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Patch Notes: Bulletstorm

This day-of-release patch brings Bulletstorm to version 1.0.1, addressing a number of issues that popped up at the last minute and introducing some fun new features.

Thanks to our customers for supporting this game, especially the PC gamers that paid $10 more than the platform’s average title in exchange for being mocked if they complained about not getting a demo, then being told that they were lucky to have anything at all since they’re probably pirates.

On to the changes!

Gameplay

Bullets now do damage.
To emphasize the fact that this is NOT a cover-based shooter but a frantic high risk high reward thrill ride, we added a number of additional objects for players to hide behind and waste time vaulting over.
Removed several underwhelming kill combos such as «kick a guy, wait for him to get up, get shot by him, kick him again, then try to shoot him in the butt but miss and hit his torso» and «shoot a guy with a gun».
Added a jump button. It’s hidden somewhere in the second level. Good luck finding it!
Reworked the stealth sections. Now they’re also escort missions, and being seen by an enemy is an instant game over.
Players are no longer just scored on the creativity of their kills, but also on their ability to tap an unused button as many times per minute as possible. Thanks to StarCraft II for that one.
New gameplay mechanic: Shoot bad guys as they try to shoot you.

Graphics

Following Epic’s mandate, made all characters’ feet 50% bigger and added texture pop-in.
There was a little too much blood flying around in previous versions. We’ve replaced most of it with intact bones and the fleeting visages of souls screaming in terror as they face the void of oblivion.
Out of respect to all the other shooters out there, we pulled back on most of our gorgeous, colorful, and creative environments, replacing most of them with rubble and warehouses.
Made the chick’s boobs bigger. This works because she’s a strong woman, you know, the kind that’s hyper sexualized and basically acts like an overly macho man.
Optional alt-fire on every weapon now fills the screen with a nuclear explosion, leaving a sweet afterimage on your monitor for more than thirty minutes.

Sound

Added audio cues to point out when slow-motion kicks in. Every time this happens, you should hear Grayson exclaim «Evvveryttthiiing isss sooo sloooow!»
You know how Duty Calls made that hilarious «boring» sound when a gun was fired? We decided to incorporate something similar in Bulletstorm. Every time you pull the trigger, you hear the sound of a tongue slapping against a cheek, just to let you know that this game is tongue in cheek, in case you couldn’t tell, because we really want to drive that point home.
Brought Steve Blum back in to record more lazy, extreme quips that are so over the top they know they’re over the top, and therefore are immune to criticism. Look forward to catchphrases such as «see you later, clit nugget» and «your guts smell like abortion».
The soundtrack has been completely replaced with constant gunfire and cursing.

Rape

In reaction to the Fox News story, we decided to cut back on the amount of rape in the game. We are now just below the level of rape found in the original Mass Effect, where players used online capabilities to engage in virtual orgasmic rape.

Dungeons
With graphics that have less personality and gameplay that’s far less engaging, it’s appropriate that the game’s title is half of Dungeon Keeper with an unnecessary addition. 4/10

Stacking
Marry me, Double Fine, and while we’re on our honeymoon every adventure game developer should sneak into your bathroom and steal the «encourage players to find multiple solutions to every puzzle» concept, because the bathroom is where you keep that. 8/10

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds
I have no idea what’s going on and spend most of my time being chain-punched into the stratosphere, but I like it. 7/10

Body And Brain Connection
The brain is part of the body, game, and now I have defeated your test. 5/10

You Don’t Know Jack
Easily the funniest quiz game to come along since Hollywood Squares. 8/10

Test Drive Unlimited 2
Because when I think of driving games, I think of terrible Rockstar-like cutscenes presented in the douchey style of Playstation Home. 6/10

Mario Sports Mix
As it turns out, taking several small games that no one in their right mind would pay for and putting them in a collection makes for one big game that no one in their right mind would pay for. 3/10

– Dennis «Corin Tucker’s Stalker» Farrell (@DennisFarrell)

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Co-Optimus — News — Bulletstorm Patched on the PC

PC owners of Bulletstorm can expect some changes. A recent update improves matchmaking features, XP displays, and implements some other minor tweaks. This patch should ready the game for the Gun Sonata DLC pack, which still doesn’t have a PC release date, yet. You can see our impressions of the Gun Sonata DLC here, or read our full review of Bulletstorm here.

