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Super Animal Royale Update 1.04 Scurries Out for Season 2 This Dec. 14

Modus Games and Pixile today have released the all-new Super Animal Royale update 1.04 (PS5 version 1.004), bringing with it the start of Season 2! Here is everything included in today’s update in the official patch notes.

Super Animal Royale Update 1.04 | Super Animal Royale Update 1.004 | Super Animal Royale Season 2 Patch Notes:

Highlights

  • Season 2 Busy Busy Pass + New Starter Pack DLC
  • CRISPRmas Event: December 14th to January 4th
  • New Map Location: Beaver Construction HQ
  • New Super Animals: Super Beavers, Super Reindeer and a new Super Arctic Fox
  • Cross-play parties: invite your friends to squad up with any mixture of Steam, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch!
  • SAR is now available to stream on Google Stadia in addition to GeForce Now, so you can play on your smartphone, in your browser, and more, with cross-play matchmaking and cross-save account syncing.
  • The Bwoking Dead limited-time mode returns during the CRISPRmas event!

Platform-Specific Highlights:

  • The PlayStation version no longer requires PlayStation Plus to play Super Animal Royale, but if you do have it, you’ll get a PlayStation exclusive cosmetic bundle of items!
  • We’re also debuting a new Xbox Game Pass Perks bundle for Ultimate subscribers!
  • The Nintendo Switch version of the Season 2 Starter Pack DLC arrives December 20th.
  • Stadia support for cross-play parties is coming soon.

We’ve also included a bunch of nice quality of life updates, game balancing and more, so read on below for all the details!

Season 2

Season 2 is here, and the formerly-pacifist beavers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep Super Animal Royale humming have finally joined the fight! To see why the beavers finally joined the fray, check out the latest episode of Super Animal Royale Tonight above.

Grab the new Busy Busy Pass for 49 tiers of unlockable items:

  • Construction-themed items inspired by Beaver Construction.
  • Steampunk items inspired by prolific S.A.W. inventor, and noted “busy busy” guy, Thomas Sledison.
  • Items to turn you into a busy bee.
  • And lots more, including S.A.W. Tickets and Super Serum.

Season 2 will last roughly three months and during that time you can unlock the pass for the discounted price of 550 S.A.W. Tickets. After that, it’ll move into the Archive for 750 tickets. As always, once you own it, you can take as long as you need to complete it, and when you own any Animal Pass from the archive you can make progress on up to two at once (including the current season’s pass) for double the earning. No more FOMO or rushing to complete passes!

 

Season 1 has now moved into the Archive, but if you already own it you can activate it on your second track to keep working on it, or purchase it if you missed it! We also made some improvements to controller navigation of the Animal Pass screen, and made button selection styles clearer.

Season 2 Starter Pack DLC

A new season also means a new Starter Pack DLC! Grab it while it’s available for the next ~3 months for a great deal on S.A.W. Tickets and exclusive cosmetic items and animal breed:

  • Super Moon Bear
  • Warrior Monk Outfit
  • Warrior Monk Sword
  • 600 S.A.W. Tickets (500 + 100 bonus tickets)

Season 1’s Starter Pack DLC will go away on December 20th, so it’s your last chance to grab it now if you don’t have it yet!

CRISPRmas Event

December 14th to January 4th at 11:59pm PST

It’s CRISPRmas, Super Animals! The time of year when all Super Animals come together to celebrate the miracle of ethically dubious gene editing! And what better way to celebrate the cavalier rewriting of life’s sacred code than collecting the candy canes scattered around the island and redeeming them for 8 new limited-time CRISPRmas cosmetic items:

  • Snow Shovel
  • Red Pom Beanie
  • Ice Sunglasses
  • Gingerbread Gravestone
  • Snowflake Silenced Pistol
  • Festive Lights Umbrella
  • CRISPRmas Tree Dress
  • Winter Fur Hat

17 legacy CRISPRmas items also make their return and can be redeemed with candy canes. Make sure to also check out the S.A.W. Shop and Carl’s Cart during the event for additional holiday items.

Two new festive Super Animal breeds are also available in the Research Lab:

  • Super Arctic Fox
  • Super Reindeer

Note: The older versions of these breeds are still available and have been renamed Super White Fox and Super Rudolph. As always, the new breeds are permanent additions to the Research Lab, so you don’t need to rush to earn them during the event!

We’ve also added a leaderboard for the top 10 players collecting candy canes, for bragging rights. The leaderboard is hidden by default, but you can see who’s the candy caniest by pressing the white leaderboard button in the top right of the event window. Note that the amount displayed includes the total candy canes earned at the end of each match (not just from collecting them off the ground).

The Bwoking Dead infection mode returns!

The Cluckles outbreak continues: play The Bwoking Dead for the entire 3 week duration of the CRISPRmas event! Round up a squad of friends and try to survive the zombie chicken apocalypse and escape the island on a Giant Eagle. You can check out a full rundown on the mode in our previous patch notes here.

Beaver Construction HQ

Home to the island’s renowned (and only) general contracting company, Beaver Construction HQ is a hive of busy busy activity between the royales, and makes a dam good spot for gunfights during them. The sprawling complex is built along the river, like a traditional beaver lodge, with three crossable dams connecting the two main buildings, and a water-entry den that serves as the foreman’s (er…forebeaver’s) office.

Other details worth seeking out include the “Three Busy Beavers” lobby statue depicting the legendary founders of Beaver Construction, the lumber mill that feeds all the company’s projects…and some of their employees, the Emu cart loading dock, the vending machines selling choice cuts of fresh wood, a scale model of the Super Animal Super Stage, and a few stashed Lunar New Year statues taking their twelve-year timeouts.

Super Beavers

The beleaguered Beaver Construction workers who once labored tirelessly to build Super Animal World, and now labor thanklessly to clean it up after every messy battle, are ready to make their own messes. As seen on the latest episode of SAR Tonight, the Super Beavers are finally stepping out from their backstage roles and joining the fray!

To start, there’s three breeds that can be created in the Research Lab starting at Level 40:

  •  Super Beaver
  •  Super Pink Beaver
  •  Super Beever

Squad up With Friends on Any Platform

You can now invite your friends to squad up with you regardless of which platform they’re playing on! Cross-play party invites generate a 4 digit code that your friends can enter to join your party (and there’s also a handy button to copy it to your clipboard to help with sharing it with them).

So whether you and your friends are playing on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, or GeForce Now, you’ll be able to squad up with any combination of platforms. The PlayStation version of SAR also no longer requires PlayStation Plus to play!

We’ve also added the ability for hosts to be able to kick players from the group if necessary, and this applies to both cross-play and same-platform parties.

Gameplay / Quality of Life Updates

  • Ammo loot no longer glows like other loot to reduce visual clutter.
  • Improved collisions in the bamboo forest so they’re smoother and have fewer jagged edges to get caught on.
  • Increased Bandolier carrying capacity: light bullets from 140 to 150, shotgun shells from 35 to 40, big bullets from 100 to 110, sniper ammo from 35 to 40, dart ammo from 40 to 45, and sparrows from 40 to 45.
  • Dual Pistols initial fixed recoil has been increased from 1/2/3° to 1.5/2.5/4.0°, and random recoil increased from 4° to 4.4°. Dual Pistols perform very well, so this aims to balance them a bit by creating slightly more effort to control them.
  • Increased Hamsterball audible distance from 160 game units to 185 so you can hear them coming from even further away and get out of the way.
  • Skunk Bombs now have 40% reduced spawn rate in the Bwoking Dead mode. The maximum carrying capacity for Skunk Bombs in this mode has also been reduced to 3 (or max 4 with Bandolier).
  • Mole crate icon now displays for 45s, and the minimap icon no longer disappears when someone opens it. We increased its visible duration to 60s last patch and this ended up feeling a bit too long, and the addition of displaying its looted state on the minimap provided enemies too much information of what was happening in the fog of war so we’ve reverted this change.

For private match hosts:

  • /banana command can now specify the number of bananas, up to 10. (ie “/banana 6”)
  • /rainoff command to disable rain in a particular match. Note that this doesn’t work while it is already actively raining in-game.
  • /getpos can now specify a player number as well (ie “/getpos 14” to get position of player 14)
  • Removed /getposition variant of /getpos since it’s longer and not necessary.

S.A.W. Shop Sales

We previously added bundle sales to the S.A.W. Shop, and we’re continuing to add more of them (watch the S.A.W. Shop the week of December 28th for a new one), but now we’ll also be having sales on individual items! To start, we’re planning on discounting items that you’ll be familiar with and have already rotated through the shop a few times. If you boot up the game when the update arrives you’ll already see some individual item sales and they’ll continue to rotate in and out over the next few weeks!

Be sure to keep an eye on the S.A.W. Shop during the CRISPRmas event too, as we’ll be rotating in new featured items for the holidays each week.

Other Updates & Bug Fixes

  • Steam users can add the tag -novid in SAR’s Steam launch options to auto-skip logo videos.
  • Performance optimizations: Spine animations and game loot are now more efficient.
  • Reduced total number of environment texture atlases to help load times and reduce VRAM usage slightly.
  • SMOMA art pieces are now loaded individually from the hard-drive at the time of viewing, rather than all at game load, further reducing load time.
  • Controller Right-Trigger can now open the event shop when pressing it while on the last tab (DLC) of the Shop screen.
  • News box won’t auto-rotate while your mouse is hovering over it or while your controller is selecting it.
  • Bwoking Dead mode now warns the player if they’re leaving the match early and will miss out on the end-game rewards.
  • Improved spawn algorithm for zombies early on in Bwoking Dead matches, which should help eliminate the issue of respawning deep in the gas during the first circle.
  • Fixed a bug where the emote wheel could get stuck on-screen when boarding the escape eagle in Bwoking Dead.
  • Fixed a bug where throwing a grenade while dying would leave you unable to melee as a zombie in the Bwoking Dead.
  • Fixed a bug where loot would sometimes go behind a wall in Pixile Port.
  • Fixed a bug where the Bow & Sparrow’s pull-back sound was not matching the animation of 0.5s.
  • Fixed health bars not displaying while spectating the player who killed you.
  • Fixed a bug where binding a key would only check one conflict (for instance, binding Map to (A) was resetting the Reload binding, but not Mark Map, and now it does both correctly).
  • Animal Pass preview in the top-left of the main menu no longer shows an incorrect initial state (with the blue baseball cap) before finishing loading.
  • Fixed a bug where logging out or unlinking an account wouldn’t refresh the animal pass archive pass screen once logged back in.
  • Fixed controller navigation getting stuck when trying to buy an Archive Animal Pass without enough tickets.
  • Fix for in-game settings screen’s report button not being navigable by controller.
  • Fixed bug where binding (B) control with a controller (while in-game) would close the controls menu.
  • Fixed Coconut Costume being above armor visually.
  • Fixed incorrect icons for Farmer Outfit and RedShift Outfit.
  • Improved compression artifacts on Vampire Hunter items from Twitch Drops.
  • Halloween Tee has been renamed to Howloween Tee.
  • Added translations for errors with coupon code redemption.
  • Added several translation fixes.

These were some seriously long patch notes, so if you made it all the way to this point, a winner is you. Please enjoy this trailer, and we’ll see you on the island!

Source: ModusGames

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Ark Survival Evolved Winter Wonderland 2021 Schedule, Skins & More Listed

In case you didn’t know, Studio Wildcard released a new Ark Survival Evolved update today that included free DLC! While that might be the biggest news for the game today, the studio has also launched the Ark Survival Evolved Winter Wonderland 2021 event too! Check out the schedule, skins and more details below.

Ark Survival Evolved Winter Wonderland 2021 Schedule, Skins and More:

Begins: December 14, 2021 – Ends: January 6, 2022

Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The epic winter-themed holiday event begins on December 14th and will last until Thursday, January 6th. All maps will receive Winter Wonderland and all its content.

RaptorClaus will be sailing across the star-filled night sky in his sleigh, dropping off presents filled with high-end loot as well as Mistletoe, and Coal for those naughty Survivors.  You’ll be able to catch RaptorClaus flying across the skies at midnight (game time) on all maps.

GachaClaus is also making a triumphant return to help RaptorClaus spread the holiday cheer! GachaClaus will be roaming all maps looking for eager recipients while sporting holiday-themed colors. He will be accepting your coal and in exchange will gift you holiday-themed items, or you can trade-in your mistletoe and coal for a chance at an animated TV Show Parasaur skin, a full-body Santa costume, new skins, weapons, armor, or 5 new Chibis!

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This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland

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December 14th to January 6th

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*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game’s standard 1x rates.

  • Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval

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  • RaptorClaus
  • GachaClaus

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  • Santa Laugh Emote *NEW*
  • Caroling Emote
  • Happy Clap Emote
  • Nutcracker Dance Emote

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  • Full-body Santa Costume *NEW*
  • Animated TV Show Parasaur Skin *NEW*
  • 3 New Male & Female Christmas-themed Sweater Skins *NEW*
  • 4 New Christmas-themed Beanie Skins *NEW*
  • Rex Sweater Skin
  • Carolers Sweater Skin
  • Bulbdog Sweater Skin
  • Blue Winter Beanie
  • Purple Winter Beanie
  • Green Winter Beanie
  • Male and Female Noglin Swimsuit Skin
  • Male and Female Yeti Swimsuit Skin
  • Candy Cane Club Skin
  •  Christmas Bola Skin
  •  Nutcracker Slingshot Skin
  •  Dino Ornament Swim Bottom Skin
  •  Dino Ornament Swim Top Skin
  •  Jerboa Wreath Swim Bottom Skin
  •  Jerboa Wreath Swim Top Skin
  •  Ugly Bronto Sweater Skin
  •  Ugly Carno Sweater Skin
  •  Ugly Chibi Sweater Skin
  •  Gray Winter Beanie Skin
  •  Purple Winter Beanie Skin
  •  Red Winter Beanie Skin
  •  Felt Reindeer Antlers Skin
  •  Santa Hat Skin

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  • Animated TV Show Raptor Chibi *NEW*
  • Sinomacrops Chibi *NEW*
  • Dinopithecus Chibi *NEW*
  • Amargasaurus Chibi *NEW*
  • Festive Noglin Chibi *NEW*

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  •  Festive Dino Candy
  •  Holiday Lights
  •  Holiday Stocking
  •  Holiday Tree
  •  Gift Box
  •  Snowman
  •  Wreath

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  • Yellow *NEW*
  • Jade
  • PineGreen
  • SpruceGreen
  • DarkMagenta
  • Glacial
  • PowderBlue
  • Teal
  • DarkViolet
  • Red
  • Green
  • Light Grey
  • Light Red
  • Dark Red
  • Dino Light Red
  • Dino Light Green
  • Dino Medium Green
  • Dino Albino
  • NearWhite

If we get a new Ark update or content drop announcement from Studio Wildcard, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

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Ark Survival Evolved Update 2.71 Brings Free DLC & More This December 14

Studio Wildcard has released the Ark Survival Evolved update 2.71 patch this December 14 on all platforms, and this is for new DLC! Players will be getting the community map Lost Island with the title update, as well as the return of Winter Wonderland, and some fixes are included as well. Read on for the full patch notes.

