharing platform built from the ground up enables them to inspire and be inspired as they share their creations with the world. The workshop can be accessed in-game, on PC, or on the move through a smartphone, to browse and subscribe to creations whenever inspiration strikes. And with cross-generation support, anything uploaded on a current-gen console can also be downloaded on its next-gen equivalent.

Planet Coaster: Console Edition will also have fully integrated Smart Delivery, meaning if you choose to purchase on the Xbox One, you will gain automatic access to an optimised version on Xbox Series X|S for free. A free upgrade will also be available from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 both for digital and physical players. For more detailed information on how this will work you can read more here.

Available as a digital exclusive, purchase Planet Coaster: Deluxe Edition for even more great content. As well as the base game, you’ll also receive both the Magnificent Rides Collection and the Classic Rides Collection, offering up a total of 18 new rides and coasters, inspired by some of the most iconic attractions from fairgrounds and theme parks around the world. These additions are sure to provide you with even more ways to surprise and delight your guests.

As a bonus, the pre-order offer has been extended until 24 November, so there’s still time for players to get the fantastically whimsical coaster, Oswald’s Magnificent Machine.

Don't miss out on any news by following us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and subscribe to us on YouTube.

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Your guests are in for a treat with this exciting bundle combining the Spooky Pack and Adventure Pack! It contains five thrilling rides, two new entertainers, and over 150 new unique blueprints to feed your imagination and help you create your all-time epic coaster park.

Featuring two new dark rides, spine-chilling scenery and building pieces, and eerie entertainer, King Ghoster, the Spooky Pack provides you with everything you need to build a frighteningly good coaster park. Give guests the fright of their lives with The Hoax, a free-spinning haunted house ride that can fit in even the smallest spaces with its tight track that twists and turns and have them in a spin as they jump aboard The Huntsman. This motion platform ride features a unique way of tilting and turning as it rotates on an axis, allowing you to coordinate stomach-knotting moments as you place guests face-to-face with unearthly horrors. Whether expanding your existing park or building an entirely new one, you can thrill guests with surprises lurking around every dark corner. From misty graveyards where spirits linger, to haunted houses filled with scuttling rats and dancing skeletons, park-goers will need nerves of steel to brave their new surroundings.

If you’re looking to inject a little more adventure into your park, heed the call of the wild and hit the jungle trail with the Adventure Pack. Boasting a thrilling new coaster, two new water-based attractions, jungle-inspired scenery and building pieces, and queen of the jungle herself, entertainer Renee Feu, thrill seekers will be well equipped to transform your park into glorious lands of mystery.

Make a splash with Island Adventure, a high-capacity boat ride designed for large bodies of water, or take guests on a charming trip along bespoke waterways scattered with paddling hippos, clawing scorpions, and numerous decorative jewels, with Land Ahoy. While the pack’s dizzying mine cart coaster, Gold Fever, will delight intrepid explorers as they tilt and sway through curious caves and into the heart of a temple filled with surprises galore to discover.

Both packs contain an abundance of fresh scenery. There’s also a wide variety of blueprints for players to choose from, adding pre-made scenery, decorations, and animatronics to their parks. From risky rope bridges to all manner of jungle fauna, skeletons to gnarled vines, there’s something for everyone in the Spooky & Adventure Bundle.

Don’t forget that you can upload anything you create with the materials contained in these packs onto the Frontier Workshop for players across the world to download, so long as they also own the DLC content. Share striking designs in this online creation hub and keep both the adventures and the scares coming!

The Spooky and Adventure Bundle* is available to purchase from the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store for £11.99/$14.99/€12.99. You can also purchase the packs individually for £7.99/$9.99/€9.99.

*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster: Console Edition game (sold separately) in order to download and play this additional content.
For more information on Planet Coaster: Console Edition, follow @PlanetCoaster on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Your guests are in for a treat with this exciting bundle combining the Spooky Pack and Adventure Pack! It contains five thrilling rides, two new entertainers, and over 150 new unique blueprints to feed your imagination and help you create your all-time epic coaster park.

