In all seriousness, thanks to Steve for the biggest release in gaming (at least in our eyes) of 2025 despite everything going on in his life.
Steve has been dominating the gaming landscape with the biggest release in gaming for the last 6 years running:
- 2025: 2.6 release, needs no introduction.
- 2024: 2.5.1 LTS release marking peak Aurora stablity.

- 2023: 2.2+ release(s) with highly anticipated missile rework.
- 2022: Version 2 release that changed everything (I exaggerate only slightly)
- 2021: 1.13.0 LTS release (honestly kind of shocked how many now-essential QOL changes were in this update)
- 2020: I'm pretty sure something big happened this year but I can't remember what...

Based on this timeline, we can expect a major rework of a core game mechanic in 2026 followed by a stable LTS release with minor QOL and bugfixes in 2027.

I think 2.6 is the biggest update for roleplay options we've had yet, so I'm very excited once it is confirmed stable.