Ark Survival Evolved Update 2.71 Patch Notes:

Patch File Sizes (Estimated):

  • PC / EGS: ~30GB
  • XBOX: ~50GB
  • PS4: ~50GB

Transfer Restrictions

  • Character Upload/Download is enabled
  • Item/Dino Upload is enabled
  • Item/Dino Download is disabled

Current Version: v698.18 – 12/14/2021 – Major version update for clients and servers

  • Free DLC ‘Lost Island’ is now available! Introducing a new map with over 150 sq km playable area, and 3 new creatures; the Amargasaurus, Dinopithecus, and Sinomacrops!
  • Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. Use the server parameter -ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland to begin the event.
  • For the duration of Winter Wonderland, we have disabled the world buffs from the Genesis Part 2 Missions on the Official Network: Baby Boon & Maewing Poach. In the past, we’ve adjusted for the impact this event has had on the rates by tweaking the bonuses that we use during the holidays, however those tweaks lead to unfavourable circumstances on maps that aren’t Genesis Part 2, so going forward during breeding events, we’ll be disabling these mission buffs specifically as not to affect the bonuses on other maps.
  • Fixed some exploits
  • Fixed some server and crashes
  • Fixed a bug where the TEK Bow would fire inconsistently

Regarding the Lost Island community map DLC, there are three new creatures included in it, and there’s a trailer and more revealed as well:

Ark Survival Evolved Lost Island Free DLC Details:

 Explore the soaring heights and hidden depths of ARK’s newest official community map, featuring three new creatures for you to tame! Lost Island boasts 150 square kilometers of new biomes, new challenges, and mysterious ruins.

Discover jungle valleys fed by giant waterfalls, build a treehouse high in the forest canopies, get down and dirty in vast mangrove swamps, dive deep underwater, brave treacherous snowy peaks, or spelunk uncharted cave systems in search of treasure… There’s something here for everyone!

Lost Island is the first community map released with three new creatures, and the first to include a creature chosen by the ARK community. Unleash thermal hell from atop your Amargasaurus, glide into battle with Sinomacrops at your back, or treat your enemies to a shower of Tek-disabling Dinopithecus dung!

  • A 150 sq km map with a wide variety of unique biomes to explore
  • Cascade Rift, a rainforest chasm carved by a flowing river and strung with thick vines
  • Mangrove Mire, a forbidding region of flooded swamplands
  • Castellate Peaks, a snow-capped alpine ridge that comes pre-fortified with stone fortresses

You can read more about Lost Island right here, and for this year’s Winter Wonderland details, head on over here.

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Nintendo Indie World Showcase Scheduled for Tomorrow

Get ready to check out some pretty neat independent titles made by some passionate developers, as the Nintendo Indie World Showcase is scheduled to air tomorrow.

The show will be featured on the Nintendo YouTube channel, with the Indie World Showcase scheduled for December 15 at 9 am PT and 12 pm ET.

Set for approximately 20 minutes and delivering some news about the upcoming indie games coming to Nintendo Switch, the Indie World Showcase will be the latest video presentation since the last Nintendo Direct a couple of months ago. While we have no idea what kind of games will be coming and what will be revealed, there’ll definitely be some interesting new independent titles that will catch the eyes of Switch owners looking to try something different and unique.

If you missed the last Nintendo Direct, you can read the recap and highlights right here.

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Tribes of Midgard Update 2.00 Out for Season 2 Serpent Saga This Dec. 14

Norsfell has released the Tribes of Midgard update 2.00 (PS5 version 2.000) this December 14, and this is for the Season 2: The Serpent Saga content! Given the timing, players can expect some holiday-themed goodies and event as well, which are all listed in the patch notes below.

Tribes of Midgard Update 2.00 Patch Notes | Tribes of Midgard Update 2.000 Patch Notes | Tribes of Midgard Season 2 Patch Notes:

Embracing the festive spirit with sharpened candy canes held high, the launch of Saga 2 also marks the beginning of our Yulidays celebration! Starting on December 14th and continuing until January 3rd, 2022, you’ll notice a wintery makeover to the Main Menu as well as some decorations laid about the Village.

FEATURES

  • New Biome: Open Seas

    • The emergence of Jömungandr has changed the seas of Midgard forever! All Worlds are now generated with a far greater balance of water now populated with islands filled with dangerous creatures, rare resources, and valuable treasures.

 

  • New Structure: Shipyard

    • A new structure. A ruined Shipyard can be found on an Ash Beach biome located near the Village. Gather enough resources to rebuild the Shipyard, and you’ll be able to craft Boats from it directly

 

  • Boats, Boats, Boats!

    • Having conquered the Wolf Saga, the Einherjar further reflect on their past lives as Vikings and the old ways. With renewed purpose, they remembered the lost art of sailing these majestic vessels across the seas.

 

  • Swimming

    • That’s right, swim! Not only did the Einherjar recently remember the ancient art of sailing, but the crucial skills necessary to survive in a world with so much water—until they run out of stamina.

 

  • New Saga Boss: Jörmungandr

    • Jörmungandr has risen! The notorious poisonous World Serpent resides in his Lair at the heart of the ocean, and if he is not stopped soon, he will consume all of Midgard in the name of Ragnarök.

 

  • New Saga Quest and Saga Quest Selection

    • With a new Saga Boss introduced, we’ve also introduced a new Saga Quest that will guide you on your journey to defeat Jörmungandr.
    • Fenrir remains as part of the World, as is the Saga Quest to defeat him. If you’re feeling particularly brave (and fast), you can even attempt to complete both Saga Quests in a single World.
    • Please note that during Season 2, the Jörmungandr Saga is selected by default but can be changed at the Quest Board at any time.

 

  • New Condition: Poisoned

    • Some of the newly introduced enemy attacks, such as from a Selkie’s claws or Jörmungandr’s spit, are capable of poisoning you. The Poisoned condition will slowly eat away at your HP and Mana if you’re afflicted.

 

  • New Armor Perks

    • Saga 2 debuts the Armor Perks system. Every piece of Armor in Tribes of Midgard now contains an additional passive bonus.
    • Each Perk is assigned to a particular Armor Set.
      • You can also mix and match Armor Perks if you’re feeling creative. Multiple pieces with the same Armor Perk will stack the bonus!
    • Armor Perks per Armor Set:
      • Villager: Increase chance to receive double the loot from enemy drops per piece equipped.
      • Hersir: Increase Sword damage per piece equipped.
      • Raider: Increase Axe damage per piece equipped.
      • Feral: Increase Hammer damage per piece equipped.
      • Nornir: Increase Thunder damage per piece equipped.
      • Seiðr: Increase Damage against Helthing per piece equipped.
      • Útgarð: Increase Ice damage per piece equipped.
      • Gullveig: Increase Fire damage per piece equipped.
      • Serpent (New Set): Increase Dark damage per piece equipped.
      • Fornjót: Increase Damage against Jötunn per piece equipped.
      • Baldr: Regenerate HP every 10 seconds. Amount healed increases per piece equipped.
      • Fenrir: Increase Damage against Saga Bosses per piece equipped.
      • Jörmungandr (New Set): Regenerate Mana every 2 seconds. Amount gained increases per piece equipped.

CONTENT

  • New Creature: Seals (so cute)
    • A new docile creature that inhabits the coasts of Midgard.

 

  • New Creature: Selkie (not so cute)
    • Often disguising themselves as Seals, at first, these vicious creatures will lunge at you if you get too close and chant to slow you.

 

  • New Creature: Fossegrim (also not so cute)
    • Armed with their trusty lyres, Fossegrims come bearing one of three magical songs that provide benefits to their allies in a nearby radius.

 

  • New Camps: Beacons

    • These unique Camps are fortified with a gauntlet of Turrets and host enemies defending a sacred Beacon used to light the way to Jörmungandr.

 

  • New Runes:
    • We have added 5 new Runes to bolster your options and provide new strategies. See below for their abilities and how to acquire them:

      • Nothing to Wield [Rare].
      • Mana Pathfinder [Rare].
      • Harvest Boom [Rare].
      • Winter’s Wake [Epic].
      • Eira’s Gift [Legendary].

 

  • New Starter Kits:
    • We have added 6 Starter Kits to shake-up that early-game routine!

      • Builder Starter Kit [Uncommon].
      • Industrial Starter Kit [Rare].
      • Twin Knuckle Starter Kit [Rare].
      • Tactical Retreat Starter Kit [Rare].
      • Sailor Starter Kit [Epic].
      • Expedition Starter Kit [Legendary].

 

  • New Rewards Track
    • With the official arrival of our second Season, a fresh Rewards Track is ready to be conquered! Gain progress by playing Tribes of Midgard to earn Season XP and earn bonus XP from timed Challenges. 49 new levels and 49 new rewards await, Einherjar!
    • Season Rewards from the previous Season have been shifted to the Shop and can be acquired with Golden Horns. See Shop V2 section below for more details.

 

  • New Cosmetic Set:

    • Pirate Set – Armor x5 and Equipment x5

 

  • New Pet:
    • Flyte Master – Fight or flyte? Well, this snarky parrot has become somewhat of a local legend among the Einherjar for its skill at flyting. No feelings were spared.
    • Baby Jormie – Before he was the World Serpent, he was just a cute little fella who never wanted to leave his shell. Hard to believe how big he got.

 

  • And Much More!
    • New Ruin and decoration landmarks to enhance visual variety
    • New “Defeat Jörmungandr 1x, 5x, 10x” Challenges with unique rewards
    • New “Defeat 2 Saga Bosses in a single World” Challenge (for those who dare!)
    • Over 50 new sound effects and VOs in High Midgardian for immersion
    • Shimmering visual effect on the Village Quest Board to draw attention to it when no Personal Quest has been selected.
    • Multiple performance optimizations, updated visuals, and various other improvements

CRAFTING

  • New Crafted Equipment Recipes:

    • Jörmungandr’s Maw [Legendary]
      • Spell 1 – Whirlwind Tail++:
      • Spell 2 – Poison Spit+
      • Spell 3 – Crashing Waves
    • Jörmungandr Armor [Legendary]
      • Grants Poisonproof++
    • Jörmungandr Shield [Legendary]
    • Serpent Gnasher (Axe) I / II / III
      • Spell 1 – Slash
      • Spell 2 – Summon
    • Serpent Armor [Epic]
      • Grants Poisonproof+
    • Serpent Shield [Epic]

 

  • New Potion Recipe: Immunity Elixir

    • No longer worry about being stunned, slowed, poisoned, weakened or even lit on fire.

 

Yulidays Event – December 14th, 2021 – January 3rd, 2022

  • Festive Challenges:
    • During the Yulidays Event, there will be 3 Festive Challenges that can only be completed during this limited time event.
    • Complete these challenges to earn unique Yulidays Content, see Yulidays Content below for details.

 

  • Present Loot Chest:

    • We’ve added a new Loot Chest to safeguard your belongings when things don’t go as planned. This Loot Chest is specially gift wrapped for the Yulidays!

 

  • Yulidays Pet:

    • Bucky the Yule Goat – Oft-forgotten and stuck on the sidelines, this year’s holiday event marks Bucky the Yule Goat’s time to shine!

 

  • Yuliday Portrait:

    • A special Portrait to show off your festive spirit!

 

  • Yulidays Cosmetics:

    • Allfather Yule Set – Armor x5 and Equipment x5.

Balance Changes:

  • Jötunn pacing reduced to accommodate new world generation (smaller mainland)
  • The Nothing to Hide Rune’s behavior has been altered, in that now you only receive the Rune’s damage bonus if all Armor slots are empty, rather than an incremental bonus per empty slot. The total bonus damage remains the same, but you must embrace the full nakedness to wield it. Shine on you wild Viking!
  • Rarity of Sorcerer & Merchant Treasure Maps changed from Common to Uncommon
  • Personal Quests now contain a Treasure Map Consumable as a Reward to help exploration
  • Harshest Winter Personal Quest’s Speed Elixir reward replaced with Immunity Elixir
  • Immunity Elixir can now also be found in the Ruins treasure chests on an Ash Beach
  • Villager Bow II can be found in the Ruins Treasure Chests
  • Lair Treasure Maps can now be found in the last Treasure Chest of a Hideout
  • Hideout Artifacts can now be purchased at the Smoky Highlands Sorcerer for Souls
  • Jötunn Artifacts can now be purchased at the Ash Beach Sorcerer for Souls
  • All Elite Creatures are now immune to status effects
  • Dökkálfar enemy type now has Voidproof protection
  • Unsunken enemy type now has Voidproof protection
  • Explosive Finale Rune Damage has been increased by 100
  • Might of Mjolnir Rune Damage has been increased by 100
  • Storm Chaser Rune Damage has been increased by 100
  • Range of Baldr’s Blade Whirlwind Spell has been reduced by 100
  • Lumberyard now produces 20% more Materials
  • Farm now produces 20% more Materials

QoL Changes

  • Shop V2
    • We’ve redone the Shop layout and how items, old and new, are made available to players.
    • Most notably, the Shop categories and their contents have changed:
      • Firstly, based on your feedback, we’ve separated out the purely Cosmetic Items from items with Gameplay impact, such as Runes, Recipes, Tools and Starter Kits and made these Gameplay items available at all times.
      • By selecting Weapons, Protections, or Accessories from the Gameplay section, you’ll be able to unlock items from Season 1: Wolf Saga using Golden Horns.
      • The Essentials section now contains purely Cosmetic items for your Character Customization, such Hair Dye and Portraits and also includes Cosmetics from Season 1: Wolf Saga, all of which can be acquired with Golden Horns.
      • The Featured items will continue to rotate on a Weekly basis, but we’ve added the ability to select and browse entire themed Sets as ‘Bundles’. You can select the Bundle icon on the Shop menu to view all items associated with that Set and purchase them individually or grouped together as a Bundled unlock.
      • As always, all Gameplay content is attainable with Golden Horns and Season progression only. In other words, Gameplay items will always require Gameplay to unlock.
  • Auto-Equip V2
    • Upon crafting a piece of equipment more powerful than what is currently equipped, the newly crafted item will automatically be equipped instead.
    • Upon repairing a piece of equipment more powerful than what is currently equipped, the newly repaired item will automatically be equipped instead.
  • Donate Max
    • When donating resources to any structure or vendor, we’ve added a ‘Donate Max’ shortcut you can press to instantly deposit all the required Materials and Souls, provided you have them in your Inventory.
  • Consumable/Construction Drop
    • Players are now able to drop the number of Consumables or Constructions they want instead of their full stack. Works in the Inventory and War Chest.
  • Pre-Built Fortified Gates
    • All game modes now have their Villages come pre-equipped with Level 1 Gates at all entrances. They can still be upgraded to Levels 2 and 3 per normal. This should help alleviate a lot of the pressure of the first few days of exploration as the Village will be able to take care of itself for a little while. Just remember to close the Gates when you leave the Village (hey, it happens to the best of us).
  • Personal Quests and the Quest Board
    • All Personal Quests taken from the Quest Board will now skip the introductory step of requiring the Player to interact with the Quest NPC before they can get started on the objectives.
    • Now, when selecting a Personal Quest from the Quest Board, your tracker will update with the objective right away and you only need to interact with the Quest NPC when turning the Quest in.
    • Quest Rewards have been reworked to accommodate new content.
    • Quest progress can be tracked on the Quest Board itself now, instead of disappearing after selecting a Quest
  • Matchmaking Region Selection
    • Upon selecting a Matchmaking game, you can now select your choice of Server Region, or stick with Automatic, which will connect you to the fastest result as usual.
  • War Chest Arrows to Archer Tower
    • Donating Special Arrows to your Village’s Archer Tower now looks at your Inventory as well as the War Chest, just like Gates.
  • New and Improved Alerts
    • Session-wide text Alerts will now be displayed when a player:
      • Rebuilds a Village Fortification, the Bridge or the Shipyard
      • Upgrades a Village Station, Fortification or the Shipyard
      • Clears out all the enemies of a Hideout
      • Light up a Beacon
  • Steam/Epic Game Store Invites
    • With Tribes of Midgard now available on the Epic Games Store, players who link their Steam accounts to Epic Games Store accounts, and vice versa, will be able to send Invites to each other as normal.
    • Matchmaking on PC includes all PC Players regardless of platform.
  • Game Over Screen
    • We’ve updated the Game Over screen at the end of each Session to show some additional statistics:
    • Golden Horns earned is now displayed
    • Saga Bosses Slain is now displayed
    • Seed number of that World Generation is now displayed
  • Hunter Class Unlock
    • With the expanded World and addition of islands, we’ve changed the requirement for unlocking the Hunter Class from Activating all Shrines in a World to Activate 15 Shrines in a World to keep the challenge accessible.
  • Ranger Slow Poke
    • Ranger’s Slow Poke Blessing has been improved so that the effect can now also be triggered by Bow attacks in addition to standard melee attacks.

