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# About MIA

**MIA** is a PC multiplayer survival game set inside a fictional reality show against the backdrop of an authoritarian past. It focuses on ad-hoc team building and showcasing players’ personalities through voice chat.

### Background/back story?

A circle of super rich people ordered to kidnap celebrities for their own entertainment. Jenna's own little sister got kidnapped as well and has the Mission to break the circle.

### Features?

* 4 playable survivors (16 planned)
* Character customization
* Spectating support
* Leaderboards

### Spawning into the game?

When you spawn, all 16 survivors get put in random locations around the island with the same gear, a [./https://miagame.fandom.com/wiki/WalkieTalkie] and a map of the island. Your goal is to find [./https://miagame.fandom.com/wiki/Relic relic] either by being a group and taking other groups relics, stealing one or betraying a friend for one. Once a relic is acquired, you will need to find a [./https://miagame.fandom.com/wiki/Flare\_Gun flare gun] on a player or a locked Flare Gun box to signal the helicopter. Now you just have to survive from the players that will try to shoot you from the rope when trying to escape. You have to do all this while your trying to out smart the [./https://miagame.fandom.com/wiki/Enemies Enemies] to not waste precious ammo.

#### Objective:

* The shadowy Circle has selected you to participate as a Contestant in their private livestreamed Show.
* The Show challenges the involuntary Contestants with finding and recovering Relics hidden across the deadly Island.
* [./https://miagame.fandom.com/wiki/Relic Relics] are deviously hidden and protected by dangerous creatures.
* [./https://miagame.fandom.com/wiki/Survivors Survivors] cannot escape the island alive without first recovering a Relic.

The helicopter only has enough seats for three Contestants and a limited amount of fuel.

#### Be Aware:

* Social manipulation may be key to victory.
* A functioning quality microphone is very important to achieving this.
* Be sure to test and calibrate your microphone in Windows settings.
* Alliances with other Survivors can be essential.
* Whether it’s as a human shield or as a compatriot in battle, your teammates will often be necessary for victory
* When you die, you’ll enter Spectator mode, where you can judge the entertainment value of the survivors.

### **Pre Alpha, and beyond** | March 2019

* Not much has ever been disclosed about things that happened in the Pre Alpha, with only a handful of people being chosen to play. The game was unveiled in March 2019

### **Public Alpha | June 2021**

* This was the first version of MIA that the public got their chance to get their hands on the game, at this time, popular content creators started creating content on

their respective channels popularizing the game for the future beta, and early access release.

### **Public Beta | December 2021**

* The MIA beta brings more polish, and quality of life changes rather than content.

* Polished Islands Environnment
* Added more randomized item spawn locations
* Characters are more polished
* Teased a new Map/Mode

### **MIA Enters Steam Early Access | March 2022**

* The week prior to release, Outcast Games announced "Most Wanted" a partner program for streamers, and other content creators.

* MIA enters steam early access
* New Characters
* New intro video
* Better Duo Player support

### **Content Update #1 *"Darkness over the Island"* | June 2022**

* Highly anticipated Content Update 1 arrives with much needed content.

* Added Night Mode
* Added Defibrillators
* Added Lure Grenades
* Added Conch Shell, and Coconuts
* New Enemy Models
* Added new Map Arctis, a shortened and more competitive version of the Island.

### ***Content Update #2 "The Tempest" | December 2022***

* Added an experience (XP) system
* Added weather changes to the Island

### ***Content Update #3 "MIA: Explorers of Pyramids" | March 2023***

* PVE is a new game mode introduced in an attempt to grab more players.

**List of weapons added in Explorers of Pyramids**

* Added the Poisondart
* Added the Composite Bow
* Added the Spear