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Official developer posts and patch notes for The Legend of California, pulled straight from Steam. Now and then we'll share our own updates from Motherlode.gg too.
SteamDev Update: Peak California
Our latest Alpha test concluded and the team collectively let out a sigh of relief. While our first Alpha in March was received well by our community, client and server performance fell short of our...
SteamThe Legend of California Alpha 3 Playtest is Live!
EDIT (June 18, 2026): That's a wrap on Alpha 3. Thank you to everyone who played, watched, or showed up in Discord. We can't wait to do it again. Check out our Alpha Recap and highlight video here....
SteamThe Legend of California Alpha Returns June 12
We're bringing the Alpha playtest back online to test the performance and stability improvements we've been working on over the last couple of months. Here's the schedule: Start: June 12 at 10 AM PT...
SteamTwo Hour Dev Livestream
Developers Jeff Kaplan and Tim Ford will be streaming The Legend of California this weekend! On the agenda : Chatting about the new stronghold and tech updates Taking your questions from chat And...
SteamDev Update: Work in Progress
It’s been a few weeks since we provided you with an update on what the team is up to and how the game is progressing. As we mentioned in our last post (linked below), we realized that overall game...
SteamDev Update: Alpha Recap
Overall, it was a tremendous success. We went from complete stealth mode into a studio announce and game announce to running a public Alpha playtest all within the same month. We were also lucky...
SteamThe Legend of California Alpha Now Live
EDIT (March 30, 2026): The alpha has ended. Thank you to everyone who played, watched, or showed up in Discord. We can't wait to do it again. Be sure to check out our Alpha Recap post by Jeff Kaplan...
Steam10 Hour Dev Livestream
EDIT (March 22, 2026) : Thanks to everyone who watched live! If you missed the broadcast , check out the full VOD of this and other steams on YouTube . Last week, we did our first dev livestream for...
SteamThe Legend of California Alpha Coming Soon
The enthusiasm we've seen since The Legend of California was announced has been overwhelming in the best way possible, and we appreciate that so many of you have shown up for the game so early on....