Things are getting serious! We've chopped, hacked and sliced our way from Alpha to Beta and we’ve finally arrived at our destination: the Surgeon Simulator 2 Pre-Access week!

It’s been a long road getting to this point - about three years actually - and we’re finally at the magical stage where we’re ready to ship Surgeon Simulator 2. Literal blood, sweat and (maybe) tears have been put into this game, as well as a whole heap of heart. 

We’re super excited for you to get your collective hands on the game and if you pre-purchase the game as of this very moment, you’ll be able to join our Pre-Access Week from 21:00 BST / 13:00 PT on the 21st August, ahead of the official launch on the 27th August!

What is Pre-Access?

Pre-Access is our way of thanking you for pre-ordering the game, in addition to all the juicy extras you get, too. It’s a chance to check out Surgeon Simulator 2 ahead of us opening the floodgates on launch day, and hone your surgery and creation skills beforehand.

Here’s a few pointers about Pre-Access and how it relates to launch:

• Training / Induction can only be played single-player, so please have a go at this alone.
• There are five Story Mode levels in the Pre-Access build. There are loads more to come at launch, so don’t worry!
• Story Mode and account progress will be carried over for launch - barring any catastrophic complications of course.
• If you make your own level using Bossa Labs Creation Mode during beta, it will be there and available at launch, so long as you validate the level correctly 
• Epic Friends list and Surgeon Friends list are different, and both case-sensitive, so keep that in mind when adding your friends.

We’ll also be running our Community Spotlight competition during Pre-Access, which leads us neatly on to…

What is the Community Spotlight?

The Community Spotlight is an exciting initiative we’re kicking off in conjunction with Surgeon Simulator 2’s Pre-Access week.

Community Spotlight links directly to Creation Mode and is a way for us to champion and reward you for making awesome levels.

To us, the best and fairest way to do this is to literally pay you real money! No in-game credits, no catch; just cash.

• Each month, we’ll select 5 community-made levels for our Community Spotlight. These levels don’t necessarily need to be the most upvoted or complicated but need to embody the spirit of Surgeon Simulator 2 or do something surprising/innovative. Simply catch our eye or impress us and you could be a winner!
• The levels will then be featured in the Community Spotlight section of the Discover Mode in-game.
• At this point (as long as you’re signed up to the Community Hub website) we’ll reward up to $1000 per level split evenly between the 5 winning level authors.
   

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Join Our Community!

We hope everyone has an absolute blast enjoying Surgeon Simulator 2 this week! We’d love to see you stream the game, Tweet us your funny screenshots, and of course, join in the conversation on our official Discord channel. 

We’ll be hosting plenty of competitions, giveaways and sharing your content on the run-up to launch so do get involved.

Scalpels at the ready, operators!