We are so thankful for all the support we’ve received at launch. Even though we only released earlier this week, we made a commitment to support NBA Playgrounds aggressively post-launch, patching as often and as meaningfully as we could. With this first patch we are proud to kickoff the continuous improvement of our game. Even though this first patch is comparatively small and may not address everyone’s comments, know that a much more comprehensive update is already in the works.

Thanks again for all your great feedback and support. You rock!

Notable Improvements:

• Added ‘International English’ with metric units as a default language in case none of the supported languages is the user’s system language
• Adjusted timing for layups and 2-pointers from under the hoop. Layups are now easier to perform, and players with low stats for 2-pointers are slightly better than before
• Adjusted the steal action to better fit intended gameplay
• Changed the Stars Lottery Pick so that it can only be awarded, if a team is at least 6 points behind
• Improved the frequency of catching a ball while in mid-air
• Improved the online matchmaking algorithm
• Increased the duration of the 3 points x2 Lottery Pick
• Reduced the duration of the Stars Lottery Pick

Notable Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that prevented settings from being saved when leaving the options menu. (This includes fixing an issue that prevented audio settings from being saved)
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused the ‘Lighting Ball Lottery Pick’ not to score from longer distances
• Fixed a misspelling of a player's name
• Fixed several localization related items and enabled Steam’s language panel in the game’s properties to change the game’s language. The languages available are: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese
• Fixed an issue that prevented users from seeing off-screen markers sometimes
• Fixed UI resizing issues in 1280x720 resolution
• Fixed issues related to key bindings in the Options Menu
• Fixed an issue that prevented the ‘Q’ key from showing the Challenges of each Tournament Round
• Fixed several desynch issues in bad network connection scenarios
• Fixed a problem where a dunk could score after the match ended
• Fixed a problem where certain menus could be skipped on PC without user input
• Fixed several problems that made the ball getting stuck on the top of the backboard
• Fixed a problem that prevented the ball from spinning after scoring
• Fixed a problem in which failed dunks could score if the teammate was performing an alley oop