RimWorld 1.0 has been released by Ludeon**!** Watch the EPIC launch trailer here:

According to the release announcement at https://ludeon.com/blog/2018/10/rimworld-1-0-released/ , there are not many changes from Beta19 to version 1.0. Mostly just bugfixes.

For this reason, at Speedrun.com, this time there will not be category diversions for 1.0 and Beta19. The “Escape (Beta19)” has been renamed into just “Escape”. Remember to still mark the proper game version when submitting runs. When reading the leaderboard, you can use the Filter option if you care about version distinctions. You can also use “Show obsolete runs” filter to show runs that would be otherwise masked if the same author has submitted runs for multiple game versions.

For a short transitional period, we will still be accepting runs made on Beta19, but the window will be short (about a week or two at most); after that, all new runs must be made on version 1.0. As of now, runs made on older versions (Beta18, Alpha versions) are no longer accepted without explicit permission (you need to contact a moderator for it).

Happy speedrunning!