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Thank you for 70,000 Servers Sold
We're coming up on another milestone: 70,000 servers sold. Once again, thank you so much for choosing Kinetic. To take part in the giveaway, join our discord server then react to the 70,000 server giveaway message
We now support 60 games
Our games team is still working fast to grow our supported game lineup. We now offer 60 supported games, with even more on the way.
Panel 6.21 Update Change Log
New update is now live on all nodes, and it comes with some changes with how you setup start-up commands for Minecraft
Panel 6.20 Update Change Log
Due to working on Panel 7 we nearly went all May without a panel and update, we can't have that. So 6.20 is now live on all nodes, with a full rework to the schedules and upgrades to our Rust Auto Wipe feature. They're now more reliable, easy to setup, show in your timezone, and have a lot more options.
Rolling Out New DDoS Protection
With botnets and DDoS attacks becoming more common across the hosting industry, we’re strengthening DDoS protection across the Kinetic Hosting network.
5,000 Discord Members and 60,000 Servers Sold - Giveaway
We’ve just hit two awesome milestones, we now have over 5,000 of you amazing people in our Discord, and we’ve passed 60,000 server orders. Kind of wild to think about, especially since our giveaway celebrating 50,000 server orders only ended last month
Huge Upgrade to Our DDoS Protection
We all know DDoS attacks are common when it comes to game servers. If you run a public server, it’s usually a case of when, not if, you’re going to get hit. At Kinetic, we’ve always provided DDoS protection to keep your servers online. But as botnets have grown larger and attacks have become more frequent, it’s time for an upgrade.
Panel 7 Is Coming Soon
We've been working in the background for months on our one of our biggest ever panel updates. Panel 7
Panel 6.19 Update Change Log
A mighty QoL update for all ye Windrose sailors! We’ve hauled aboard a brand new mod installer, importer, and manager, making yer modding life smoother than a calm sea at dawn. 6.19 is now live on all nodes, so grab the wheel, and let’s set sail…
Panel 6.18 Update Change Log
Update coming with a file size check scan and tool to fix file perms
Mega Game Launch - 7 New Games Join Our Lineup
Our games team has been very busy over the past few weeks. We now support not one, not two, but seven new games! This brings our total supported games up to 54.
Panel 6.17 Update Change Log
What's better than one update in a day, two updates in a day! This is a very small update to help save a support agents sanity
Panel 6.16 Update Change Log
6.16 is a nice QoL change for our file manager and splits. You can now ask the file manager to upload and replace, and mass select only searched items
Panel 6.15 Update Change Log
6.15 is now live on all nodes. It comes with fixes to panel speed and changes the node connection message
Kinetic SFTP BETA v1.1.3
Small update to fix searching and our updater
Kinetic SFTP BETA v1.1.1
We haven’t previously posted patch notes for our SFTP client here, but as more people are now using it, I’ll start including them. Here is whats in Beta 1.1.1
Checkout Grandma's Deals
Grandma Sherman has opened her shop to offer some amazing deals on Server Hosting
Panel 6.14 Update Change Log
6.14 is now live on all nodes. It comes with folder downloads, a new custom command widget, mobile fixes, and updates all our tools ready for Minecraft 26.1
2026 Transparency Report.
Our yearly transparency report: how Kinetic runs, what changed, where we’re growing, and what’s coming in 2026.
Panel 6.12 Update Change Log
6.12 is now live on all nodes, it includes all the stuff we couldn't get done in time for 6.11. We have a Rust auto wipe tool, support for newer ZGC flags for Minecraft, and the searching of blocks in the 3D chunk view.
Panel 6.11 Update Change Log
Panel update 6.11 is live on all nodes. It comes with bug fixes, new server folders, and a new mobile text editor. The update was planned to be bigger and include Rust auto-wipe features, and more Minecraft start-up options, but this has been pushed to 6.12 that will drop next week.