Versions Introduction
Nuclear Throne's early access cycle featured weekly updates starting in October 2013 and ending on Update 96 in December 2015. Most versions now rest on either some variation of update 98 (February 2016) or update 99 (November 2017).
Since 2020 there have been a series of public beta branches on Steam and they are still in active development. These are labeled as u99r2 as the update is focused on bugfixes rather than any sort of content changes. The most notable additions include 60 FPS and widescreen. There is currently no confirmation if u99r2 will be added to any non-Steam versions.
Nuclear Throne can be obtained on 5 PC platforms: Steam, Itch.io, Epic Games Store, GOG and Windows Xbox App. Console platforms include Playstation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. There are also two versions that were obtained in the past; a direct Humble Bundle download and the limited edition Indiebox download.
Nuclear Throne Together(NTT) has a separate page here and is heavily referenced in this page.
Support for various versions include:
- Windows: Supported on all PC versions of Nuclear Throne.
- Mac: Supported on all PC versions except for the Xbox app.
- Linux: Supported on base Steam, Itch.io, Indiebox and Humble.
- Not supported on EGS or GOG - WINE should be able to handle these Windows builds.
- Linux/Mac's native build for Steam is u99r1.
- Linux support is listed as SteamOS; however typical distributions should be directly compatible as well.
- For Steam Betas/NTT, Proton is the recommended option for Linux compatibility while WINE is the recommended version for Mac compatibility.
- A more detailed guide on how to access Steam betas on Linux(and possibly Mac) is written by another user here.
Table of Contents
- Steam versions including how to install the betas.
- Other official versions including console and other PC platforms.
- Update History including a summary of the first 99 updates.
- Beta History including major changes over the 15 beta branches.
Versions - Steam
Accessing any beta version in the game is easy:
Nuclear Throne will then update to the selected version.
Adding multiple branches/NTT to your Steam library (Windows)
Having multiple branches or NTT on your Steam Library is a simple matter as well.
To add v9940/v9944 to your Nuclear Throne files:
- Have the desired version of NTT already installed.
- Navigate to your Steam Library and select 'Add a Game' from the left bottom of the screen and select 'Add a Non-Steam Game'.
- This will open a pop-up that will show many applications, ignore these and select the 'Browse' button.
- Navigate to or paste "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Nuclear Throne" into the search bar.
- (If NTT is being used in a different folder, navigate to there instead)
- Select the NuclearThroneTogether application which will add it to the Steam pop-up screen from earlier and have it pre-selected.
- Click the 'Add Selected Programs' and it will now be in your Steam library.
To add any Steam branch(including NTT v100) to your folders:
- Opt-in to the desired beta branch following the image above.
- Navigate to your directory at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Nuclear Throne" without quotations through file explorer. Can also be reached following the image below.
- Copy all of the files and create a new folder in an easy to find location, pasting all those folders in.
- Navigate to your Steam Library and select 'Add a Game' from the left bottom of the screen and select 'Add a Non-Steam Game'.
- This will open a pop-up that will show many applications, ignore these and select the 'Browse' button.
- Navigate to the new folder made, and select the nuclearthrone application in there. This will add it to the Steam pop-up screen from earlier and have it pre-selected.
- Click the 'Add Selected Programs' and it will now be in your Steam library.
- On the original Nuclear Throne version you can now opt back into any other version you want, as the additional branch can launch separately based on that backup folder.
Right-clicking a branch from the library and selecting 'Properties' will allow for the renaming of the program if so desired. Custom logo/background can be added for any game in your Steam library by simply right clicking the banner while having the game selected.
Alternative way to access local files:
The following table is a list of all the versions accessible through Steam. Order is of general relevance rather than the order of the beta participation menu. The format is 'u' for update, 'b' for the beta branch, and 's' to signify it's the Steam version.
There is a known bug on all betas where the vsync toggle will toggle itself back on, even if it appears to be off.
Main Versions - Includes Dailies, Weeklies and Achievements |
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u99r1 | None (Default) | November 6th, 2017 |
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u99r2b10s | openbeta 2021 | August 15th, 2021 |
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u99r2b15s | openbeta_win64 (2023) | December 18th, 2023 |
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u99r2b3s | modbranch_2021 | March 31st, 2020 |
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NTT - opted in through Steam, no external installation needed |
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v100.017 | ntt_development | December 7th, 2023 |
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Older Versions |
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u19 | mods | March 8th, 2014 |
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u0 | Nostalgia | October 11th, 2013 |
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u78 | ideaot | June 21st, 2015 |
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Other Versions
Aside from Steam there are many other versions that NT is on officially. These all vary differently from one another and are all locked to their specific versions. Documentation will vary heavily based on version popularity and accessibility.
