{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e329bbb2af3d541dfc2b6a72","clusterId":"c_06dbaa58e464f76ca0583b40","slug":"arctic-drive-brings-four-player-car-survival-to-steam-early-access-on-november-25","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Arctic Drive Brings Four-Player Car Survival to Steam Early Access on November 25","summary":"Bonus Stage Publishing announced on September 24 that Arctic Drive, developed by Pebbles Games and PlayTogether Studio, will launch in early access on November 25 for PC via Steam. The survival simulation supports solo play and online co-op for up to four players. Players wake in a mountain cabin with no food and set out in a battered car, scavenging fuel, food, and parts across a procedurally generated Arctic wilderness. The store page lists planned Japanese in-game text.","whyItMatters":"The game builds its survival loop around vehicle maintenance rather than the usual on-foot scavenging, and the store page's planned Japanese text points to a PC early access release courting a Japanese audience from the start.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe car is the resource that matters. Arctic Drive models engine, tires, radiator, and doors as separate parts, and crashes deform the chassis, so keeping the vehicle roadworthy is the core of the run. Parts can be scavenged or crafted at a bench, and blueprints researched to unlock recipes permanently.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhysics apply to cargo as well. Fuel cans can be tossed into the trunk and boxes stacked in the bed, but weight cuts speed and fuel efficiency, and sharp curves can throw loaded items out. Trailers and campers tow as mobile bases with crafting benches, cooking gear, and heaters, at the cost of extra fuel while attached.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Arctic Drive repairs are per-panel: tyres, doors, scavenged parts. Pebbles Games and PlayTogether Studio pair procedural terrain with resource scarcity, so the car itself becomes the run's record of mistakes.","twitterPost":"Arctic Drive's map is procedural, but the car is not: every patched door and salvaged tyre is a permanent record of the run's mistakes.","threadsPost":"Arctic Drive scavenging is per-component, not per-vehicle. Pebbles Games and PlayTogether Studio set the car as the save file: tyres, doors, and parts are scavenged and stitched back on, so the battered shell records every bad call the co-op run made in the cold.","newsletterBlurb":"Bonus Stage Publishing dated Arctic Drive for November 25 early access on PC via Steam. The survival sim from Pebbles Games and PlayTogether Studio supports solo play and online co-op for up to four players, with vehicle parts, cargo weight, and player statuses all feeding the same resource squeeze.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/arctic-drive-20260925-469835/\",\"title\":\"Up to 4-Player Co-op Multiplayer Arctic Beater-Car Survival Game 'Arctic Drive' Launches in Early Access on November 25; Patch Together Tires and Doors on a Freezing Road Trip with Barely Enough Resources\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4656,"outputTokens":616,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791140362,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T18:54:23.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T18:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T18:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_06dbaa58e464f76ca0583b40","canonicalTitle":"最大4人協力マルチ対応・北極圏オンボロ車サバイバル『Arctic Drive』、11月25日早期アクセス配信へ。タイヤもドアも継ぎはぎ修理、資源ギリギリの極寒ロードトリップ","representativeArticleId":"a_ed6fa59d5ca92c080ed157e2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Arctic Drive\"],\"studios\":[\"Bonus Stage Publishing\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-25T00:33:58.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-25T00:33:58.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T18:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/arctic-drive-20260925-469835/","title":"最大4人協力マルチ対応・北極圏オンボロ車サバイバル『Arctic Drive』、11月25日早期アクセス配信へ。タイヤもドアも継ぎはぎ修理、資源ギリギリの極寒ロードトリップ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Arctic Drive"],"studios":["Bonus Stage Publishing"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}