Village Council Playtest Coming This Week – Proof-of-Concept Demo
Village Council Notice — May Day Playtest To our esteemed members of the Village Council (Kickstarter and Ko-Fi backers), On […]
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Dell and Nvidia Hardware Partnership
A Small Team, Big Support — Partnering with Dell & Nvidia Hey everyone, We’ve always believed Hawthorn exists because of
Development Update – Winter 2025/2026
We are thrilled to announce this development update with the community and share some work-in-progress images to tease the exciting
Hawthorn Kickstarter is Live
Hawthorn’s Kickstarter is Live! Please check out our campaign and watch the Kickstarter trailer and consider supporting our team as
Hawthorn featured in Future Games Show 2025
Hawthorn premiered a brand new trailer with NEARstudios developers discussing never before seen gameplay footage at Future Games Show on
Game Developer Story for Hawthorn Kickstarter
Bryant Francis, Senior Editor at Game Developer reached out to NEARstudios Co-Founder and CEO, Heather Cerlan and Co-Founder and Game
Our Village Council
We want to directly thank our amazing Village Council members! These are the folks who financially supported Hawthorn during development.
Kickstarter Coming Soon
Hawthorn Upcoming Project on Kickstarter Follow the Hawthorn Upcoming Project page on Kickstarter to be the first to know
Introducing NEAR Studios and Our Debut Game, Hawthorn
We’re thrilled to unveil NEAR Studios, our new indie game studio our debut project, Hawthorn, a co-op sandbox RPG village