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Name | Version | Release Date | Notes/Known Issues |
Xbox One | u99r2b11xb | September 9th, 2021 |
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Nintendo Switch | u99r2switch | March 20th, 2019 |
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Playstation 4 | v1.01 | December 5th, 2015 |
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Playstation Vita | Unknown | December 5th, 2015 |
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Other PC Versions (No dailies or achievements) |
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Epic Games Store | u99r1 | November 7th, 2019 |
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itch.io | u98 | December 5th, 2015 |
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GOG | u99r1 | December 5th, 2015 |
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Windows Xbox App | u99r2b11 | September 9th, 2021 |
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"Retired" Versions (Cannot be directly purchased in present day) |
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Humble Bundle | Unknown | Unknown |
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Indiebox | Unknown | January/February 2016 |
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Update History
Nuclear Throne featured weekly content updates for a two year period throughout its early access. This page will serve as a link hub to every update with a brief summary of main content changes.
Update 0 | October 11th, 2013 | |
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Update 1 | October 20th, 2013 | Weekend of October 18th |
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Update 2 | October 28th, 2013 | Weekend of October 25th |
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Update 3 | November 2nd, 2013 | Weekend of November 1st |
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Update 4 | November 9th, 2013 | Weekend of November 8th |
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Update 5 | November 16th, 2013 | The Frozen City |
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Update 6 | November 23rd, 2013 | Smooth animations |
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Update 7 | November 30th, 2013 | Chicken, Crowns, Gold & Much More |
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Update 8 | December 7th, 2013 | Add a little bass to that shotgun & a nuke to the arsenal. |
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Update 9 | December 15th, 2013 | Corpes Everywhere |
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Update 10 | December 21st, 2013 | Voice of a Generation |
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Update 11 | January 11th, 2014 | Getting back into the habit |
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Update 12 | January 18th, 2014 | Revolution |
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Update 13 | January 25th, 2014 | We'll fix you right up |
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Update 14 | February 1st, 2014 | Mystery Arrives |
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Update 15 | February 8th, 2014 | Horrible Experiments |
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Update 16 | February 15th, 2014 | Fifty Weapons & High Level Chests |
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Update 17 | February 22nd, 2014 | Vault Security |
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Update 18 | March 1st, 2014 | Small list, Big changes |
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Update 19 | March 8th, 2014 | Thunder in my Heart |
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Update 20 | April 1st, 2014 | A New Direction |
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Update 21 | April 9th, 2014 | Second Start |
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Update 22 | April 13th, 2014 | Friendship |
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Update 23 | April 19th, 2014 | Back to old-school action |
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Update 24 | April 26th, 2014 | Can you hear me? |
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Update 25 | May 3rd, 2014 | Getting closer to the Nuclear Throne |
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Update 26 | May 10th, 2014 | The Guardians |
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Update 27 | May 18th, 2014 | Fiery Scraps |
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Update 28 | May 25th, 2014 | Interdimensional Chests |
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Update 29 | May 31st, 2014 | Guns that Think |
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Update 30 | June 7th, 2014 | Look at that Ally Animation! |
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Update 31 | June 15th, 2014 | The tiniest update |
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Update 32 | June 22nd, 2014 | Tiny Explosions |
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Update 33 | June 28th, 2014 | Just A Nuclear Throne Update |
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Update 34 | July 5th, 2014 | The Horror! The Horror! |
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Update 35 | July 12th, 2014 | Shiny guns and fancy Thrones |
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Update 36 | July 20th, 2014 | The Fire In My Heart |
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Update 37 | July 27th, 2014 | If you say Balance over and over again it doesn't sound like a word anymore |
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Update 38 | August 2nd, 2014 | No Mountain Too High |
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Update 39 | August 10th, 2014 | Quality Time |
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Update 40 | August 20th, 2014 | Shells of Fire |
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Update 41 & 42 | September 4th, 2014 | Heavy Load |
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Update 43 | September 9th, 2014 | Bugs and Balancing and all the beautiful stuff games are made from |
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Update 44 | September 20th, 2014 | Small Grenades |
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Update 45 | October 4th, 2014 | The Rogue Update |
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Update 46 | October 12th, 2014 | Happy Birthday Nuclear Throne |
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Update 47 | October 19th, 2014 | Week of Sound |
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Update 48 | October 27th, 2014 | The same level over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again |
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Update 49 | November 2nd, 2014 | The Distant Future |
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Update 50 | November 9th, 2014 | Cleaning up! |
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Update 51 | November 17th, 2014 | The Tired Update |
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Update 52 | November 23rd, 2014 | Craters & Flames |