Featuring two new dark rides, spine-chilling scenery and building pieces, and eerie entertainer, King Ghoster, the Spooky Pack provides you with everything you need to build a frighteningly good coaster park. Give guests the fright of their lives with The Hoax, a free-spinning haunted house ride that can fit in even the smallest spaces with its tight track that twists and turns and have them in a spin as they jump aboard The Huntsman. This motion platform ride features a unique way of tilting and turning as it rotates on an axis, allowing you to coordinate stomach-knotting moments as you place guests face-to-face with unearthly horrors. Whether expanding your existing park or building an entirely new one, you can thrill guests with surprises lurking around every dark corner. From misty graveyards where spirits linger, to haunted houses filled with scuttling rats and dancing skeletons, park-goers will need nerves of steel to brave their new surroundings.

If you’re looking to inject a little more adventure into your park, heed the call of the wild and hit the jungle trail with the Adventure Pack. Boasting a thrilling new coaster, two new water-based attractions, jungle-inspired scenery and building pieces, and queen of the jungle herself, entertainer Renee Feu, thrill seekers will be well equipped to transform your park into glorious lands of mystery.

Make a splash with Island Adventure, a high-capacity boat ride designed for large bodies of water, or take guests on a charming trip along bespoke waterways scattered with paddling hippos, clawing scorpions, and numerous decorative jewels, with Land Ahoy. While the pack’s dizzying mine cart coaster, Gold Fever, will delight intrepid explorers as they tilt and sway through curious caves and into the heart of a temple filled with surprises galore to discover.

Both packs contain an abundance of fresh scenery. There’s also a wide variety of blueprints for players to choose from, adding pre-made scenery, decorations, and animatronics to their parks. From risky rope bridges to all manner of jungle fauna, skeletons to gnarled vines, there’s something for everyone in the Spooky & Adventure Bundle.

Don’t forget that you can upload anything you create with the materials contained in these packs onto the Frontier Workshop for players across the world to download, so long as they also own the DLC content. Share striking designs in this online creation hub and keep both the adventures and the scares coming!

The Spooky and Adventure Bundle* is available to purchase from the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store for £11.99/$14.99/€12.99. You can also purchase the packs individually for £7.99/$9.99/€9.99.

*Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster: Console Edition game (sold separately) in order to download and play this additional content.
For more information on Planet Coaster: Console Edition, follow @PlanetCoaster on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Vintage & World's Fair Bundle – Coming Soon

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Take your coaster park to the next level with all-new content for Planet Coaster: Console Edition! Releasing February 25, the Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle combines two incredible DLC Packs featuring everything you need to build the ultimate entertainment theme park.

Offering an impressive total of four new coasters, six new rides, and over 600 appealing scenery pieces the Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle brings the thrills, style, and excitement to put you and your guests in coaster park nirvana.

First, the Vintage Pack, an inspiring tribute to the golden age of amusement. Packed with two new coasters, five new rides, and over 230 scenery pieces, the nostalgia comes thick and fast. Build grand wooden coaster the Zephyrus and take riders on a retro run they won’t soon forget, or the mighty Test Flight, in which sleek, two-seater aircraft soar around a central pillar, and many more.

For the ultimate fairground flair, you’ll find skilful trapeze artists, mysterious fortune-teller cabinets, and spirited barbershop quartets all on hand to enchant your guests. The Vintage Pack is truly a throwback to a bygone age.

Next, the World’s Fair Pack, a celebration of international culture to charm and delight. Inside you’ll find two coasters, one ride, and diverse scenery inspired by real-world theme parks and celebrating global countries, including Mexico, China, and the US. Choose from a host of new scenery items based on ten new multicultural themes and create your own World’s Fair, build everything from iconic American diners to bustling Moroccan markets, and give your guests a taste for travel.

On the attractions front, Jixxer & Interceptor provide the heart-pounding showcase, two motorcycle-based coasters facing off in high-speed chase, while flexible tracked ride Polarity lets you show off your creative prowess.

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Take your coaster park to the next level with all-new content for Planet Coaster: Console Edition! Releasing February 25, the Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle combines two incredible DLC Packs featuring everything you need to build the ultimate entertainment theme park.

Offering an impressive total of four new coasters, six new rides, and over 600 appealing scenery pieces the Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle brings the thrills, style, and excitement to put you and your guests in coaster park nirvana.

First, the Vintage Pack, an inspiring tribute to the golden age of amusement. Packed with two new coasters, five new rides, and over 230 scenery pieces, the nostalgia comes thick and fast. Build grand wooden coaster the Zephyrus and take riders on a retro run they won’t soon forget, or the mighty Test Flight, in which sleek, two-seater aircraft soar around a central pillar, and many more.