Notable Bug Fixes

  • Fixed some isolated instances of a World spawning without a Bridge or Fenrir Lair
  • Fixed an issue with Hunter’s Skaði’s Spirit Blessing in which the decoy would not taunt nearby enemies properly
  • Fixed some instances where players were getting kicked just after defeating Fenrir
  • Fixed an issue in which the Linnorm were far too mighty and able to fling Giants with their tail swipes
  • Fixed an issue that was causing Hálogi to get stuck at the Village Gates after destroying them
  • Fixed an issue in which the Far-Fetched Rune was not adding the full damage benefit
  • Kills made with Traps are now correctly attributed to the player and earn XP
  • … and many more improvements!

Source: Tribes of Midgard

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Diablo 2 Resurrected Update 1.12 Fixes Difficulty Scaling Access & More This Dec. 14

Blizzard Entertainment has released the Diablo 2 Resurrected update 1.12 (PS5 version 1.012) patch this December 14, and this fixes the difficulty scaling access, alongside other bug fixes for both PC and consoles. Head on below for the full patch notes. Note that Blizzard also calls this the 12.6 title update, so don’t be confused if you see that version number used alongside the console version numbers.

Diablo 2 Resurrected Update 1.12 Patch Notes | Diablo 2 Resurrected Update 1.012 Patch Notes | Diablo 2 Resurrected Update 12.6 Patch Notes:

A new patch is now available for Windows® PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, and PlayStation®4. As of 12/14, the Nintendo Switch patch is now available.

BUG FIXES

Consoles

  • Fixed an issue that required players to have a premium account to access offline player difficulty scaling.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Assassin traps and Sorceress Hydras to teleport to the player after they move a certain distance from where the skill was cast.

Windows PC

  • Fixed an issue that caused Assassin traps and Sorceress Hydras to teleport to the player after they move a certain distance from where the skill was cast.
  • Fixed an issue where players were unable to bind mouse wheel inputs to skills.

That’s about it for this title update. Head on over here to see the past patches that Blizzard has released to see if there are certain bugs that still needs squashing.

Source: Blizzard forums

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Marvel’s Avengers Update 1.000.031 Released for Patch 2.2.1 This December 14

Crystal Dynamics has released the Marvel’s Avengers update 1.000.031 patch this December 14, which is called update 2.2.1 by the studio. Head on below for the complete patch notes, and clarification/update on the missing Units and Fragments.

Marvel’s Avengers Update 1.000.031 Patch Notes | Marvel’s Avengers Update 2.2.1 Patch Notes:

Release Timing:

  • PlayStation: 12/14
  • Xbox: 12/14
  • Steam: 12/14
  • Stadia: 12/14

MULTIPLAYER AND MATCHMAKING

  • In Discordant Sound, the giant Klaw no longer fires his one-shot beam up to three times in a row, sometimes without indicators.
  • Stability improvements for the Discordant Sound Raid.
  • After completing the Forge or Control Room in Discordant Sound, the correct loading screen cinematic appears for all players when it previously didn’t play for some players.
  • When players take the elevator to the Forge in Discordant Sound, they no longer eject or clip through it.

USER INTERFACE

  • [PS] Spider-Man’s Wrestler and Alumnus Outfits’ preview icons now match the actual outfit.
  • [PS] The Marketplace preview image for the Spider-Man Emote ‘Aww Shucks’ is now the correct one.

COMBAT

  • [PS] Spider-Man’s Web-Repeater Skill description indicates that it can be used in air now.
  • [PS] Unlocking any Webbed Mastery Skill for Spider-Man no longer unlocks an additional Intrinsic Mastery Skill in the same position.
  • Iron Man no longer becomes invincible when failing to summon the Hulkbuster on uneven ground.

ART AND ANIMATION

  • [Xbox] The eyes and eyebrows for Captain America’s Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Outfit appear correctly on Xbox.

GEAR, CHALLENGES, AND REWARDS

  • Players who previously unlocked Intel Outfits now have them properly unlocked again.
  • Kate Bishop now gets a piece of Vibranium Payload gear at low Power Levels in the Corrupted Vibranium Event.

Crystal Dynamics has also shared that they are still planning on reimbursing the lost Units and Fragments, though it is an “entirely seprate thing” from this patch, and an update about it will be shared “soon.”

Once the update or announcement is out for the missing Units and Fragments, we’ll let our readers know.

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Marvel’s Avengers Update 1.56 Patch Notes; Rolled Out for 2.2.1 This Dec. 14

As expected given the previous announcement, Crystal Dynamics has released the Marvel’s Avengers update 1.56 patch this December 14, which is called update 2.2.1 by the studio. Check out the complete patch notes below, which lists various fixes from UI and combat tweaks to rewards.

Marvel’s Avengers Update 1.56 Patch Notes | Marvel’s Avengers Update 2.2.1 Patch Notes:

Release Timing:

  • PlayStation: 12/14
  • Xbox: 12/14
  • Steam: 12/14
  • Stadia: 12/14

MULTIPLAYER AND MATCHMAKING

  • In Discordant Sound, the giant Klaw no longer fires his one-shot beam up to three times in a row, sometimes without indicators.
  • Stability improvements for the Discordant Sound Raid.
  • After completing the Forge or Control Room in Discordant Sound, the correct loading screen cinematic appears for all players when it previously didn’t play for some players.
  • When players take the elevator to the Forge in Discordant Sound, they no longer eject or clip through it.

USER INTERFACE

  • [PS] Spider-Man’s Wrestler and Alumnus Outfits’ preview icons now match the actual outfit.
  • [PS] The Marketplace preview image for the Spider-Man Emote ‘Aww Shucks’ is now the correct one.

COMBAT

  • [PS] Spider-Man’s Web-Repeater Skill description indicates that it can be used in air now.
  • [PS] Unlocking any Webbed Mastery Skill for Spider-Man no longer unlocks an additional Intrinsic Mastery Skill in the same position.
  • Iron Man no longer becomes invincible when failing to summon the Hulkbuster on uneven ground.

ART AND ANIMATION

  • [Xbox] The eyes and eyebrows for Captain America’s Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Outfit appear correctly on Xbox.

GEAR, CHALLENGES, AND REWARDS

  • Players who previously unlocked Intel Outfits now have them properly unlocked again.
  • Kate Bishop now gets a piece of Vibranium Payload gear at low Power Levels in the Corrupted Vibranium Event.

Crystal Dynamics has also shared that they are still planning on reimbursing the lost Units and Fragments, though it is an “entirely seprate thing” from this patch, and an update about it will be shared “soon.” Once we know more, we’ll let our readers know.

Source: Reddit

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New Destiny 2 Weekly Reset December 14, 2021 and Eververse Rotation

It’s Tuesday, and that means another heaping of activities are live for players to complete in Destiny 2 is now live! The new Destiny 2 weekly reset December 14, 2021 refresh of activities is now live, with details listed below, along with the Eververse rotation of items for sale.

New Destiny 2 Weekly Reset December 14, 2021 and Eververse Rotation:

Nightfall – The Ordeal: The Devils’ Lair

Modifiers:

  • Nightfall: Adept
    • Scorched Earth: Enemies throw grenades significantly more often.
  • Nightfall: Hero
    • All previous modifiers
    • Champions: Overload: This mode contains Overload Champions, which cannot be stopped without an Overload mod.
    • Champions: Barrier: This mode contains Barrier Champions, which cannot be stopped without an Anti-Barrier mod.
    • Champions: Fallen: This mode contains both Barrier and Overload Champions, which cannot be stopped without an Anti-Barrier or Overload mod, respectively.
    • Hero Modifiers: Extra Shields
    • Sepiks’s Gaze: Incoming Arc and splash damage increased.
  • Nightfall: Legend
    • All previous modifiers
    • Equipment Locked: You will not be able to change your equipment after this activity starts.
    • Match Game: Enemy shields are highly resistant to all unmatched elemental damage.
    • Legend Modifiers: Locked Loadout & Match Game & Extra Shields
  • Nightfall: Master
    • All previous modifiers
    • Chaff: Radar is disabled.
    • Master Modifiers: Champions: Mob & Locked Loadout & Match Game & Extra Shields
    • Champions: Mob: This mode contains additional Champions.
  • Nightfall: Grandmaster
    • All previous modifiers
    • Arach-NO!: When defeated, Fallen Vandals spawn a web mine at their feet.
    • Grandmaster Modifiers: Extinguish & Limited Revives & Contest & Join In Progress Disabled & Champions: Mob & Locked Loadout & Match Game & Extra Shields
    • Extinguish: If your fireteam falls in a Restricted Zone, everyone is returned to orbit.
    • Limited Revives: Limited fireteam revives. Gain additional revives by defeating Champions.

Rewards:

  • Powerful (Tier 1) reward: Get 3 points by completing runs. Higher difficulties grant more points.
  • Pinnacle reward: Get a score of 100k. Since modifiers are fixed, this requires a high difficulty run.

Weekly Crucible Rotator: Mayhem

Achieve victory by defeating opponents. Abilities and Supers regenerate faster. Heavy ammo spawns more frequently.


Vanguard Burn: Arc Singe

The other modifieres rotate daily, check out the Daily Reset Thread for them!


Europa

  • Eclipsed Zone: Eventide Ruins
  • Empire Hunt: The Technocrat: Defeat Eramis’s technology expert, Praksis, the Technocrat.
  • Exo Challenge: Simulation: Safeguard: Simulated Skill-Set Training: Test your defensive abilities amongst a Vex onslaught.

Legacy Activities

  • Moon:
    • Wandering Nightmare: Fallen Council (Archer’s Line)
    • Trove Guardian is in Hellmouth
    • Nightmare Hunt: Insanity: Defeat the Nightmare of the Fanatic.
    • Nightmare Hunt: Despair: Defeat the Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx.
    • Nightmare Hunt: Fear: Defeat the Nightmare of Phogoth.
  • Dreaming City: Strong Curse
    • Petra is at Rheasilvia.
    • Weekly Mission: Dark Monastery – Provide recon for Petra’s forces by investigating strange enemy activity in Rheasilvia.
    • Ascendant Challenge: Keep of Honed Edges, Harbinger’s Seclude
    • Blind Well: Taken, Plague: Inomina

Eververse Bright Dust Offerings

Name Description Type Cost
Concentrated Mattergem An Upgrade Module ionizer created from refined Mattergems. Consumable 200 Bright Dust
Glimmershard A shard with the ability to generate Glimmer during combat. Consumable 250 Bright Dust
Scavenger’s Boon A transmutation device with the ability to create planetary materials. Consumable 250 Bright Dust

Weekly Records

Name Description Objectives Rewards

No more records this season!


Notable Armor Rolls

Only notable rolls (stat total >= 59 or single stat >= 26) are listed here.

Class Name Vendor Type MOB RES REC DIS INT STR Total Cost
Titan Calamity Rig Boots Gambit Leg Armor 7 7 12 2 26 2 56 25 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Hunter Wildwood Vest EDZ Chest Armor 2 6 17 2 2 26 55 25 Legendary Shards & 10 Dusklight Shard
Warlock Wildwood Gauntlets EDZ Gauntlets 6 8 10 26 2 2 54 20 Legendary Shards & 10 Dusklight Shard

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Aliens Fireteam Elite Update 1.14 Patch Notes; Out for Season 2 Point Defense This Dec. 14

As expected, Cold Iron Studios has released the Aliens Fireteam Elite update 1.14 (PS5 version 1.014) patch this December 14, which is for Season 2: Point Defense! Not only is there new content, but a ton of gameplay-related adjustments have been made as well. Read on for the full patch notes below.

Aliens Fireteam Elite Update 1.14 Patch Notes | Aliens Fireteam Elite Update 1.014 Patch Notes | Aliens Fireteam Elite Season 2 Point Defense Patch Notes:

Season 2: Point Defense is here, and with it we’ve introduced a new, free, survival-based defensive game mode called Point Defense. Explore an all new map while you defend against destructive hordes of xenomorphs. In addition to the launch of Point Defense, there’s a new Lifetime Stats feature, as well as new weapons, cosmetics, and rewards to unlock in-game.

Owners of the Deluxe edition will also receive the second of their four DLC Packs with the new Nostromo Salvage DLC, detailed below.

