In big “uh-oh spaghetti-Os!” news, some Rust players are in for a bad time as all their progress has been wiped from existence thanks to the purifying power of fire. Rust developer Facepunch Studios confirmed that a large amount of save data had been lost after a fire broke out at one of its datacentres, eventually claiming tan entire building at the OVH Datacentre in Strasbourg, France.

The resurgence in popularity of the survival game might be down to Twitch's biggest names banding together.

There is a Rust community out there and they love the game. So they’ll probably be ready to pony up some cash for Rust’s first slice of premium DLC: Musical instruments.

Fallout 76 is shaping up to be a massive departure from the RPG adventures you know of the brand, with one report likening it to survival games such as Rust.

Rust was one of the first online games to really dabble with ideas of tension and player relationships, and it's finally reaching 1.0 status after four years in development.

The latest Humble Bundle is packed to the brim with survival titles. Together, they usually cost around $137. Thanks to this bundle however, they can all be purchased for just $14!

"We understand this causes you distress and makes you not want to play the game anymore. Technically nothing has changed, since half the population was already living with those feelings," says developer.

Open-world online survival game Rust spawns you as a naked man with a randomised skin colour and penis size.