For the ultimate fairground flair, you’ll find skilful trapeze artists, mysterious fortune-teller cabinets, and spirited barbershop quartets all on hand to enchant your guests. The Vintage Pack is truly a throwback to a bygone age.

Next, the World’s Fair Pack, a celebration of international culture to charm and delight. Inside you’ll find two coasters, one ride, and diverse scenery inspired by real-world theme parks and celebrating global countries, including Mexico, China, and the US. Choose from a host of new scenery items based on ten new multicultural themes and create your own World’s Fair, build everything from iconic American diners to bustling Moroccan markets, and give your guests a taste for travel.

On the attractions front, Jixxer & Interceptor provide the heart-pounding showcase, two motorcycle-based coasters facing off in high-speed chase, while flexible tracked ride Polarity lets you show off your creative prowess.

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Out now! Grab the Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle for Planet Coaster: Console Edition and take your park to greatness. Together they offer four new coasters, six new rides, and over 600 excellent scenery pieces.

The Vintage Pack showcases classic designs from a bygone age, letting you create historic spaces styled after the Victorian era. Keep your guests refreshed with old school gumball dispensers and popcorn machines, entertain them with barbershop quartets, and thrill them with a wide variety of traditional yet timeless attractions.

There’s titling Ferris wheel Round the World, which miraculously shifts on its axis. Zoom in and watch riders have the time of their lives, or sit in the passenger seat yourself and experience the spectacle in first-person. Aces Sky is an equally distinct excursion in which retro biplanes freely navigate a giant wooden pipe. They don’t make them like this any more!

The World’s Fair Pack is a delightful tribute to international excellence. Inside you’ll find two new coasters, one new ride, and over 350 diverse scenery items inspired by ten iconic countries, including the US, Mexico, Germany and Japan. Take your guests on a transcontinental tour as you build food courts, recreational areas, and even castles inspired by all four corners of the globe.

Sushi restaurants, bratwurst eateries, American diners and more are on hand to top up energy levels, while three new attractions provide heart-pounding focal points. Jixxer & Interceptor are a pair of launched coasters locked in a frenetic chase, and Polarity is a rapid transport system using magnetic forces to propel trains forward at immense speeds.

Don’t forget you can upload anything created with the materials in these packs onto the Frontier Workshop and share them with players across the globe, so long as they also own the relevant DLC. Whether it’s single rides or entire parks, spectacular community content keeps on coming from our imagination-fuelled online creation hub.

The Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle is available to purchase from the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store for £11.99/$14.99/€12.99. You can also purchase the packs individually for £7.99/$9.99/€9.99.

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Out now! Grab the Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle for Planet Coaster: Console Edition and take your park to greatness. Together they offer four new coasters, six new rides, and over 600 excellent scenery pieces.

The Vintage Pack showcases classic designs from a bygone age, letting you create historic spaces styled after the Victorian era. Keep your guests refreshed with old school gumball dispensers and popcorn machines, entertain them with barbershop quartets, and thrill them with a wide variety of traditional yet timeless attractions.

There’s titling Ferris wheel Round the World, which miraculously shifts on its axis. Zoom in and watch riders have the time of their lives, or sit in the passenger seat yourself and experience the spectacle in first-person. Aces Sky is an equally distinct excursion in which retro biplanes freely navigate a giant wooden pipe. They don’t make them like this any more!

The World’s Fair Pack is a delightful tribute to international excellence. Inside you’ll find two new coasters, one new ride, and over 350 diverse scenery items inspired by ten iconic countries, including the US, Mexico, Germany and Japan. Take your guests on a transcontinental tour as you build food courts, recreational areas, and even castles inspired by all four corners of the globe.

Sushi restaurants, bratwurst eateries, American diners and more are on hand to top up energy levels, while three new attractions provide heart-pounding focal points. Jixxer & Interceptor are a pair of launched coasters locked in a frenetic chase, and Polarity is a rapid transport system using magnetic forces to propel trains forward at immense speeds.

Don’t forget you can upload anything created with the materials in these packs onto the Frontier Workshop and share them with players across the globe, so long as they also own the relevant DLC. Whether it’s single rides or entire parks, spectacular community content keeps on coming from our imagination-fuelled online creation hub.

The Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle is available to purchase from the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store for £11.99/$14.99/€12.99. You can also purchase the packs individually for £7.99/$9.99/€9.99.