FREE CONTENT UPDATE

  • New Game Mode: Point Defense
    • Challenge your Fireteam with a new survival-based defensive game mode where you must protect, repair, and hold three different strategic points through multiple attack waves from the xenomorph threat. Use Fabrication Points earned during each wave to buy temporary Consumables, and help your team survive the next attack! Unlock up to 20 new rewards by succeeding at various difficulty levels.
    • Available for free to all players.
    • Unlocks immediately for all players who have already completed all four campaigns, and will unlock for all other players upon completion of all four campaigns.
  • New Rewards in-game include:
    • The new Exoskeletal Laminate Weapon Color
    • 3 decals (Dragon – Vermillion, Dragon – Azure, and Dragon – White)
    • 3 emotes (“Come At Me,” “Noodle Arms,” and “Cower”)
    • 13 new Attachments (Auxiliary Accelerator, Forward Mount Laser, Anti-Materiel Brake, SmartAssist Sight, Dual Optics, Augmented Sight, Inhibitor Rounds, Destabilizing Magazine, High Impact Rounds, Counterbalanced Magazine, Combat Actuator, Bracing Armature, and Smooth Bore)
  • New Game Feature: Lifetime Stats
    • Take pride in your Colonial Marine’s service record and keep track of your performance with the new Lifetime Stats feature. Track your progress as you work toward desired rewards and achievements. Review your general career stats, your performance with each Class Kit, and with each weapon. You can review each mission to see which Class Kits and difficulties you’ve completed it with, and check your best completion time.
    • Due to some legacy tracking issues prior to Season 1’s launch, you may notice some discrepancies.
  • New additions to SSgt Park’s Armory:
    • Four New Weapons:
      • Rifle: EVI-87 Zvezda Plasma Rifle
      • Heavy: Microburst
      • CQW: PPZ-49 Vol
      • Handgun: Frontier Revolver
    • Two New Weapon Colors:
      • Pineapple
      • Camo Tiger Orange
    • Two New Gun Decals:
      • UPP Flag
      • 895 Speedway
    • Two New Emotes:
      • Quotes
      • Pose – Weapon Up
    • Two New Head Accessories:
      • Endeavor Wings Cap
      • Festive Hat
  • New Challenge Cards:
    • Keep It Tight, People – Exotic
    • Retro Cam – Rare
    • Robot Carnival – Rare
    • Ain’t Paying Us By The Hour – Rare
    • Speak Loud, Carry A Small Stick – Rare
    • Lightning Round – Uncommon
    • Quit Screwing Around – Uncommon
    • …Probably Won’t Need That – Uncommon

Aliens Fireteam Elite Update 1.14

NOSTROMO SALVAGE PACK DLC

  • Now available in-game for all owners of the Deluxe Edition or for individual purchase for $9.99.
  • 12 Kit Skins:
    • 6 Nostromo Crew Jacket Kit Skins (One for each Kit)
    • 6 Nostromo Flightsuit Kit Skins (One for each Kit)
  • 4 Weapon Decals:
    • Wolf’s Head
    • Turbocharged
    • Always Faithful, Always Forward
    • Biohazard
  • 4 Head Accessories:
    • Parade Dress Beret
    • Vintage Aviator
    • Gas Mask
    • Durag
  • 8 Weapon Colors:
    • Bomb Squad
    • Edge-Traced – Crimson
    • Edge-Traced – Cyan
    • Edge-Traced – Violet
    • Opal
    • Splinter Camo – Titan
    • Splinter Camo – Venus
    • Splinter Camo – Mars
  • 4 Emotes:
    • Celebrate
    • Mimic Xeno
    • Singing
    • Threaten
  • Additional Items:
    • 3 Challenge Card Packs
    • 3 Consumables Pack
    • Credit Pack:
      • 12,000 Requisition Credits
      • 750 Reputation Scrip

PC:

MODDED GAMES NOTICE

  • To reduce the risk of players with modified versions of the game negatively affecting the game experience of other players, modified versions of the game will have Multiplayer features disabled. Multiplayer features may be restored by following these instructions.
  • Players on modified versions of the game will now receive a notification that Multiplayer has been disabled.

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING

  • We’ve taken the photosensitivity warning part of our EULA and surfaced that in a separate message at the launch of the game.

INTEL

  • Fixed an issue that should now allow players to correctly be able to pick up Intel items in the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission. If any issues do persist, please let us know via our Bug Report channel on our official Discord server.

MATCHMAKING

  • Players can now choose to leave their matchmaking queue open until it is full.
  • Players can now “Lock Fireteam” to close the group with fewer than 3 players.
  • The timer for a locked group has been extended to allow more time to modify loadouts.
  • Players can now “Ready Up” to skip or fast forward from the locked group phase and into Mission launch.
  • Fixed an issue where the Challenge Cards disable option in matchmaking was sometimes ignored.
  • Fixed an issue in Matchmaking where a new player couldn’t be found if another player left.

WEAPONS AND ATTACHMENTS

  • Area of Effect guns (such as Launchers and Flamethrowers) now deal half the normal Friendly Fire damage in modes where Friendly Fire is enabled.
  • All Launcher Weapons now properly have and display Stumble chances. The M12 RPG, M12A1 Rocket Launcher, and M95 Grenade Launcher all have a 100% stumble chance, while the M94 Impact Grenade has a 75% chance by default.
  • Updated the effect descriptions for the Rapid Release Magazine and Drum Magazine Weapon Attachments for more clarity. The faster reload speed effects now trigger briefly when the current magazine is emptied.
  • Fixed a UI issue where Max Ammo and Magazine Capacity values were displaying incorrect values.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent flamethrower weapons from correctly displaying a warning icon when friendly fire is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue with the Quickloader so that it now correctly refills ammo in all cases and shows a correct ammo readout after killing an enemy with the final round.
  • Fixed an issue with the Compact Flash Hider so it now provides all the intended Stability bonuses, instead of the unintended bonuses it was giving before.

CLASS KITS

  • Fixed an issue where some Perks could unintentionally trigger twice, such as Anesthesiologist.

DEMOLISHER:

  • The Demolisher Kit’s Blastwave Ability can no longer be blocked by certain enemies.
  • The Demolisher Kit’s Napalm Rockets Ability now also slows targets and the visual effects will now last for the full duration of the Ability’s effect.

DOC:

  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the Doc Kit’s Trauma Station Ability (and associated Replacers) from scaling properly with Radius- and Duration- based Perk Modifiers.
  • Fixed an issue to prevent Doc Kit’s Anesthesiologist Perk from being continually stacked to unintended levels.

GUNNER:

  • Increased the range of the Gunner Kit’s Incendiary Burst Ability by 20%. It is also now more effective at hitting nearby targets when activated. The Stumble caused by this Ability is now more effective at hitting targets.
  • Fixed an issue where using the Gunner Kit’s Overclock Ability could sometimes have its countdown sound effect get stuck.

PHALANX:

  • The Phalanx Kit’s shield now blocks Burster explosion damage and no longer negates acid splash damage.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Shield Up Ability now reduces damage received from environmental hazards by 35%.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Passive Ability, Bulwark, now has a duration of 6 seconds (increased from 4 seconds).
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Shock Pulse Ability now has a slightly increased range and can no longer be blocked by some enemies.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Shock Pulse Ability no longer has its Damage Over Time effect removed when another player with the Phalanx Kit applies the same effect to the same target.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s shield now properly unequips when going into cover without sliding.

RECON:

  • The Recon Kit’s Guard Dog Ability now correctly deals electric damage.
  • Fixed an issue where the Recon Kit’s Bloodhound Ability sometimes wouldn’t highlight enemies as expected.
  • The Recon Kit’s Rifle Expertise Perk now properly provides a 10% bonus to Fire Rate.
  • The Recon Kit’s CQW Training Perk now properly reduces the reload time for CQWs when equipped.

TECHNICIAN:

  • Fixed the Technician Kit’s Creative Pain Point Solutions Perk  to consistently work with the Technician’s turret.
  • Technician Turret Changes:
    • Technician Kit Turrets no longer have a delay before firing. Note: This adjustment should make the turrets feel snappier, especially when acquiring new targets.
    • The Heavy Turret Ability Replacer now fires roughly 10% faster.
    • The Heavy Turret Ability Replacer’s base damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Fixed an issue where the Fire Rate bonuses from the Hyperlocal Logistics and Dynamic Delivery Systems Perks did not correctly increase the fire rate of the Heavy Turret Ability Replacer.
    • Fixed an issue where the Heavy Turret Ability Replacer would remain idle for a short period of time when it selected a new target.
    • Technicians no longer pull their Turret off their back when placing Consumable grids or mines.

AUDIO

  • Fixed an issue where the Mission Countdown audio would play multiple times if Challenge Cards were used while matchmaking.
  • Fixed an issue where some sound effects would become muted for the host if they completed a Mission in the downed position.
  • Fixed an issue where the motion tracker sound effects could continue to play in the Mission end screen.
  • Fixed an issue where players sometimes wouldn’t hear the Aid Kit pickup sound.
  • Fixed an issue where a player would sometimes not hear the ammo pickup sound when receiving ammo from an ammo crate.
  • Fixed an issue with the M39 Submachine Gun that switched the sound effects to single fire if the fire rate dropped below a certain threshold.
  • Fixed an issue where the dropship sound effects would sometimes trigger twice during the “Giants of the Earth: Insertion” Mission.

CHALLENGE CARDS

  • Fixed an issue where the Mindful Capacity Challenge Card was preventing the N79 Laser Pistol from shooting after it overheated and then cooled down.
  • Fixed an issue where players using mouse and keyboard controls and playing with a Challenge Card that disables main weapons could sometimes have the key bind for equipping their sidearm not work correctly.
  • Fixed an issue with the “Don’t Get Hurt” Challenge Card where it wouldn’t fail upon taking damage.
  • Fixed an issue where a Challenge Card selected by a player who left the match could still be activated.
  • Challenge Cards now default to enabled when returning to the Mission screen after playing Horde Mode.

COMBAT

  • Xenomorph Runners, Bursters, and Prowlers now greatly slow down when they are Stumbled while running, and are further affected by movement speed penalties while they are Stumbling.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent a player from hearing the sound effect for a successful revival while reviving another player.
  • Fixed an issue on higher difficulties where consumable turrets wouldn’t despawn when they ran out of ammo.
  • Fixed an issue where an Area Of Effect field of an Ability, Consumable, or Weapon could sometimes spawn incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent weapons that cause Damage Over Time from correctly implementing friendly fire modifiers.
  • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in the downed position after being stumbled.
  • Fixed an issue where large enemies could sometimes get stuck at their spawning point.

MISSIONS

  • Updated the population and voice over in the “The Only Way to be Sure: Breach” Mission to better introduce new enemies.
  • Fixed an issue where damaging the capacitors during the final Mission, “The Only Way to be Sure: Regicide,” would not generate hit markers to denote a hit on the target.
  • Fixed a collision issue where a player could get stuck in cover, preventing progression of a  Mission.
  • Fixed an issue where the countdown timer in Horde Mode sometimes wouldn’t display correctly between waves.
  • Fixed an issue where some spawn points were not spawning enemies as intended.
  • Fixed an issue where Aid Kits sometimes wouldn’t distribute correctly on Extreme and Insane difficulties.
  • Fixed a text and audio discrepancy with the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission.
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause players to crash while loading into the “The Only Way to be Sure: Regicide” Mission.
  • Fixed an issue in the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission where an open door would sometimes prevent Mission progression.
  • Changed the introduction of Eggs and Facehuggers in the Mission “The Only Way to be Sure: Breach” slightly.
  • Fixed an issue where the dropship’s rockets fired from the incorrect location in the Mission “Giants in the Earth: Insertion”

OPTIMIZATION

  • Adjusted some environmental audio effects.
  • Join Queue notification should no longer remain on the client player’s screen when the host player leaves the queue.

UI

  • Added an indicator to Campaigns and Mission buttons that shows highest difficulty completed.
  • Settings for Subtitle Size and Subtitle Background will now be grayed out if Subtitles are set to off. Settings for Colorblind Strength will now be grayed out if Colorblind Mode is set to none.
  • Updated some textures that were incorrectly displaying.
  • Updated the friendly fire indicator to display both in and out of ADS (Aim Down Sights).
  • Updated the friendly fire indicator to no longer appear inappropriately during weapon swaps.
  • Added a “Hide HUD” setting for turning off the Heads Up Display during gameplay.
  • Added a “Toggle Head Accessory” prompt in the Change Appearance screen.
  • Added an Audio option to turn off the headshot sound.
  • Added an Audio option to change footstep volume.
  • Improved visibility of the “Apply Window/Resolution” button in the Graphics settings.
  • “Aim Assist (Mouse)” setting has been renamed to “Aim Snap (Mouse)” and includes a description in the tooltip.
  • Resetting Graphics settings to default will now also reset brightness to default.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the Consumables wheel from automatically closing if open while a player goes down.
  • Fixed an issue where Health bars would not update when their underlying attributes changed.
  • Fixed an issue where the Ability active duration bars were grayed out.
  • Fixed an issue where the Voice Over would stop playing in the Ready Up screen if players changed their loadout or consumables.
  • Fixed an issue that could get players stuck in the viewer mode screen without an option to exit.
  • Fixed an issue that could disable some button prompts in the game menu.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Damage Floaters from displaying on Xenomorph Eggs when damaged.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Damage Floaters from disappearing once the associated enemy dies.
  • Fixed an issue with the “Change Brightness” screen where you could unintendedly still control the background menu.
  • Fixed an issue where the Settings button was still clickable after selecting Continue Game in the game’s main menu.

GENERAL

  • Various stability and performance fixes.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent rare mission drop rewards from being granted when they should be. Previously, if a rare reward attempted to grant something you already had, you could be granted nothing, instead of “re-rolling” for another reward you haven’t already earned.
  • Game save files will now be located at: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Endeavor\Saved\SaveGames\<SteamID>. Saves will be automatically migrated to this directory. This will guarantee that the right save is used for a given Steam user.
  • Fixed a text and audio discrepancy with the “Log 09 UD-9C Condor Dropship” Intel item.
  • Fixed an issue where Aiming Down Sights from cover while facing left could get a character stuck facing left after leaving cover.
  • Fixed a crash sometimes caused by Electroshock Mines and/or Electroshock Rounds in the consumables slots.
  • Fixed an issue where some players experienced a crash while loading certain Kit Abilities into a mission.
  • Fixed a bug where Electroshock Popup and Phosphorous Popup Mine kills were not counted towards the Burn ‘Em Out and High Voltage Achievements.
  • Fixed an issue where enemies that were grappling were sometimes teleported during the grapple.
  • Fixed a variety of issues with showing accurate progress on Achievements.

PLAYSTATION:

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING

  • We’ve taken the photosensitivity warning part of our EULA and surfaced that in a separate message at the launch of the game.

INTEL

  • Fixed an issue that should now allow players to correctly be able to pick up Intel items in the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission. If any issues do persist, please let us know via our Bug Report channel on our official Discord server.

MATCHMAKING

  • Players can now choose to leave their matchmaking queue open until it is full.
  • Players can now “Lock Fireteam” to close the group with fewer than 3 players.
  • The timer for a locked group has been extended to allow more time to modify loadouts.
  • Players can now “Ready Up” to skip or fast forward from the locked group phase and into Mission launch.
  • Fixed an issue where the Challenge Cards disable option in matchmaking was sometimes ignored.
  • Fixed an issue in Matchmaking where a new player couldn’t be found if another player left.
  • Optimized matchmaking on Playstation to be more consistent.

WEAPONS AND ATTACHMENTS

  • Area of Effect guns (such as Launchers and Flamethrowers) now deal half the normal Friendly Fire damage in modes where Friendly Fire is enabled.
  • All Launcher Weapons now properly have and display Stumble chances. The M12 RPG, M12A1 Rocket Launcher, and M95 Grenade Launcher all have a 100% stumble chance, while the M94 Impact Grenade has a 75% chance by default.
  • Updated the effect descriptions for the Rapid Release Magazine and Drum Magazine Weapon Attachments for more clarity. The faster reload speed effects now trigger briefly when the current magazine is emptied.
  • Fixed a UI issue where Max Ammo and Magazine Capacity values were displaying incorrect values.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent flamethrower weapons from correctly displaying a warning icon when friendly fire is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue with the Quickloader so that it now correctly refills ammo in all cases and shows a correct ammo readout after killing an enemy with the final round.
  • Fixed an issue with the Compact Flash Hider so it now provides all the intended Stability bonuses, instead of the unintended bonuses it was giving before.

CLASS KITS

  • Fixed an issue where some Perks could unintentionally trigger twice, such as Anesthesiologist.