Bulletstorm supports four player online co-op in Anarchy Mode. It’s available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. You can see all of the features of the update after the break.

• Allows matchmaking for users purchasing downloadable Anarchy maps (Gun Sonata DLC Pack)

• Fix for experience gains bar sometimes overlapping its UI space after matches during XP Multiplier Events

• Fix for the Team version of the Double Penetration skillshot not appearing when used against Challenge enemies in some cases

• Fix for the MOTD sometimes scrolling too fast after game launch

• Anarchy Environmental Skillshot points are now accurate in the Multiplayer Skillshot Database

• A player’s Quick Match lobby will now properly recover to display «Searching» if the other players in the lobby leave during the map vote tally

• Fix for extra points appearing in HUD during the Collapsed Building Echo (was causing it to appear as if the player «lost» points when falling through the doors in that Echo)

• Fixed an instance of a crash while the game is reloading checkpoint after player death

• Players can now exit the game from the title screen by using the ESCAPE key

• Fix for certain resolutions lowering performance (FPS)

• Fixes to enforce 2-way muting rules that were not being respected under different circumstances

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Hello! Jo-Ellen on the line. Thank you for your feedback on Quick Play. We’re glad you enjoyed this mode so much! In the meantime, we have updated Killjoy with Raze and fixed various bugs.

CHANGES TO AGENTS

Killjoy

After the Chamber balance was changed and the generator’s durability increased (the «Lock» skill), Killjoy became the most popular guardian in the game. In patch 5.12, we decided not to reduce the durability of the Killjoy turret — given how the balance was then, but now these changes are needed, and we are making them.

Turret (E): health reduced from 125 to 100.
- Enemies will now be able to destroy the turret faster, especially if their weapons are not very powerful.

Block (X): cost increased from 7 to 8 points.
- We like the effectiveness of Killjoy’s ultimate against players who aren’t going to destroy the generator, but since it’s more durable now, the frequency of use should be reduced.

Raze

We noticed that the reconnaissance capabilities of the bomber were too high, so we reduced its area of action to reduce its functionality to clearing corner zones.

Bomb Launcher (C) — Duration reduced from 10 to 5 seconds.

GAME SYSTEM UPDATE

Added the largest deviation of shooting from the aim direction in degrees in the shooting error graph. Previously, statistics did not take into account the error vector when shooting, but now the graph will display the largest deviation from the possible direction of the bullet, expressed in degrees.
Added new setting «Operator (hold)». It will allow you to switch to level 2 zoom by holding the secondary fire button. We’ve reverted the scope zoom to the way it was before patch 6.0.
Crosshair zoom when switching from weapon selection to zoom/alternative fire mode now looks the same as it did before patch 6.0.

MODE CHANGES

Quick Play

Remember we said the Quick Play beta will end in January? Well, we cheated a little. All unanimously decided to leave the new regime. Your opinion about it will still not be superfluous, so keep sending feedback!

SOCIAL CHANGES

Real-time automatic text analysis has been added to the agent selection screen (currently only available in North America).

BUG FIXES

Changed the hair height of Sage, Neon, Jett and Yoru. Now it matches the standard height range.
Automatically moving objects (eg Skye’s [X] bloodhounds) will now pass through a low area on Pearl near the defender’s base.
Fixed a bug due to which KAY/O could sometimes move after death during the «NULL/cmd» (X) skill.
Fixed a bug due to which one of the two players using the same cable on Fracture at the same time fell down and crashed to death. Thanks for reporting this bug on Reddit!
Fixed a bug due to which, after several reconnections to a match during a round, the door on any of the maps was incorrectly displayed as open or closed.
Fixed a bug due to which, after frequently pressing the zoom button, the Marshal scope continued to randomly zoom in and out.

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NEW LEGEND

Vantage Survival Sniper

Ciomara «Mara» Contreras is a master survivalist, able to detect threats from thousands of meters in the scope of her sniper rifle. Her pregnant mother was imprisoned on false charges, and she gave birth to her daughter alone on the empty ice planet of Pagos. And Vantage herself grew up to be a true master of survival. Years on uninhabitable land turned her into a skilled sniper.

