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08.10.2025
Join Closed Beta and Start Your Society!
Ever wondered what the future of humanity could look like if you were the one shaping it?
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08.10.2025
Join Closed Beta and Start Your Society!
Ever wondered what the future of humanity could look like if you were the one shaping it?

08.10.2025
Foundations Directive 001: Update
Update from SEED INDUSTRIES

07.10.2025
Societies of Avesta: Nexus, YonkersVille, and Venatoria
As SEED’s Closed Beta begins to unfold, we’re seeing societies springing up across Avesta, each with its own character, values, and ambitions. What’s really becoming clear to us is that these communities aren’t just some mechanics in a game; they’re reflections of the people shaping them.

30.09.2025
SEED: Foundations - Directive 001
Information about our first Foundations Challenge.

29.09.2025
Announcing: FOUNDATIONS
Welcome to SEED Foundations.

24.09.2025
Paying for SEED
How we are approaching charging for SEED to ensure that we can maintain a stable and secure simulation for all players.

16.09.2025
Announcing: SEED Closed Beta
SEED enters Closed Beta Sept 16! Shape societies, trade, and explore a living sandbox MMO world. Sign up now for exclusive access to Avesta.

15.08.2025
UNN - Unihaven Era - D4 - Issue 3
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 4 Issue 3

20.07.2025
Writing the Backstory: John Holten on the Lore Behind Seed
The world of Avesta is layered and dynamic, with its own unique history and culture. One of the people weaving that rich narrative fabric is John Holten, our Director of Narrative.

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02.07.2025
Finding a Place in SEED: A Story of Belonging
In the sprawling, ever-evolving world of SEED, no society is guaranteed to last, but the connections forged within it just might. For long-time player Monkey_Elite, the journey through Avesta hasn’t just been about building societies or taking care of Seedlings; it’s been about finding a place to belong.

28.11.2024
UE-DE8 - UNN Issue 3
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 8 Issue 3

21.11.2024
UE-DE8 - UNN Issue 2
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 8 Issue 2

14.11.2024
UE-DE8 - UNN Issue 1
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 8 Issue 1

12.09.2024
Deployment 7 Facts and Figures: Seed Industries Dispatch
Deployment 7 Facts and Figures: Seed Industries Dispatch

05.09.2024
UE-DE7 - UNN Issue 4
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 7 Issue 4

29.08.2024
UE-DE7 - UNN Issue 3
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 7 Issue 3
06.08.2024
UE-DE7 - UNN Issue 2
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 7 Issue 2

29.07.2024
UE-DE7 - UNN Issue 1
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 7 Issue 1

01.04.2024
UE-DE5 - UNN Issue 3
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 5 Issue 3

21.03.2024
UE-DE5 - UNN Issue 2
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 5 Issue 2

17.03.2024
UE-DE5 - UNN Issue 1
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 5 Issue 1

30.01.2024
UE-DE4 - UNN Issue 4
Unihaven News Network: Deployment 4 Issue 4

14.11.2021
STUDIO NEWS: JOINING THE SEED REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
What's it like to join a studio - and not just any studio, what is like to join Klang Games? We went around to some of the new joiners' desks (and deep into the newer corners of the studio’s Slack channels) and tried to get a sense of what it’s like to become a Klanger in winter 2021/22.

14.11.2021
CYBORGS, MINDBANKS AND CO-VITALISM
Have you ever heard of Dr. Phil Kennedy? The the unlikely trailblazing neurologist with a charming lilting Irish brogue who implanted people with devices to help them communicate? If not, tune in here! This article gives a teaser for the full story explained in our podcast The Life Cycle.

05.11.2021
THEORY: HAVE WE ALREADY MADE CONTACT
On October 19, 2017 the Pan-STARRS telescope, located on the peak of the Haleakalā volcano on the Hawai'ian island of Maui spotted an object hurtling through our Solar System from a direction that meant it didn’t belong here. A scout. Doing what? Checking us out, quite possibly.

04.11.2021
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, ARCHIE
Four years ago, Klang found a diamond in the rough when we snatched up Archie right out of university. He had just graduated from HTW Dresden with a bachelor's degree in Media IT, and his love for video games led him to our doors. It's been amazing having Archie on our team. Here's to many more years!

21.10.2021
CONTEXT: EMERGENT STORIES IN SPACE
What are emergent stories and how does SEED incorporate them? Take a look at this article and find out for yourself!

07.10.2021
STUDIO NEWS: INTRODUCING MATTHIEU GALLAIS AS HEAD OF CREATIVE
In this article we talk with Matthieu Gallais, our new Head of Creative about his background, the path that brought him to Klang, and his love of games.

28.07.2021
CONTEXT: WHAT TYPES OF PLAYERS ARE THERE
For this Context article we thought it would be interesting to look at the types of players out there, and who it is we may have in mind when we develop our research process for an MMO like SEED.

13.09.2019
AN ‘INDISCRIMINATE SEEDING’, OR HOW RADIOHEAD’S 'PYRAMID SONG' WILL HELP ME TAKE OVER THE WORLD
Could new entire ways of life be found in the lyrics of a pop song? Find out how this theory touches on lost civilizations and lost network messages, the past and the future, and the perception of reality through Radiohead's ‘Pyramid Song’.

10.02.2019
TERRAFORMING TERRORISM
What has weather got to do with computational power? Quite a lot as it turns out: early efforts to predict the weather led to some of the biggest breakthroughs in computing during the 20th century. Today the weather forces us to rethink anew our ability for scientific innovations - and as so often in history, there are those for and against.

25.10.2018
COSMISM: AGAINST PERMA-DEATH
What will happen when we find out how to not only live forever, but also how to bring the dead back to life? Find out how such scenarios were being dreamt up during the Cosmism movement in the early 20th Century.