DEMOLISHER:

  • The Demolisher Kit’s Blastwave Ability can no longer be blocked by certain enemies.
  • The Demolisher Kit’s Napalm Rockets Ability now also slows targets and the visual effects will now last for the full duration of the Ability’s effect.

DOC:

  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the Doc Kit’s Trauma Station Ability (and associated Replacers) from scaling properly with Radius- and Duration- based Perk Modifiers.
  • Fixed an issue to prevent Doc Kit’s Anesthesiologist Perk from being continually stacked to unintended levels.

GUNNER:

  • Increased the range of the Gunner Kit’s Incendiary Burst Ability by 20%. It is also now more effective at hitting nearby targets when activated. The Stumble caused by this Ability is now more effective at hitting targets.
  • Fixed an issue where using the Gunner Kit’s Overclock Ability could sometimes have its countdown sound effect get stuck.

PHALANX:

  • The Phalanx Kit’s shield now blocks Burster explosion damage and no longer negates acid splash damage.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Shield Up Ability now reduces damage received from environmental hazards by 35%.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Passive Ability, Bulwark, now has a duration of 6 seconds (increased from 4 seconds).
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Shock Pulse Ability now has a slightly increased range and can no longer be blocked by some enemies.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s Shock Pulse Ability no longer has its Damage Over Time effect removed when another player with the Phalanx Kit applies the same effect to the same target.
  • The Phalanx Kit’s shield now properly unequips when going into cover without sliding.

RECON:

  • The Recon Kit’s Guard Dog Ability now correctly deals electric damage.
  • Fixed an issue where the Recon Kit’s Bloodhound Ability sometimes wouldn’t highlight enemies as expected.
  • The Recon Kit’s Rifle Expertise Perk now properly provides a 10% bonus to Fire Rate.
  • The Recon Kit’s CQW Training Perk now properly reduces the reload time for CQWs when equipped.

TECHNICIAN:

  • Fixed the Technician Kit’s Creative Pain Point Solutions Perk  to consistently work with the Technician’s turret.
  • Technician Turret Changes:
    • Technician Kit Turrets no longer have a delay before firing. Note: This adjustment should make the turrets feel snappier, especially when acquiring new targets.
    • The Heavy Turret Ability Replacer now fires roughly 10% faster.
    • The Heavy Turret Ability Replacer’s base damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Fixed an issue where the Fire Rate bonuses from the Hyperlocal Logistics and Dynamic Delivery Systems Perks did not correctly increase the fire rate of the Heavy Turret Ability Replacer.
    • Fixed an issue where the Heavy Turret Ability Replacer would remain idle for a short period of time when it selected a new target.
    • Technicians no longer pull their Turret off their back when placing Consumable grids or mines.

AUDIO

  • Fixed an issue where the Mission Countdown audio would play multiple times if Challenge Cards were used while matchmaking.
  • Fixed an issue where some sound effects would become muted for the host if they completed a Mission in the downed position.
  • Fixed an issue where the motion tracker sound effects could continue to play in the Mission end screen.
  • Fixed an issue where players sometimes wouldn’t hear the Aid Kit pickup sound.
  • Fixed an issue where a player would sometimes not hear the ammo pickup sound when receiving ammo from an ammo crate.
  • Fixed an issue with the M39 Submachine Gun that switched the sound effects to single fire if the fire rate dropped below a certain threshold.
  • Fixed an issue where the dropship sound effects would sometimes trigger twice during the “Giants of the Earth: Insertion” Mission.

CHALLENGE CARDS

  • Fixed an issue where the Mindful Capacity Challenge Card was preventing the N79 Laser Pistol from shooting after it overheated and then cooled down.
  • Fixed an issue with the “Don’t Get Hurt” Challenge Card where it wouldn’t fail upon taking damage.
  • Fixed an issue where Challenge Cards would sometimes not activate on PlayStation.
  • Fixed an issue where a Challenge Card selected by a player who left the match could still be activated.
  • Challenge Cards now default to enabled when returning to the Mission screen after playing Horde Mode.

COMBAT

  • Xenomorph Runners, Bursters, and Prowlers now greatly slow down when they are Stumbled while running, and are further affected by movement speed penalties while they are Stumbling.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent a player from hearing the sound effect for a successful revival while reviving another player.
  • Fixed an issue on higher difficulties where consumable turrets wouldn’t despawn when they ran out of ammo.
  • Fixed an issue where an Area Of Effect field of an Ability, Consumable, or Weapon could sometimes spawn incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent weapons that cause Damage Over Time from correctly implementing friendly fire modifiers.
  • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in the downed position after being stumbled.
  • Fixed an issue where large enemies could sometimes get stuck at their spawning point.

MISSIONS

  • Updated the population and voice over in the “The Only Way to be Sure: Breach” Mission to better introduce new enemies.
  • Fixed an issue where damaging the capacitors during the final Mission, “The Only Way to be Sure: Regicide,” would not generate hit markers to denote a hit on the target.
  • Fixed a collision issue where a player could get stuck in cover, preventing progression of a  Mission.
  • Fixed an issue where the countdown timer in Horde Mode sometimes wouldn’t display correctly between waves.
  • Fixed an issue where some spawn points were not spawning enemies as intended.
  • Fixed an issue where Aid Kits sometimes wouldn’t distribute correctly on Extreme and Insane difficulties.
  • Fixed a text and audio discrepancy with the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission.
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause players to crash while loading into the “The Only Way to be Sure: Regicide” Mission.
  • Fixed an issue in the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission where an open door would sometimes prevent Mission progression.
  • Changed the introduction of Eggs and Facehuggers in the Mission “The Only Way to be Sure: Breach” slightly.
  • Fixed an issue where the dropship’s rockets fired from the incorrect location in the Mission “Giants in the Earth: Insertion”

OPTIMIZATION

  • Several fixes and updates to optimize performance on consoles.
  • Adjusted some environmental audio effects.

UI

  • Added an indicator to Campaigns and Mission buttons that shows highest difficulty completed.
  • Settings for Subtitle Size and Subtitle Background will now be grayed out if Subtitles are set to off. Settings for Colorblind Strength will now be grayed out if Colorblind Mode is set to none.
  • Updated some textures that were incorrectly displaying.
  • Updated the friendly fire indicator to display both in and out of ADS (Aim Down Sights).
  • Updated the friendly fire indicator to no longer appear inappropriately during weapon swaps.
  • Added a “Hide HUD” setting for turning off the Heads Up Display during gameplay.
  • Added a “Toggle Head Accessory” prompt in the Change Appearance screen.
  • Added an Audio option to turn off the headshot sound.
  • Added an Audio option to change footstep volume.
  • Improved visibility of the “Apply Window/Resolution” button in the Graphics settings.
  • Resetting Graphics settings to default will now also reset brightness to default.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the Consumables wheel from automatically closing if open while a player goes down.
  • Fixed an issue where Health bars would not update when their underlying attributes changed.
  • Fixed an issue where the Ability active duration bars were grayed out.
  • Fixed an issue where the Voice Over would stop playing in the Ready Up screen if players changed their loadout or consumables.
  • Fixed an issue that could get players stuck in the viewer mode screen without an option to exit.
  • Fixed an issue that could disable some button prompts in the game menu.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Damage Floaters from displaying on Xenomorph Eggs when damaged.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Damage Floaters from disappearing once the associated enemy dies.
  • Fixed an issue with the “Change Brightness” screen where you could unintendedly still control the background menu.
  • Fixed an issue where the Settings button was still clickable after selecting Continue Game in the game’s main menu.

GENERAL

  • Various stability and performance fixes.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent rare mission drop rewards from being granted when they should be. Previously, if a rare reward attempted to grant something you already had, you could be granted nothing, instead of “re-rolling” for another reward you haven’t already earned.
  • Fixed a text and audio discrepancy with the “Log 09 UD-9C Condor Dropship” Intel item.
  • Fixed an issue where Aiming Down Sights from cover while facing left could get a character stuck facing left after leaving cover.
  • Fixed a crash sometimes caused by Electroshock Mines and/or Electroshock Rounds in the consumables slots.
  • Fixed an issue where some players experienced a crash while loading certain Kit Abilities into a mission.
  • Fixed a bug where Electroshock Popup and Phosphorous Popup Mine kills were not counted towards the Burn ‘Em Out and High Voltage Achievements.
  • Fixed an issue where enemies that were grappling were sometimes teleported during the grapple.
  • Fixed a variety of issues with showing accurate progress on Achievements.

XBOX

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING

  • We’ve taken the photosensitivity warning part of our EULA and surfaced that in a separate message at the launch of the game.

INTEL

  • Fixed an issue that should now allow players to correctly be able to pick up Intel items in the “The Gift of Fire: Recon” Mission. If any issues do persist, please let us know via our Bug Report channel on our official Discord server.

MATCHMAKING

  • Players can now choose to leave their matchmaking queue open until it is full.
  • Players can now “Lock Fireteam” to close the group with fewer than 3 players.
  • The timer for a locked group has been extended to allow more time to modify loadouts.
  • Players can now “Ready Up” to skip or fast forward from the locked group phase and into Mission launch.
  • Fixed an issue where the Challenge Cards disable option in matchmaking was sometimes ignored.
  • Fixed an issue in Matchmaking where a new player couldn’t be found if another player left.

WEAPONS AND ATTACHMENTS

  • Area of Effect guns (such as Launchers and Flamethrowers) now deal half the normal Friendly Fire damage in modes where Friendly Fire is enabled.
  • All Launcher Weapons now properly have and display Stumble chances. The M12 RPG, M12A1 Rocket Launcher, and M95 Grenade Launcher all have a 100% stumble chance, while the M94 Impact Grenade has a 75% chance by default.
  • Updated the effect descriptions for the Rapid Release Magazine and Drum Magazine Weapon Attachments for more clarity. The faster reload speed effects now trigger briefly when the current magazine is emptied.
  • Fixed a UI issue where Max Ammo and Magazine Capacity values were displaying incorrect values.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent flamethrower weapons from correctly displaying a warning icon when friendly fire is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue with the Quickloader so that it now correctly refills ammo in all cases and shows a correct ammo readout after killing an enemy with the final round.
  • Fixed an issue with the Compact Flash Hider so it now provides all the intended Stability bonuses, instead of the unintended bonuses it was giving before.

CLASS KITS

  • Fixed an issue where some Perks could unintentionally trigger twice, such as Anesthesiologist.

Once we know more details regarding content after Season 2, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

Source: Aliens Fireteam Elite

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Rainbow 6 Siege Update 1.000.021 Brings Y6S4.1 This December 14

Ubisoft has released the Rainbow 6 Siege update 1.000.021 patch this December 14, and this is for the Y6S4.1 title update out now for both last-gen and next-gen platofrms. This title update brings in a change to the HUD, bug fixes and more!  Players can also expect the Snowball Fight event that starts today, and will give players a free event pack as well.

Rainbow 6 Siege Update 1.000.021 Patch Notes | R6 Siege Update 1.000.021 Patch Notes | Rainbow Six Siege 1.000.021 Patch Notes:

Y6S4.1 PATCH SIZE

Find the download sizes for each platform below.

  • Ubisoft Connect: 3.38 GB
  • Steam: 2.07 GB
  • Xbox One: 1.94 GB
  • Xbox Series X: 2.71 GB
  • PS4: 2.19 GB
  • PS5: 2.44 GB

HUD TWEAK

  • Added an in-game toggle to show or hide an Operator Card while in Support Mode.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

  • FIXED – Reverse friendly fire icon is not displayed during the end of round replay if the last Defender standing eliminates the hostage.
  • FIXED – Headshot Only setting is missing from the Matchmaking Preferences for Training Grounds.
  • FIXED – When Thatcher’s EMP Grenade disables Thorn’s Razorbloom Shell, the scoring message names Thorn’s unique ability instead of Thatcher’s.
  • FIXED – AI opponents equipped with assault rifles don’t fire at players in Training Grounds on PS5.

LEVEL DESIGN

  • FIXED – Collision, destruction, clipping, and lighting issues on various maps.
  • FIXED – Multiple issues with planting or picking up the defuser in specific areas on various maps.
  • FIXED – LOD and LOS issues on various maps.

OPERATORS

  • FIXED – When a Mag-NET device detonates and eliminates a hostage, it is counted as an accidental death instead of reverse friendly fire for Wamai.

USER EXPERIENCE

  • FIXED – Various UI issues.
  • FIXED – Various audio and SFX issues.
  • FIXED – Various localization issues.
  • FIXED – Various customization issues.
  • FIXED – Microphone remains open after releasing Push To Talk button.
  • FIXED – Performance drops to 30fps when highlighting any uniform in the Progression section of the Battle Pass.
  • FIXED – Performance drops while browsing and opening Alpha Packs.
  • FIXED – Incorrect purchase option is highlighted in the Get Packs side panel.
  • FIXED – The first two Battle Pass tiers appear as locked when unlocking next tier.
Source: Ubisoft
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Riders Republic Update 1.05 Released for Winter Bash This Dec. 14

Ubisoft is bringing some holiday cheer into Riders Republic today with a free title update! The Riders Republic update 1.05 (PS5 version 1.005) is now available, and it includes new features, improvements and more for the title update released this December 14! Read up on the official patch notes below.

Riders Republic Update 1.05 Patch Notes | Riders Republic Winter Bash Update Patch Notes | Riders Republic Update 1.005 Patch Notes:

NEW FEATURES

· Sport page added to the shop.

· New emotes added.

· New sport Jumbo Bike added.

· New events related to the Jumbo Bike added.

· New rewards added to sports.

· Season Progression added to complete the seasonal activities.

· The Tricks List is added in a sub menu.

· New features/modifiers added to the Mass Races.

IMPROVEMENTS

· Improved video quality for PS5 and Xbox Series X.

· Improved text for multiplayer competition.

· Game version is displayed on the start menu.

· Co-Op visual link has been updated.

· Season page has been updated to the Winter Bash Season.

· Adjustments to Mass Race bike collisions.

· Specific news is displayed after a mass grant.

· Improved visual quality of water and rivers.

There are some known issues which we are aware of and still looking to fix ASAP which can be found here

Additionally, The Green Smoke Helmet will be available with this update!

Having heard your feedback, we’ve made some changes to Tricks battles and Free For All game modes.

· Multiplayer divisions will be reduced from 10 to 5.

· As a result, we will be doing a global reset on all players division points to 0 for the start of the Winter Bash (Therefore, all players will start at Division 5).

· We have reduced the number of Free For All playlists to 1 weekly list.

We felt this was the best cause of action as it will provide the following for players

· Skill based matchmaking will be re-activated so players will face off with others of similar skill level.

· The reduced number of divisions should also speed up matchmaking allowing players to find matches quicker.

· We also removed the pop up to expand your match making search to other divisions and will now automatically expand the search after a short time within your current division.

· The single weekly Free For All list will focus the Free For All community in one place which should improve matchmaking time for this as well.

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Windjammers 2 Release Date Spins Out This Jan. 20, 2022

Power-disc slinging action comes your way next month, as the Windjammers 2 release date has been revealed today, and it’s pegged to spin out this January 20, 2022 for both consoles and PC! It’s also confirmed to be available on Xbox Game Pass on day one, and will offer backwards compatibilty to next-gen platforms at launch too.

Here’s the new release date trailer revealing some new footage to hype up the experience for fans.

