The latest update to the first-person survival game The Long Dark has come along with a number of large changes, including the addition of a new region – Desolation Point. Desolation Point also happens to be the name of the update.

Described as “a stretch of coastal highway pockmarked with the abandoned remnants of a formerly thriving whaling industry,” Desolation Point can be found somewhere beyond the end of the Coastal Highway, past the Commuter’s Lament. Along with this changes include the ability to properly place items rather than just dropping them all, metal forging to enable creation of a few simple tools and the Survival Panel has been replaced by a new Status screen that has access to the Backpack, First Aid, Bedroll and Fire-Starting functions. The weather system has also been overhauled to make transitions between different weather states smoother and adds visual cues which makes predicting different weathers much easier. There’s also the addition of five different sandbox game slots with a single save slot each along with the usual tweaks and fixes.

Fortunately old saves will still be compatible with the update, so if you’ve a save with a lot of hours ploughed into it you can still play without fear of losing everything you’ve worked for so far.