After months of waiting, the Rust Console Edition release date has been announced — you'll be able to play this open-world survival crafting game on PS4 and Xbox One in less than two months.
Rust is a game that's all about survival in a terribly brutal environment. You start with a big rock and not much else — from there, you can work your way up to building a massive, ironclad base and wielding all sorts of high-powered weaponry. Now, one of the most prominent survival games is finally making its way to consoles in just a couple of months!
Rust Console Edition Pre-Orders Give You a Chance to Catch Up
The upcoming Rust Console Edition release date addresses the elephant in the room: there is a lot of content for this game. (After all, it's been out on PC for over 7 years!) As a result, there are several different pre-order options that will let you easily catch up on the content.
Here's what you can get with a Rust Console Edition pre-order across three distinct versions according to a press release:
- Rust Standard Edition and Rust Day One Physical Edition ($49.99 USD) includes the base game, with a preorder bonus that includes a Future Weapons and Tools Pack. Survivalists looking to nab a physical edition of Rust can also grab this bonus with a Day One Edition preorder from GameStop and Amazon in North America.
- Rust Deluxe Edition ($59.99) welcomes survivalists with an aptly named Welcome Pack ($14.99 value) that includes the base game, three days of early access, closed beta access, staging branch access and includes the Future Weapons and Tools Pack.
- Rust Ultimate Edition ($79.99 USD) provides the most ardent fans with the features of the previous two editions but also includes an ultimate/upgraded version of the Welcome Pack, 1100 Rust Coins (a $10 value), and an Elite Combat Skin Pack so you can look as menacing as possible to newcomers and veterans alike.
Naturally, this game will have a fair amount of stuff that already exists in the console edition, along with optimizations to allow it to run on the practically ancient hardware of last gen's consoles. However, a page on the console version's official website cautions that it will have its own update roadmap for future content; you can probably expect PC players to get the first chance to play new content.
When is the Rust Console Edition Release Date?
The Rust Console Edition release date is May 21, 2021. You'll be able to buy it for PS4 and Xbox One; there's not yet a PS5 and Xbox Series X release date, nor has there been any word on a Nintendo Switch release.
For now, pre-order Rust Console Edition via Double 11's website starting at $49.99 or your regional equivalent. If you don't want to wait to play it, you could always pick up Rust on Steam starting at $39.99.
Do you think Rust Console Edition will be able to hold up against the PC version? What's your favorite thing about the game? Let us know in the comments below!