Accompanying the new video is a post from the PlayStation Blog describing how Dotemu has worked hard to make sure that the sequel stays true to the spirit of the original Windjammers while also adding some new elements and mechanics to keep the game fresh for players new and old. Here’s an overview of what fans can expect from the sequel:

  • 10 playable characters, including returning champions and new faces
  • New gameplay mechanics for even more depth
  • 10 courts with different shapes and features
  • An epic arcade mode with bonus games and challenging matches
  • Online modes: play casually with friends or climb the leaderboard in the ranked league

We last heard from Windjammers 2 when Dotemu announced its Open Beta a few months back, and you can read about that story here.

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SMITE Update 12.02 Release for Titan of the Cosmos 8.12 This Dec. 14

Hi-Rez Studios has released the SMITE update 12.02 patch this December 14, and this is for Titan of the Cosmos 8.12 title update! Aside from Atlas’ introduction into the world of SMITE, this patch also brings new skins, gameplay-related adjustments, and of course, something for the holidays too! Read up on the official patch notes below.

SMITE Update 12.02 Patch Notes | SMITE Titan of the Cosmos Patch Notes | SMITE Update 8.12 Patch Notes:

ATLAS: TITAN OF THE COSMOS

BASIC ATTACK
  • 37 + 1.5/Lvl (+20% of your Magical Power)
  • 1.25/1.25/1.25 damage and swing time, hitting in an AoE on the final blow

PASSIVE – THE ASTROLABE
  • As Atlas deals or takes god damage he accumulates 1.25 Energy in his Astrolabe. Minions provide 1/10th of the Energy. When he reaches 20 Energy his next Basic Attack has 1.5x damage, 1.5s swing time, and deals bonus damage in an area in front of him. Gods hit are Trembled for 2s while minions are stunned. Atlas can store up to 30 Energy.
    • Empowered Bonus Damage : 8 * Level

UNBURDEN
  • Atlas throws his Astrolabe to a target location, damaging and slowing enemies where it lands. While deployed, his Basic Attack will cause an explosion at the target area that damages all enemies. This explosion deals 40% damage to Minions and costs 5 Mana to use. After 5s or when he re-fires this ability, the Astrolabe will return to him. Atlas’ second ability changes based on whether his Astrolabe is deployed or held.
    • Ability : Circle
    • Damage : 30/65/100/135/170 (+40% of your Magical Power)
    • Slow : 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%
    • Slow Duration : 2s
    • Basic Explosion : 23 + 6 Per Level
    • Cooldown : 15/14.5/14/13.5/13s
    • Cost : 65/70/75/80/85 Mana

GRAVITY PULL
  • Atlas pulls enemies towards his Astrolabe. Enemy gods who are too close get pulled into the Astrolabe. If Atlas is holding the Astrolabe enemies who get pulled into the Astrolabe get held in front of Atlas. After a brief delay, the held targets get launched in the direction Atlas is facing. If Atlas has thrown the Astrolabe, enemies who get pulled into the Astrolabe will get held at the Astrolabe’s location before being launched towards Atlas.
    • Ability : Cone / Circle
    • Pull Damage : 50/80/110/140/170 (+35% of your Magical Power)
    • Launch Damage : 50/80/110/140/170 (+35% of your Magical Power)
    • Cooldown : 16s
    • Cost : 50/55/60/65/70 Mana

KINETIC CHARGE
  • Atlas charges forward. Each allied god he charges near will have their burdens removed, cleansing them of any current slows and increasing their movement speed. When Atlas collides with an enemy god he will release accumulated burdens in an explosion. For every burden accumulated the slow is increased by 25% up to a maximum of 75%.
    • Ability : Line
    • Damage : 80/135/190/245/300 (+45% of your Magical Power)
    • Movement Speed : 25/27.5/30/32.5/35%
    • Cooldown : 16s
    • Cost : 60/65/70/75/80 Mana

GAMMA-RAY BURST
  • Atlas tears the sky asunder and calls forth a Gamma-Ray Burst. Enemies in this area are hit every 0.5s and gain a stack of Radiation. Radiation can stack up to 5/5/6/6/7 times and lowers the enemy’s Protections and Power. After 5s or upon re-fire the Gamma-Ray Burst will focus in power and begin traveling across the battleground. Enemies hit by this focused ray take heavier damage and gain Focused Radiation, lowering Protections and Power equal to 3 stacks of Radiation.
    • Ability : Circle
    • Damage : 25/35/45/55/65 (+10% of your Magical Power)
    • Protection Reduction : 5%
    • Power Reduction : 2%
    • Focused Damage : 100/145/190/235/280 (+40% of your Magical Power)
    • Cooldown : 90s
    • Cost : 60/70/80/90/100 Mana
EVENTS
Yulefest
  • Welcome to the Yulefest event! This event celebrates SMITE’s many friendships during this most joyous and cozy season! This event will have 6 purchasable Exclusive Skins in total with 2 Skins releasing every 2 weeks. Each Skin will have an initial discount of 25% for that release only. Also, don’t forget to participate in the quests to get more rewards!
  • Purchasing 3 skins from the Yulefest event will grant you the Little Helper Bastet Skin and purchasing 6 skins will grant you the unlimited Infinite Oracle Morgan Le Fay Skin!
  • When purchasing a Yulefest event Skin you will also receive a Gift Token of a certain gift type (Emote, Voice Pack, Tier 2 Skin, or Awesome Gift). Gift Tokens allow you to send a gift to a friend on your friends list, in the gift store, or to maybe make a new friend by giving a gift from the end of match lobby to a stellar teammate! Send your friends gifts this season and spread the joy of friendship!
Event Skins
  • Burning Desire Aphrodite
  • The Magnificent Sol
  • Cyberblade Amaterasu
  • Shadow hunter Hachiman
  • Plushie Raijin
  • Accursed Soul Set
Event Reward Skins
  • Little Helper Bastet
  • Infinite Oracle Morgan Le Fay
QUALITY OF LIFE
General
  • Custom Games
    • Added a new “Duel” mode to custom games which will utilize the specific map rules that Duel has – such as Titan and BDK HP changes
    • Added a new pick/ban type “All Ban” to match the new Ranked Conquest system
  • Leaderboards
    • Fixed various issues with leaderboards:
      • Leaderboards not loading
      • Duplicate names being visible
      • Being unable to properly promote to Grandmaster
      • There have also been a lot of changes for how many players are visible on the leaderboard at the same time. It will show a more narrow range around your progress, and inactive players will be removed from leaderboards.
      • There might be other changes to leaderboards in the future
    • This was completed in the last update and will go live for testing after patch notes on Tuesday 11-23. If there are any unintended consequences the changes might be temporarily reverted and adjusted again for 8.12.
  • Ranked MMR
    • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes earn 0 MMR for a win. It will no longer be intended for players to be able to earn 0 MMR for a win, even if the MMR difference is vast the winner will still gain some amount of MMR.
  • Ranked Conquest All Ban System
    • Teams will now see what pick they are during the planning phase when they first load in. The text in the top left will read:
      • Planning Phase for First Pick
      • Planning Phase for Second Pick
  • Matchmaking Changes for players under level 30
    • For Conquest, Arena, and Joust
      • Players level 1- 4
        • Will be routed to co-op vs AI bots
      • Players level 5 – 29
        • Will be routed to a new into pvp queue that will only be accessible to players of this level
      • Players level 30 – 160
        • Will be routed to normal pvp queues
    • This has 2 primary effects
      • It will no longer be possible for players 1 – 29 to be put into lobbies with players 30+
        • The only exception would be if they party with another 30+ player
        • Having even 1 player at 30+ will bring the entire party into the 30+ queue
      • New players will now have their MMR effectively reset upon hitting level 30 – as they will be entering a new queue
BUG FIXES
UI
  • Fixed an issue where If you lock in a god whose voice pack you don’t own, selecting the Voice tab breaks the other tabs
General Gameplay
  • Fixed an issue where various jungle camps could get stuck by bodyblocking them with pets
Gods
  • Cliodhna
    • Fixed an issue where her Ability 2 self buff would last longer than intended if it killed a god decoy
  • Raijin
    • Fixed an issue where his combat anim would play while running forward directions
Items
  • Hide of The Nemean Lion
    • Fixed an issue where this item was not stacking as intended
BALANCE LIVE WITH THE TITAN OF THE COSMOS UPDATE
Game Modes
  • SWC Conquest
    • The Winter Conquest map from 8.10 will have some added flair to it as we prepare for the Smite World Championships
    • Thor’s Hammer Trophy can be seen by the Pyromancer
    • SWC Logo is engraved on the Mid Lane Floor
    • Statues honoring previous world champion god skins are placed around the map
Items
Mage balance can be a difficult subject for everyone to agree on. What’s happening at pro levels vs ranked vs casuals tends to be a pretty different story. At this point in time we have seen Mages as a class take a dip in their overall damage. The boots change had a lot of wide reaching effects, mostly benefitting tanky and bruiser play styles and we have since adjusted every other class except mages. Recently we saw Warrior starter items gain some early power, and before that it was core Assassin items. In this update we are adding a small amount of power to a few mage items that focus on Penetration, as well as the Tier 2’s that support them. This should put us in a good spot for more traditional DPS Mages at worlds

ENCHANTED SPEAR
  • Increased Magical Power from 40 to 60

SPEAR OF DESOLATION
  • Increased Magical Power from 110 to 120

SPELL FOCUS
  • Increased Magical Power from 45 to 55

OBSIDIAN SHARD
  • Increased Magical Power from 80 to 90

BOOK OF SOULS
  • Increased Magical Power from 55 to 65

BOOK OF THE DEAD
  • Decreased the Shield Health on the passive from 30% to 25% of your max mana

EYE OF THE JUNGLE
A few starter items are still unpopular in the current meta, and this tree is one of them. We are increasing the regen while in the jungle as well as the upgrade stats on the upgrade to help this item compete with the other two Jungler Starter items.
  • Increased HP5 in jungle from 15 to 20
  • Increased MP5 in jungle from 10 to 15

PROTECTOR OF THE JUNGLE
  • Increased Attack Speed from 25 to 35%
Gods
TERRA
When Terra got the ability to re-fire Crushing Earth when CC’d or dead, she also got the ability to re-fire it while dashing. This allowed her to re-fire and dash shatter the ability at the same time, effectively detonating it twice. This feature walked the line between “bug” or “emergent mechanic” but after seeing her performance in live matches and SPL over multiple months we have determined that this effect is too strong, and Terra will be forced to choose between the re-fire or the shatter.

CRUSHING EARTH
  • This ability can now only be re-fired or shattered, not both at the same time
BELLONA
Warriors have seen their fair share of love across the various item and meta buffs, but Bellona has still failed to find her spot in the solo lane. She brings a lot to a team with her utility effects, but she seems to struggle out of the gate in lane. We are increasing the base damage on Scourge to help make sure she can clear lanes successfully, especially against gods who shut down bludgeon

SCOURGE
  • Increased Damage from 80/115/150/185/220 to 90/130/170/210/250
GANESHA
This peaceful god is ready to get back out on the battleground. Ganesha has a unique form of CC in his channeled silence, and to make sure his peel persists to the intended duration, we are providing him knockback immunity. This should prevent any unexpected interruptions of Ganesha’s meditation.

OHM
  • Ganesha is now knockback immune while channeling this ability
VAMANA
“We haven’t seen Vamana much lately, and it’s certainly not because of his height. This aggressive solo laner seems to just need too many items to find a perfect build that works for him. He synergizes well with attack speed and move speed, but he needs to stay sufficiently tankly as well. We are making a big change to his passive to help him find all the stats he needs to be successful.”

SLEEPING GIANT
  • Add a new component to his passive – 10% of Vamana’s Physical Protections is converted to % Attack Speed
    • example: 100 Physical Protections provides 10% Attack Speed
RATATOSKR
“Boots are gone, Ratatoskr could never buy them (they simply would not fit) but he still deserves some compensation for the loss. Rat’s acorns were designed to occupy the boots space in a build, but now that builds don’t have a boots item in them we would like these Acorns to more closely fit the stats of a Tier 3 item. All acorns are seeing some stat increases to help with that, with slightly more stats going to the Acorns that are currently the least successful.”

EVERGREEN ACORN
  • Increased Physical Power from 25 to 35

THICKBARK ACORN
  • Increased Physical Power from 25 to 35

BRISTLEBUSH ACORN
  • Increased Physical Power from 35 to 45
  • Increased the buff Ratatoskr gains from hitting a god with Dart from 10% Physical Lifesteal and 10% Basic Attack damage to 15% Physical Lifesteal and 15% Basic Attack damage.

THISTLETHORN ACORN
  • Increased Physical Power from 45 to 50
MERCURY
“The fastest god has gotten even faster. When Mercury uses his “Made Ya Look” ability – he is actually sprinting to a location to hit enemies and then sprinting back. Well now he can do that through walls, for only this ability. Don’t ask us how, but it should be a solid quality of life buff for Mercury to snipe down more targets in the jungle.”

MADE YA LOOK
  • Can now be fired through walls
NEITH
“Fate has not favored this goddess. She got some buffs earlier in the year that seemed promising and we saw a glimpse of Neith at the competitive level and then she quickly fell off. We have two buffs prepped for her today to attempt to bring her back. Her passive weaves will now last twice as long, allowing Neiths to better lay out deployables for future advantages. We are also giving Unravel an extra damage boost to help her laning and 1v1. ”

BROKEN WEAVE
  • Increased Weave duration from 1m to 2m

UNRAVEL
  • Increased Damage from 70/100/130/160/190 to 70/110/150/190/230
JING WEI
“Oh hey, fam! It’s finally time for some Jing Wei buffs. For quite a while this evasive goddess had dodged any buffs because of her ability to return to the pro meta at any given time, especially when the stakes were high. There are other safe hunters that compete with Jing Wei now, so now looked like the perfect time for a buff. Explosive Bolts is getting a damage increase at all ranks to make sure the ability has an impact even when her Crit items aren’t online. We are also taking down a few mana costs to improve her lane phase.”

EXPLOSIVE BOLTS
  • Increased Damage per shot from 100% of Jing Wei’s Physical Power to 110%.
    • This includes targets hit by the explosion as well.
  • Fixed an issue where her ability screen displayed incorrect Basic Attack information when Explosive Bolts was active.

PERSISTENT GUST
  • Decreased Mana Cost from 70/75/80/85/90 to 60/65/70/75/80

AIR STRIKE
  • Decreased Mana Cost from 100/110/120/130/140 to 80/90/100/110/120
MEDUSA
“Don’t stare right at her but, some long awaited community requests are finally happening for Medusa. This iconic goddess has a fantastic kit that never quite found its competitive footing. In this update she’s going to be a considerably stronger anti-healing god, as well as having a better lane phase (or possibly jungle?) by making her dash finally able to damage minions!”

ACID SPRAY
  • Now applies Healing Reduction equal to 50% for 4s.