PASSIVE: Gunner’s Lens

Turn on aiming to reconnoiter with the eyepiece (with and without medium and long range sights) and use the bullet trajectory indicator to see the point of impact.

TACTICAL SKILL: Echolocation

Position your winged Echo companion and then move to it. Echo must be in line of sight to move.

SPECIAL POWER: Sniper’s Mark

Mark enemy targets with your custom sniper rifle to get bonus damage on them for you and your team.

See all of Vantage’s skills in action here.

NEW UPDATED CANYON KINGS

In season 5, the Skull City and Thunderdome were buried by a massive explosion by Loba. With the rescue operations now complete, the Syndicate has converted the area to Apex games. The dredges filled the sinkholes with ocean sand, and a new battlefield was restored and adorned with a legendary skull right in the middle. Read more about the Kings Canyon map update here.

INCREASE MAXIMUM LEVEL

Players can now level up an account above level 500 by 3 additional tiers of 500 levels, reaching a maximum level of 500 tier 3. This increase adds 345 additional Apex Packs that can be obtained by leveling up an account and ensures that everyone will be able to get a relic just by playing the game. The total number of Apex Packs earned by leveling up an account is now 544.

BATTLE PASS

Some Battle Pass Challenges can now be completed in both Battle Royale and non-Battle Royale modes, giving you more freedom in how you complete the Battle Pass.

UPDATE

RESULTS OF THE RANKING SEASON 13

At the 1st stage of season 13, the ranks among those who played more than 10 hours in ranked leagues were distributed as follows (compared to the 1st stage of season 12):

10. 80% — Bronze (0%)
28.78% — «Silver» (3.78%)
44.45% — Gold (25.12%)
14.60% — Platinum (39.52%)
1.25% — Almaz (26.63%)
0.10% — Master and Apex Predator (4.95%)

As of August 2, 2022 the ranks among those who played more than hours in ranked leagues 2nd stage 10 hours were distributed as follows (compared to the 2nd stage of season 12):

2.22% — «Bronze» (0.01%)
15.22% — «Silver» (4.28%)
41.50% — Gold (25.48%)
32.57% — Platinum (42.80%)
8.05% — Almaz (23.56%)
0.45% Master and Apex Predator (3.87%)

CHANGES TO RATING RULES 14.0

Participation fee: +5 to all.
RP for kills: removed the decrease in points received when killed.
Reset rank: unchanged. Resumed rating reset in 6 divisions.

BALANCE CHANGES

Laser sight

New modification to replace the barrels of pistols and submachine guns.
Reduces spread when firing from the hip.

Container rotation

G7 Scout returns to ground mining.
Volt submachine gun returns to ground mining.
Bozek Composite Bow will appear in containers.
Fury light machine gun will appear in containers.

Item crafting rotation

Wingman returns to land mining.
C.A.R. submachine gun returns to ground production.
The Devotion light machine gun will appear in the Replicator.
A combo of RE-45 and threshing ammo will appear in the replicator.

Golden weapon rotation

MV Longbow, G7 Scout, Mozambique, R-99, Hemlock

Submachine guns

Increased base spread when firing from the hip.

Assault Rifles

Increased base spread when firing from the hip.

EVA-8

Improved recoil.
Now equipped with stocks.
Removed 1 pellet from the scatter area.
Rate of fire increased from 2.0 to 2.3.
Shot damage increased from 6 to 7.
Increased rate of fire bonuses for breechblocks.
- Blue: 1.15 → 1.2.
- Violet: 1.2 → 1.3.

Bozek Composite Bow

Full draw damage increased from 60 to 70.
Rhythm reload speed increased from 0.32 to 0.38.
Explosive Tip shard damage increased from 11 to 12.
Arrows fired can no longer be picked up.
Removed arrows from ground mining.

Fury RP

Damage increased from 26 to 28.
Fury is immediately equipped with an incendiary grenade.

Software Volt

Damage increased from 15 to 17.

PP C.A.R.

No longer compatible with barrel modifications.

Scout G7

Damage increased from 34 to 36.
Headshot damage multiplier increased from 1.75 to 2.0.
Delay between bursts when using «Double Down» increased from 0.375 to 0.4.