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Update 53 | November 29th, 2014 | Ultra Fixes |
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Update 54 | December 9th, 2014 | Sweet Sounds Of The Future |
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Update 55 | December 16th, 2014 | I can't believe it's Daily Runs! |
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Update 56 | December 20th, 2014 | Portals and bolts |
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Update 57 | December 25th, 2014 | Mutant holidays and a happy new year! |
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Update 58 | January 4th, 2015 | Highly Experimental Mutations |
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Update 59 | January 10th, 2015 | Little bit of balancing |
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Update 60 | January 25th, 2015 | The Gun Update |
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Update 61 | February 1st, 2015 | Taking out the Trash |
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Update 62 | February 7th, 2015 | Terribly Special Effects |
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Update 63 | February 21st, 2015 | Free Crowns |
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Update 64 | March 2nd, 2015 | Maintenance Week |
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Update 65 | March 21st, 2015 | Warming Up |
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Update 66 | March 29th, 2015 | Yung Update |
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April Fools Update | April 1st, 2015 | |
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Update 67 | April 5th, 2015 | What dog? |
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Update 68 | April 12th, 2015 | The Long Overhaul |
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Update 69 | April 19th, 2015 | Four assassins |
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Update 70 | April 27th, 2015 | Bolt Variety |
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Update 71 | May 3rd, 2015 | Literally a million tiny things |
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Update 72 | May 9th, 2015 | The Beautiful Update |
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Update 73 | May 17th, 2015 | Shielder shields shield Shielders |
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Update 74 | May 24th, 2015 | Revival Time! |
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Update 75 | May 31st, 2015 | Golden Age |
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Update 76 | June 8th, 2015 | Fasten your seatbelts |
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Update 77 | June 14th, 2015 | This is not the update in which we add Jungle |
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Update 78 | June 21st, 2015 | That's the sound of the beast! |
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Update 79 | June 28th, 2015 | Crown Mess |
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Update 80 | July 5th, 2015 | Bear with us |
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Update 81 | July 11th, 2015 | We just really want weekend right now |
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Update 82 | July 19th, 2015 | Crystal Party! |
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Update 83 | July 25th, 2015 | Ultra Update |
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Update 84 | August 2nd, 2015 | Daily Updates |
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Update 85 | August 9th, 2015 | Secret Update |
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Update 86 | August 16th, 2015 | Meta Update |
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Update 87 | August 22nd, 2015 | Efficiency |
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Update 88 | August 31st, 2015 | Tweak Tweak, Fix Fix |
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Update 89 | September 5th, 2015 | Looping |
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Update 90 | September 13th, 2015 | Grab a Friend! |
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Update 91 | September 21st, 2015 | The Beginning Of The End |
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Update 92 | September 27th, 2015 | The Beginning Of The End Part II |
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Update 93 | October 11th, 2015 | Happy Birthday, Nuclear Throne! |
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Update 94 | October 16th, 2015 | Weeklies! |
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Update 95 | November 17th, 2015 | Shiny Throne |
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Update 96 | December 5th, 2015 | The Real Deal |
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Update 97 | December 15th, 2015 | Clouds and Tweaks |
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Update 98 | February 21st, 2016 | Thronebutt |
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Update 99 | November 6th, 2017 | Update 99 |
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Beta Updates
NTT creator YellowAfterLife was brought on board by Vlambeer to help develop Update 99. After its release he's continued to work on beta branches, which are often worked on alongside NTT updates. All information regarding branches was information taken from the NT Discord, where every new build would be mentioned in the bugreports channel. Currently there is no confirmation regarding the official release date on u99r2, nor what platforms they will be on.
As above this list is a summary of content changes. Each beta branch has a multitude of bug fixes, searching up 'new build' in the bugreports channel will lead to most patch notes for each branch.
Version | Date | Major Notable Changes |
Branch 1 | March 27th, 2020 |
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Branch 2 | March 30th, 2020 |
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Branch 3 | March 31st, 2020 |
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Branch 4 | June 7th, 2021 |
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Branch 5 | June 16th, 2021 |
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Branch 6 | June 17th, 2021 |
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Branch 7 | August 5th, 2021 |
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Branch 8 | August 6th, 2021 |
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Branch 9 | August 15th, 2021 |
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Branch 10 | August 15th, 2021 |
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Branch 11 | August 19th, 2021 (dev branch) September 9th, 2021 (xbox) |
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Branch 12 | July 16th, 2023 |
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Branch 13 | December 7th, 2023 |
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Branch 14 | December 20th, 2023 |
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Branch 15 | December 28th, 2023 |
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Branch 16 | July 21st, 2024 |
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