LACERATE
  • No longer applied Healing Reduction.
  • Now damages minions as Medusa travels through them.
NEW SKIN VOICE ACTORS
  • Atlas: Bob Carter
  • Burning Desire Aphrodite: Misty Lee
  • The Magnificent Sol: Courtney steele
  • Infinite Oracle Morgan Le Fay: Tifane Williams
  • Holo Halo Pele: Natalie Van Sistine
  • Noxious Naga Medusa: Vanessa Lemonides
  • Iroh Bacchus: Cory Yee
  • Curious Courier Chang’e: Lily Pichu (Lily Ki)
  • Cyberblade Amaterasu: Anjali Kunapaneni
  • Shadow Hunter Hachiman: Kit Harrison
  • Stingpunk Ah Muzen Cab: Christian Thorsen
  • Void Sorceress Yemoja: Chris Sanders
  • SWC Starlet Hera: Linsay Rousseau
  • Shining Chivalry Chiron: Bill milsap
  • Plushie Raijin:  Tim simmons
  • Accursed Soul Set: Julian Fernandez

For the latest god skins, head on over here.

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Rainbow Six Siege Update 2.17 Patch Notes; Deployed for Y6S4.1 This Dec. 14

Ubisoft has released the Rainbow Six Siege update 2.17 patch this December 14, and this is for the Y6S4.1 title update that brings in a change to the HUD, bug fixes and more! This title update also introduces the Snowball Fight event that starts today, and will give players a free event pack as well. Check out the complete patch notes and file sizes for each platform below.

Rainbow Six Siege Update 2.17 Patch Notes | R6 Siege Update 2.17 Patch Notes | Rainbow Six Siege Y6S4.1 Patch Notes | Rainbow 6 Siege Update 2.17 Patch Notes:

Y6S4.1 PATCH SIZE

Find the download sizes for each platform below.

  • Ubisoft Connect: 3.38 GB
  • Steam: 2.07 GB
  • Xbox One: 1.94 GB
  • Xbox Series X: 2.71 GB
  • PS4: 2.19 GB
  • PS5: 2.44 GB

HUD TWEAK

  • Added an in-game toggle to show or hide an Operator Card while in Support Mode.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

  • FIXED – Reverse friendly fire icon is not displayed during the end of round replay if the last Defender standing eliminates the hostage.
  • FIXED – Headshot Only setting is missing from the Matchmaking Preferences for Training Grounds.
  • FIXED – When Thatcher’s EMP Grenade disables Thorn’s Razorbloom Shell, the scoring message names Thorn’s unique ability instead of Thatcher’s.
  • FIXED – AI opponents equipped with assault rifles don’t fire at players in Training Grounds on PS5.

LEVEL DESIGN

  • FIXED – Collision, destruction, clipping, and lighting issues on various maps.
  • FIXED – Multiple issues with planting or picking up the defuser in specific areas on various maps.
  • FIXED – LOD and LOS issues on various maps.

OPERATORS

  • FIXED – When a Mag-NET device detonates and eliminates a hostage, it is counted as an accidental death instead of reverse friendly fire for Wamai.

USER EXPERIENCE

  • FIXED – Various UI issues.
  • FIXED – Various audio and SFX issues.
  • FIXED – Various localization issues.
  • FIXED – Various customization issues.
  • FIXED – Microphone remains open after releasing Push To Talk button.
  • FIXED – Performance drops to 30fps when highlighting any uniform in the Progression section of the Battle Pass.
  • FIXED – Performance drops while browsing and opening Alpha Packs.
  • FIXED – Incorrect purchase option is highlighted in the Get Packs side panel.
  • FIXED – The first two Battle Pass tiers appear as locked when unlocking next tier.
Source: Ubisoft
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Battlefield 2042 Playlist Update Adds 64-Player Conquest & Breakthrough to Next-Gen for a Limited Time

For those not a fan of the 128-player battles in Battlefield 2042, rejoice! DICE has heard your plea, and has rolled out the Battlefield 2042 playlist update this December 14 that adds 64-player Conquest and Breakthrough for a limited time for next-gen platforms and PC!

Battlefield 2042 Playlist Update This December 14:

Here’s the announcement from the official Battlefield Direct Communciation Twitter account:

Hopefully, this proves to be a successful experiment that DICE considers leaving it in as permanent. Having said that, I am wondering why Rush wasn’t added in. I mean, surely, this is something players would want, right?

Would you want DICE to keep the 64-player playlists for next-gen platforms? Sound off and let us know!

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AC Valhalla Update 1.041 Released for Title Update 1.4.1 This December 14

Ubisoft has rolled out the (Assassin’s Creed) AC Valhalla update 1.041 patch this December 14, which is Title Update 1.4.1 that brings new content alongside gameplay-related adjustments to both last-gen and next-gen versions of the game. Check out the complete patch notes and file sizes for each platform below.

AC Valhalla Update 1.041 Patch Notes | AC Valhalla Tilte Update 1.4.1 Patch Notes | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update 1.041 Patch Notes:

PATCH SIZES:

  • Xbox Series X|S: ~69 GB
  • Xbox One: ~60 GB
  • PlayStation®5: ~39 GB
  • PlayStation®4: ~65 GB
  • PC: ~77 GB

Important: This update delivers a data restructure of Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla, requiring a full reinstall of the game files, resulting in overall smaller file size, faster loading screen times and runtime performance, and improved world data streaming. For more details, please read our forum post.

ASSASSIN’S CREED CROSSOVER STORIES

Added Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla* and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey**.

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - unnamed image

*Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – A Fated Encounter:

  • Terrible nightmares seemingly caused by a close ally sends Eivor to the Isle of Skye to investigate.
  • Unlock all-new Assassin’s Creed Odyssey–themed rewards in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla by completing the story content.
  • Access requirements: To play A Fated Encounter, you must reach Settlement Level 4 and have completed the quest A Wise Friend, where you help Valka establish herself in Ravensthorpe.

**Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Those Who Are Treasured:

  • Allies from your past will set you on a new journey to Korfu Island, involving a Piece of Eden and much more.
  • Unlock all-new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla–themed rewards for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey by completing the story content.
  • Access requirements:
    • After completing Chapter 1 and reaching Megaris, you may find the quest giver at Sami’s Port on Kephallonia Island.
      • Spoiler Warning: This new story contains major spoilers for those that have not completed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
      • Note: The quest icon and quest log entry The Great Escape will only appear on the map when the three main questlines (Family, Cult of Kosmos, Mythology) are completed. However, you may find the quest giver after Chapter 1/Megaris.
    • This content will be deployed with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Title Update 1.5.6 on December 14 at 12PM UTC via a ~13 GB update across all supported platforms.

Please note that Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories content will scale to match your progression and level.

YULE FESTIVAL

Added in-game support for the Yule Festival.

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - Yule Festival

  • The Yule Festival will be available from December 16, 2021 to January 6, 2022
  • Partaking in the festivities will get you all-new items, including but not limited to a snowy beard & hair and settlement decoration.

DIFFICULTY SETTINGS UPDATE

We added various sub-sections to the combat, stealth, and exploration options in the Gameplay tab. This will allow you to customize your combat and stealth experience in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to your preference.

These are the Combat settings you can modify:

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - Combat Setting

  • Aim Assist (Full, Moderate, Light, Off)
  • Level Scaling (Off, Default, Constant, Harder, Nightmarish)
  • *NEW* Parry timing-window (400, 650, 800 ms)
  • *NEW* Brush with Death timing-window (300, 400, 600 ms)
  • *NEW* Brush with Death Duration (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 sec)

These are the Stealth settings you can modify:

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - Stealth Setting

  • Guaranteed Assassination (ON/OFF)
  • *NEW* Detection escape (0.5, 1, 2 sec)
  • *NEW* Detection escape while aiming (1, 2, 4 sec)
  • *NEW* Search duration (50, 65, 80 sec)
  • *NEW* Maximum enemies in search (2,3)

These are the Exploration settings you can modify:

ACV Title Update 1.4.1 - unnamed image 2

  • Closest Opportunity (ON/OFF)
  • Icon Distance (OFF/ON)
  • *NEW* Viewpoint Synchronization (ON/OFF)
  • *NEW* Exploration Beams (Limited/Full)
  • *NEW* Unguided Objectives (OFF/ON)

Note: Modifying any of these values will set the Stealth, Combat, or Exploration Difficulty to Custom and the game world will reload upon confirming these settings.

STEALTH IMPROVEMENTS

Below you’ll find our first iteration of stealth improvements.

  • Improved instances where NPCs could detect players when vision between the player and NPCs is obstructed.
  • Reduced the hold time and speed restriction when blending with crowds.
  • Resolved some issues that caused players to be instantly detected when they should not have been.

Miscellaneous

  • Updated Quest Log Ordering: Quests will now be ordered based on the Recommended Power Level.
  • New content pop-ups will no longer appear after completing the Rude Awakening quest.
  • Adjusted balancing for melee damage scaling, ranged damage scaling, critical strike chance skills, and runes of finesse critical chance.
  • Players will now be able to view up to 1200 runes in their inventory.
  • Players will now be able to see up to 200 items in the transmog menu.
  • Added a purchase celebration page to the Animus Store.

Main Quests, World Events, and Side Activities

Addressed:

  • Basim followed Eivor everywhere if player used Fast travel in Puppets and Prisoners.
  • The Daughter of Lerion encounter against Regan could not be started.
  • Players couldn’t locate Prey in the High Hall / The Legend of Beowulf to talk to Wulfhilda.
  • Couldn’t proceed with The Mysterious Berserker.
  • Couldn’t complete Bleeding the Leech as they could be falling through the floor.
  • The Siege of Paris: Couldn’t interact with Toka to start the quest Strangers Bearing Gifts.
  • Wrath of the Druids: Barid and Ciara would not go to the coronation for Flann over Ireland.

Gameplay

Addressed:

  • Numerous clipping issues.
  • Numerous camera issues.
  • Guided Arrow and Charged Shot skill could use same M&K mapping as Bow Stun Finisher.
  • Shattered Destroyer’s perk resets stack and doesn’t enter cooldown if the enemy counters/attacks the player while still using the special attack.
  • Helmet and facial hair could disappear when hooded while wearing the Fallen Hero gear.
  • The seax on the ealdorman outfit could disappear randomly when equipping different weapons.
  • Plague of Rats did higher damage than intended to some bosses.
  • Missile reversal-ing a flash bomb could sometimes create an invisible barrier to be left behind, causing subsequent missiles to collide with an invisible wall.
  • Mastery Challenge: Enemy NPCs could sometimes be seen to jump from their stations in the Wenlocan Outpost trial of the bear.

UI/HUD

Addressed:

  • Numerous UI/HUD issues.
  • Rations, Health, and Stamina Bars were missing when Abilities and Adrenaline option was set to OFF.
  • Removed the Hide/Show Gear option from the cloak while a disguise is active.
  • The adrenaline bar would not fill after the second chain assassination when hitting the shield or back of an enemy.
  • Discovery Tour: Blood FX Settings did not save.
  • Discovery Tour: First Person camera did not trigger when players toggled the Close Camera Option to ON.
  • No interaction prompt for a key in the Boudicca Tomb.

Graphics, Animation, and Audio

Addressed:

  • Numerous graphics, texture, animation, or lighting issues.
  • Numerous sound issues.
  • Tombs of the Fallen: Some sound effects were missing in some of the Tombs of the Fallen.
  • Tombs of the Fallen: No VFX is played if the weight was put on a pressure plate post loading a manual save.

World

Addressed:

  • Instances of misplaced or floating objects or textures.
  • Instances where Eivor, NPCs, or the longship would get stuck.

Ubisoft Connect Challenges, Achievements & Trophies

Addressed:

  • Pascal Lamb challenge wouldn’t unlock under certain circumstances.
  • Puca Ubisoft Connect Core Challenge could not be completed under certain circumstances.
  • King’s Maker did not unlock automatically after conditions were met.

Performance and Stability

  • Improved performance and stability.
  • The game could freeze when disconnecting and reconnecting a controller while the wheel menu was open.
Source: Ubisoft
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AC Valhalla Update 5.10 Jumps Out for New Content & Fixes for TU 1.4.1 This Dec. 14

Ubisoft has released the latest title update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla today! The AC Valhalla update 5.10 patch is now live, and this is the Title Update 1.4.1 that brings new content alongside gameplay-related adjustments this December 14. Check out the complete patch notes and file sizes for each platform below.

AC Valhalla Update 5.10 Patch Notes | AC Valhalla Tilte Update 1.4.1 Patch Notes:

PATCH SIZES:

  • Xbox Series X|S: ~69 GB
  • Xbox One: ~60 GB
  • PlayStation®5: ~39 GB
  • PlayStation®4: ~65 GB
  • PC: ~77 GB

Important: This update delivers a data restructure of Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla, requiring a full reinstall of the game files, resulting in overall smaller file size, faster loading screen times and runtime performance, and improved world data streaming. For more details, please read our forum post.

ASSASSIN’S CREED CROSSOVER STORIES

Added Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla* and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey**.

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - unnamed image

*Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – A Fated Encounter:

  • Terrible nightmares seemingly caused by a close ally sends Eivor to the Isle of Skye to investigate.
  • Unlock all-new Assassin’s Creed Odyssey–themed rewards in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla by completing the story content.
  • Access requirements: To play A Fated Encounter, you must reach Settlement Level 4 and have completed the quest A Wise Friend, where you help Valka establish herself in Ravensthorpe.

**Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Those Who Are Treasured:

  • Allies from your past will set you on a new journey to Korfu Island, involving a Piece of Eden and much more.
  • Unlock all-new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla–themed rewards for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey by completing the story content.
  • Access requirements:
    • After completing Chapter 1 and reaching Megaris, you may find the quest giver at Sami’s Port on Kephallonia Island.
      • Spoiler Warning: This new story contains major spoilers for those that have not completed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
      • Note: The quest icon and quest log entry The Great Escape will only appear on the map when the three main questlines (Family, Cult of Kosmos, Mythology) are completed. However, you may find the quest giver after Chapter 1/Megaris.
    • This content will be deployed with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Title Update 1.5.6 on December 14 at 12PM UTC via a ~13 GB update across all supported platforms.

Please note that Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories content will scale to match your progression and level.

YULE FESTIVAL

Added in-game support for the Yule Festival.

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - Yule Festival

  • The Yule Festival will be available from December 16, 2021 to January 6, 2022
  • Partaking in the festivities will get you all-new items, including but not limited to a snowy beard & hair and settlement decoration.

DIFFICULTY SETTINGS UPDATE

We added various sub-sections to the combat, stealth, and exploration options in the Gameplay tab. This will allow you to customize your combat and stealth experience in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to your preference.

These are the Combat settings you can modify:

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - Combat Setting

  • Aim Assist (Full, Moderate, Light, Off)
  • Level Scaling (Off, Default, Constant, Harder, Nightmarish)
  • *NEW* Parry timing-window (400, 650, 800 ms)
  • *NEW* Brush with Death timing-window (300, 400, 600 ms)
  • *NEW* Brush with Death Duration (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 sec)

These are the Stealth settings you can modify:

[ACV] Title Update 1.4.1 - Stealth Setting

  • Guaranteed Assassination (ON/OFF)
  • *NEW* Detection escape (0.5, 1, 2 sec)
  • *NEW* Detection escape while aiming (1, 2, 4 sec)
  • *NEW* Search duration (50, 65, 80 sec)
  • *NEW* Maximum enemies in search (2,3)

These are the Exploration settings you can modify:

ACV Title Update 1.4.1 - unnamed image 2

  • Closest Opportunity (ON/OFF)
  • Icon Distance (OFF/ON)
  • *NEW* Viewpoint Synchronization (ON/OFF)
  • *NEW* Exploration Beams (Limited/Full)
  • *NEW* Unguided Objectives (OFF/ON)

Note: Modifying any of these values will set the Stealth, Combat, or Exploration Difficulty to Custom and the game world will reload upon confirming these settings.