L-STAR

Increased bullet speed.
The number of shots before overheating in the base has been increased from 20 to 24.
Removed the bright red flash when hitting unarmored targets.

RE-45

Front sight angle increased to 70 to match other pistols.
Sideways movement speed increased by 5% to match other pistols.

Slave

Wingman now uses sniper rifle ammo and magazines.

Sniper Rifle Ammo

The amount of ammo for a sniper rifle in a backpack slot has been increased from 24 to 28.
Sniper Rifle Ammo Crates now hold 14 rounds instead of 12.

Spitfire

Recoil adjustment for higher vertical lift.
Spitfire now uses light ammo and magazines.

Repeating rifle 30-30

Basic 30-30 repeating rifle contains double reload.
Now can be equipped with the skullcap cutter.

Mastiff

Reduced projectile strength.
Base rate of fire reduced from 1.2 to 1.1.
Removed double cooldown.

Guardian

The basic «Guardian» contains the «Rhythm of the shooter».

Modifications

Double Tap
- Adds burst fire for EVA-8 and G7 Scout.
Skullbreaker
- Increases headshot damage by 35% for Longbow, Wingman and Repeating Rifle 30-30.
Rifleman’s Rhythm and Explosive Tips have been removed from ground loot.
Reduced the quality of the recharge accelerator from legendary to epic.

Backpack gold bonus

New perk: Deep pockets.
«Deep Pockets»: the backpack holds more large medicines per slot.
- Accumulators and first aid kits now stack by 3 in inventory.
- Phoenix Packs now stack by 2 in inventory.

Knockout Shield Gold Bonus

New bonus: «Guardian Angel» (formerly Backpack Bonus).
Self-respawn has been removed from the game.

Arc star

Sticky damage reduced from 40 to 10.
Removed slow aiming while sticking, but the effect still applies after detonation.
Shot damage increased from 70 to 75.

Explosion chambers

Added blue modifications to the drop list.
Added laser sights to the loot list.
Reduced the spawn rate of gold shops.

LEGENDS

Valkyrie

Engines of the GDP
- Acceleration when activated reduced by approximately 8%.
- Fuel consumption when activated increased by 33%.
- Lift and side movement acceleration is reduced by 20% when affected by slow effects.
- A third, orange, scale has been added to the fuel reserve interface as an intermediate between green (>60% reserve) and red (<30%).
Missile Swarm
- Removed aim/turn slowdown.
- Movement slow duration reduced from 2.5 to 2.0 seconds.
- Explosion radius reduced from 175 to 125.
Sky Jump
- Height reduced by 25%.
- Startup time reduced from 5.5 to 5.0 seconds. Combined with the height reduction, players within the area of effect of Valkyrie’s ultimate now move up slightly slower than .

Horizon

Black Hole Horizon is now exposed to friendly fire and damage.
Black Hole: Changed NEWT’s hitbox to increase the chance of him being destroyed.
Black Hole: NEWT takes 50% more damage from explosives.
Black Hole Horizon is now subject to friendly fire and damage.

Wattson

Improved Defense Perimeter placement system.

Newcastle

Carrying out the wounded:
- Movement speed while reviving is increased by 25%.
- Turn slowdown when revived reduced by 50%.
- White Knockout Shield health increased from 150 to 200.
- Blue Knockout Shield health increased from 250 to 300.
Mobile Shield:
- HP increased from 350 to 500;
- The maximum movement speed has been doubled.
Fortress Wall:
- Added a turn slow to electric barrier effects and increased the strength of the movement slow effect.

Mad Maggie

Rebellion Drill:
- Projectile launch speed doubled.

Baba ball:
- travels twice as long without changing the number of magnets thrown.
- Duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds.
- Magnet spread delay increased from 0. 4 to 0.8 seconds.
- Ball Baba will damage objects placed by the enemy, such as: black market, fortress wall, exposition, death totem, mobile shield, black hole, reinforced cover and gas barrels. Will also destroy Gibraltar’s Protective Dome.
- Fixed a bug due to which Shar-Baba did not blind or slow enemies.

Rampart

Collisions with allies when placing Reinforced Cover are now ignored (e.g. placing walls around teammates will be smoother).

