Summary

This update has the first of our new "modes" called overwatch. Read about it below! This is a step for us to get away from the endless wave model that has been useful for testing. Much of our work has been spent on Coop MP, which has been progressing extremely well. We now have the clients syncing and most things functioning properly. Testing will continue next week.

Upcoming Price Increase

After discussion on the forums and reddit, we have decided that the price for the game will increase slightly when Coop MP is released. An announcement will be posted advising this later, prior to the price increase explaining why we are doing this. Note that this will (obviously) not affect those who have already purchased the game.

Known issues

• Game over screen position is wrong in contact map.
• Lower spec AMD GPUs may suffer framerate issues when sniper rifle is out. Note: this should be playable now for those with higher-spec AMD cards. We are working with AMD/Epic for further optimization at driver/engine level.

New: Overwatch Mode

• Protect your squad of 6 from enemy onslaught from an overlooking clock tower. Units will be extracted one by one. Save them all to successfully complete the mission.
• New teleport mechanic for navigating in first person in missions. Left trackpad to activate.
• Projectile speeds significantly increased for this mode.
• In-game radio that can be re-positioned or smashed to mute.
• Weapon switching mechanic; Intersect your weapon with the one you want to switch to.

Bugs

• FIXED: Weapons would occasionally become invisible.
• FIXED: Some defenses would be placed but the engineer would never build them.

Next Update

Another mission based on this new mode type will come in the next update with a small chance of Coop MP making it into the build as well. So a pretty exciting week planned for us!