STEALTH IMPROVEMENTS

Below you’ll find our first iteration of stealth improvements.

  • Improved instances where NPCs could detect players when vision between the player and NPCs is obstructed.
  • Reduced the hold time and speed restriction when blending with crowds.
  • Resolved some issues that caused players to be instantly detected when they should not have been.

Miscellaneous

  • Updated Quest Log Ordering: Quests will now be ordered based on the Recommended Power Level.
  • New content pop-ups will no longer appear after completing the Rude Awakening quest.
  • Adjusted balancing for melee damage scaling, ranged damage scaling, critical strike chance skills, and runes of finesse critical chance.
  • Players will now be able to view up to 1200 runes in their inventory.
  • Players will now be able to see up to 200 items in the transmog menu.
  • Added a purchase celebration page to the Animus Store.

Main Quests, World Events, and Side Activities

Addressed:

  • Basim followed Eivor everywhere if player used Fast travel in Puppets and Prisoners.
  • The Daughter of Lerion encounter against Regan could not be started.
  • Players couldn’t locate Prey in the High Hall / The Legend of Beowulf to talk to Wulfhilda.
  • Couldn’t proceed with The Mysterious Berserker.
  • Couldn’t complete Bleeding the Leech as they could be falling through the floor.
  • The Siege of Paris: Couldn’t interact with Toka to start the quest Strangers Bearing Gifts.
  • Wrath of the Druids: Barid and Ciara would not go to the coronation for Flann over Ireland.

Gameplay

Addressed:

  • Numerous clipping issues.
  • Numerous camera issues.
  • Guided Arrow and Charged Shot skill could use same M&K mapping as Bow Stun Finisher.
  • Shattered Destroyer’s perk resets stack and doesn’t enter cooldown if the enemy counters/attacks the player while still using the special attack.
  • Helmet and facial hair could disappear when hooded while wearing the Fallen Hero gear.
  • The seax on the ealdorman outfit could disappear randomly when equipping different weapons.
  • Plague of Rats did higher damage than intended to some bosses.
  • Missile reversal-ing a flash bomb could sometimes create an invisible barrier to be left behind, causing subsequent missiles to collide with an invisible wall.
  • Mastery Challenge: Enemy NPCs could sometimes be seen to jump from their stations in the Wenlocan Outpost trial of the bear.

UI/HUD

Addressed:

  • Numerous UI/HUD issues.
  • Rations, Health, and Stamina Bars were missing when Abilities and Adrenaline option was set to OFF.
  • Removed the Hide/Show Gear option from the cloak while a disguise is active.
  • The adrenaline bar would not fill after the second chain assassination when hitting the shield or back of an enemy.
  • Discovery Tour: Blood FX Settings did not save.
  • Discovery Tour: First Person camera did not trigger when players toggled the Close Camera Option to ON.
  • No interaction prompt for a key in the Boudicca Tomb.

Graphics, Animation, and Audio

Addressed:

  • Numerous graphics, texture, animation, or lighting issues.
  • Numerous sound issues.
  • Tombs of the Fallen: Some sound effects were missing in some of the Tombs of the Fallen.
  • Tombs of the Fallen: No VFX is played if the weight was put on a pressure plate post loading a manual save.

World

Addressed:

  • Instances of misplaced or floating objects or textures.
  • Instances where Eivor, NPCs, or the longship would get stuck.

Ubisoft Connect Challenges, Achievements & Trophies

Addressed:

  • Pascal Lamb challenge wouldn’t unlock under certain circumstances.
  • Puca Ubisoft Connect Core Challenge could not be completed under certain circumstances.
  • King’s Maker did not unlock automatically after conditions were met.

Performance and Stability

  • Improved performance and stability.
  • The game could freeze when disconnecting and reconnecting a controller while the wheel menu was open.
Source: Ubisoft
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Rogue Company Update 1.86 Stabs Out for Umbra Update This Dec. 14 (Update)

First Watch Games has released the Rogue Company update 1.86 (PS5 version 01.000.026) this December 14, and this is for the Umbra Update! As one might expect, this brings in a new rogue in Umbra, matchmaking improvements, and of course, holiday-themed events!

Rogue Company Update 1.86 Patch Notes | Rogue Company Umbra Update Patch Notes | Rogue Company Update 1.000.026 Patch Notes:

Update: Official patch notes for the Umbra Update are now available and listed below!

NEW ROGUE: Umbra

Umbra is a high-ranking Jackal assassin and a true believer of the Jackal cause. After a mission against Rogue Company went sideways, he was left for dead. Thanks to numerous cybernetic implants from Jackal, he was reborn, more zealous, and committed than ever before.

  • Weapons: DMRs and SMGs
  • Starting Weapons: Bishop and LMP-X
  • Secondary: Executioner
  • Melee (New): Combat Knife
  • Gadget: Bounce Grenade, Smoke Grenade

Abilities:

  • a-RC-nid – A remote-controlled drone, with the appearance of a spider, used to seek out enemies and detonate near them, causing significant area damage.
  • Siphon – Gain maximum health when you earn a down, eliminate, or assist on an enemy.

Perks:

  • Berserker
  • Hunter – NEW PERK: Detect the fresh footprints of walking or sprinting enemies.
  • Padded Steps
  • Stalker
  • Replenish
  • Life Drain

WINTER BASH

Winter is coming in Rogue Company, and there may be a chill in the air, but you’ll be able to heat things up with new bundles and event contracts you can complete to celebrate.

Outfits and Bundles

  • Snow Patrol Scorch
  • Snow Patrol Scorch Skin
  • Deadly Resolutions Primary, Secondary, and Melee Wrap
  • Red-Nosed Wingsuit
  • Mistletoe Vy
  • Mistletoe Vy Skin
  • Gift Wrapped Primary, Secondary, and Melee Wrap
  • Rudolph’s Replacement Hoverboard
  • Doctor Frosty Saint (Free with purchase of other two bundles)
  • Doctor Frosty Saint
  • Grandma’s Present Primary, Secondary, and Melee Wrap
  • ‘Nade Nog Banner

Contracts

  • Contract 1
  • Gunner Gumdrops Avatar
  • Sharp Chills Border
  • Contract 2
  • Slay Bells Animated Banner
  • Holly Jolly Napalm
  • Contract 3
  • Santa Strut Emote
  • Dr. Frosty Title

NEW LTM: Battle Zone

Two teams fight to be the last one standing in the Battle Zone! The Safe Zone starts large and will get smaller as the round progresses. Be careful, however, because you will begin to take damage if you step outside of it. This mode also features a new shop, no health regeneration, and weapon crates at various map locations.

Main Rules

  • This is a 4v4 team-based mode where each player only has one life and a best of 7.
  • Each round, you will have a baseline of cash plus what was earned from eliminations, downs, assists, and revives. Your cash does not carry over from round to round (no saving!).
  • You will start with a Secondary weapon, but you can find weapon crates in various map locations containing Primary weapons.
  • Purchased gadgets will not carry over from round to round (use it or lose it!), but Perks will be permanent for the entire match.
  • Your base health is 125, but there is no auto regeneration.
  • Mythic crates have a chance to spawn each round.
  • You will see mythic crates in the map and on the minimap when they spawn.
  • This may happen when the first circle draws or after the first 30-second timer.

Pings

  • You are now able to ping weapons.

UI Rarity

  • You will now see a rarity color of the weapon or armor you have in your HUD.
  • You will also see the rarity of the weapon you currently have equipped.

Perks

  • There is no limit to how many perks you can purchase, and they last the entire match.
  • Available Perks
  • Stalker: Removes aim down sights movement speed penalty.
  • Quick Hands: Increase weapon swap speed, reload speed and reload while sprinting.
  • Padded Steps: Silence the sound of your footsteps when not sprinting.
  • Lifeline: Increase revive speed by 50%.
  • Ghost: Immune to all reveals.
  • Headstrong: Gain 25 armor.
  • Restock: Eliminations restore ammo and drop a supply kit.
  • Tracker: See enemy footprints and reveal enemies when you shoot them.
  • Blaster: Increase explosive damage by 50%.
  • Tenacity: Reduce explosive damage by 40%.
  • Crackshot: Increase headshot damage by 30%.
  • Bulletproof: Reduce firearm[ body damage by 20%.

Consumable Gadgets

  • You can only carry 2 different gadgets into each round.
  • All gadgets are consumable and will not carry over from round to round.
  • Most gadgets have an upgrade that will give a greater number of that gadget.

Armor

All Armor is repairable.

  • Rare (Blue): 25 armor
  • Epic (Purple): 50 armor
  • Legendary (Gold): 75 armor
  • Mythic (Orange): 100 armor

ROGUES

Anvil

  • Ability now recharges every 35 seconds.
  • Two barricades can now be placed.

Saint

With Saint now having Lifeline and drone flight speed increased, we think he will be completing many more revives than before. As such, we’re slightly reducing the flat heal given to Saint and his teammates when completing a revive.

  • Drone now travels to downed teammates 50% faster.
  • Saint’s passive heal on reviving now heals for 60 instead of 80 health.

The Fixer

  • Ability duration increased from 6 to 10 seconds.
  • Increased the heat signature of enemies, allowing you to see them behind cover.

Seeker

  • Improved Bow radius revealed from 8 to 10 meters.

WEAPONS

KA30

We feel the KA30 is a bit too stable, especially when upgraded, for the amount of damage and versatility it offers.

  • Increased recoil
  • Nerf recoil reduction upgrade

LR15 Fullbody

  • Headshot damage increased from 140 to 150.
  • Body damage increased from 70 to 80.

P12K

  • Clip size increased from 9 to 12.

Warrant

  • Body damage increased from 21 to 22
  • Head damage increased from 30 to 32

Riptide

  • Damage Falloff adjusted

HRM30K

The HRM 30k is tuned to be a headshot gun through and through. We want to make sure players aren’t fighting against too much reticle bloom when they’re expecting to hit headshots, so we’re making the weapon bloom a bit less at base and moving the bloom reduction upgrade to allow for faster access in your build. We feel bullet penetration is too niche of an upgrade for a weapon already niche in other ways. It is the only assault rifle without a magazine size upgrade on top of having the smallest magazine size in class. We believe subbing in a smaller mag size upgrade instead of bullet penetration will feel more worth purchasing.

  • Level 1 upgrade no longer provides bullet penetration.
  • Level 1 upgrade now reduces reticle bloom.
  • Level 2 upgrade no longer provides reticle bloom reduction.
  • Level 2 upgrade now increases magazine size from 20 to 30
  • Reduced base reticle bloom

A3 Salvo

  • Base Range increased 2m
  • Final Falloff range increased 2m

Spitfire

  • Improved Aim Over Shoulder Accuracy

GADGETS

Tear Gas

  • Slow increased to 25%
  • Distortion effect increased by 15%

Flashbang

  • Fuse timer reduced from 1.75 to 1.5s.

MAPS

Highcastle

  • Removed a cardboard box that would pop a player head out of cover.

Favelas

  • Players can now stand on the concrete tree.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed an issue with the “Good Company” achievement that prevented it from completed.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to disconnect from the game on the Match Victory screen.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Nova Weapon Wrap to create audio distortion in matches.
  • Fixed an issue that made all outfits have poor visual fidelity.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the party count to update when creating a party in the main lobby.
  • Fixed camera clipping issues on Wanted map.
  • Fixed an issue with the Custom Lobby no longer displaying the selected map.
  • Fixed an issue where hit SFX would not play when hitting a player with an explosive if target player had Tenacity.
  • Fixed an issue where smaller grenades would appear to float in the player’s hands.
  • Fixed an issue where a reconnecting player occasionally had the incorrect Rogue portrait.
  • Fixed an issue with the Dima Heist skin’s cash clipping through the top flap.
  • Fixed an issue in the tutorial that prevented players from dodge-rolling under a falling barrier.
  • Fixed an issue with the description for the MLX Mark 4 Labyrinth weapon wrap.
  • Fixed an issue with aim assist when targeting players that were peeking from behind cover.
  • Fixed an issue that caused sprint to break when dodgerolling out of aiming down sights.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the “Down 10 Enemies” milestone to not track correctly when hit by an ability or gadget.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Nemesis Dahlia’s Ability VO to play very loudly.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Jump O’ Lantern Wingsuit to lack it’s face.
  • Fixed an issue with the Windmill Shake emote audio persisting between rounds.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Digital Snow Hoverboard to display the incorrect rarity.
  • Fixed an issue on Wanted that caused players to get stuck on a gate.
  • Fixed an issue in Wingman that caused capture point progress to fail to display.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to lose postmatch score information if they disconnected in a match.
  • Fixed an issue where emotes would display for the wrong Rogue when selecting an emote on the Main Menu.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Ronin to perform a crouch-walk animation when dodgerolling while reclaiming her ability knife.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Account Boosts to display “31 minutes” duration after activating a 30 minute Account Boost.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players using a controller to be unable to navigate to the Sprays tab when hovering over emotes they do not own.
  • [Xbox One] Fixed an issue that caused players to be unable to skip the cinematic when launching Rogue Company without signing into a profile.
  • [Nintendo Switch] Fixed an issue with Cyber Skunk Gl1tch displaying incorrectly.

We’ll update the post with the actual notes once it’s available.

Update: First Watch has released the official patch notes.

Source: Rogue Company

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AC Odyssey Update 1.56 Out for Crossover Stories TU 1.5.6 This December 14

Those playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you’re getting new content today! Ubisoft has released the AC Odyssey update 1.56 patch this December 14, which is tagged as Title Update 1.5.6! This is for the Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories content, which also include gameplay-related tweaks. Read on for the full TU 1.5.6 patch notes and file sizes for each platform below.

AC Odyssey Update 1.56 Patch Notes | AC Odyssey Title Update 1.5.6 Patch Notes:

Patch Sizes:

  • Xbox One: ~13.2 GB
  • PlayStation 4: ~20.7 GB
  • PC: ~13.2 GB

Content 

Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories 

Added Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Those Who Are Treasured: 

  • Allies from your past will set you on a new journey to Korfu Island, involving a Piece of Eden and much more.
  • Unlock all-new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla–themed rewards for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey by completing the story content.
  • Access requirements: 
    • After completing Chapter 1 and reaching Megaris, you may find the quest giver at Sami’s Port on Kephallonia Island.
  • Spoiler Warning: This new story contains major spoilers for those that have not completed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
    • Note: The quest icon and quest log entry The Great Escape will only appear on the map when the three main questlines (Family, Cult of Kosmos, Mythology) are completed. However, you may find the quest giver after Chapter 1/Megaris.

Please note that Assassin’s Creed Crossover Stories content will scale to match your progression and level.

Game Improvements 

  • Added a Franchise Menu.
  • Players can now fast travel to ports.
  • Added Ezio Pack & Viking Pack to Google Stadia .
    • These packs unlock automatically when launching the game.

There’s also a title update out today for AC Valhalla, which is tied to this title update.

Source: Ubisoft forums

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