Caustic

Fixed an issue with the gas buff that caused the gas to deal more damage on first contact when moving from an ally to an enemy than intended.

Mirage

Mirage Decoys can now be scanned by the Valkyrie upon landing.
Mirage Decoys are now recognized by Ciar’s Heartbeat Detector.
Fixed an issue that caused Mirage Decoys to be recognized by Ciar’s Exposition as AI instead of players.

Revenant

Death Totem will now play a pre-deploy animation instead of immediately upon activation.

Crafting UPDATE

Collector Team Use: When any player interacts with a Material Collector, all players in the team receive materials.
Explosive shells have been removed from craftable.
Threshing ammo removed from base crafting list and added to RE-45 crafting list.
Price for heavy, energy and sniper magazines increased from 25 to 35.
Added Laser Scope to craftable: 25 materials.
Stock and barrel price reduced from 35 to 25.
Added «Skullbreaker Slicing» modification to the crafting list.
Added modification «Double trigger» to the list of manufactured.
Added «Kinetic Charge» modification to the crafting list.
Shotgun bolt price increased from 30 to 25.
Price of 2-4x UBOP sight reduced from 35 to 30.

CARDS

Map rotation for normal matches in Pursuit: Kings Canyon, World’s End and Storm Spot.

ALL BATTLE ROYAL CARDS

Replicators and crafting materials have been rebalanced on all maps.
Ring Behavior Changes:
- Ring 1 damage increased from 2 to 3. health/tact (equivalent to the damage of the 2nd ring).
- Reduced the time before the 1st ring begins to narrow from 180 to 60 seconds.
- 1st Ring Narrows Time:
  - Kings Canyon — 4:10 -> 4:32
  - World’s End — 3:42 -> 4:32
  - Place of the storm — 4:15 -> 4:35
  - Olympus — 4:10 -> 4:32

END OF THE WORLD

Removed some annoying final rings near the Preparation Station, which were won by players who relied on constant healing.
East Fragment increased from low to medium production.
Western cliffs near the Lava Siphon now extend beyond the map boundaries.

GAMING CONVENIENCE

New UI element — mode/map name — on the loading screen and at the start of a match.
Added «Victory» and «Champion» tags to the results table.
Added the ability to use button «press» interaction hints even if they conflict with the «hold» action (for example, reloading near knocked out allies now has a better chance of success when using a controller).
An increase in the number of materials displayed in the upper right area of the interface will be noted visually.
Items available for crafting will be marked visually in the crafting station interface.
Added the ability to enable/disable TTS (text-to-speech), the default setting is determined by your console or system settings (where available).
Landing craft now displays the location where the player will land.

ERROR CORRECTION

The scope size when firing from the hip now depends on the angle of view.
Fixed an issue where canceling Lifeline’s revive would also cancel all other teammates that Lifeline had revived.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from dealing melee damage to Caustic Gas Barrels or Octane’s Jump Trampolines.
Fixed a bug due to which the buy menu was closed every time one of the team members completed the purchase and / or closed the buy menu.
Crypto’s ultimate ability now destroys Wattson’s pylons.
Fixed a bug due to which, when using the landmark beacon, the animation sounds of the Crypto relic played on the entire map.
Fixed an issue where players could sometimes get stuck in a crouch between the Replicator and the Black Market after finishing crafting.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from accessing the «Full Parts» emblem.
Fixed a bug due to which the legends lost the ability to perform actions such as melee combat, using an ability, etc., when climbing over obstacles.
Fixed a bug due to which players could not change the type of ammunition for C.A.R.
Newcastle: Fixed a bug due to which Newcastle could get stuck in the animation of his ultimate if he was on a zipline.
Newcastle: Fixed a bug due to which, after the disappearance of the mobile shield, throwable objects that hit the mobile shield remained floating in the air.
Newcastle: Fixed a bug due to which players did not take damage from explosions or could not activate Caustic barrels while being between a tactical shield and a drone.
Newcastle: Fixed a bug due to which, after the disappearance of the mobile shield, thrown skills that hit the mobile shield remained floating in the air.
Wraith: Fixed an issue where Wraith was still taking ring damage while teleporting.
Fixed a bug due to which, during reloading of the Mastiff and the 30-30 Repeating Rifle, players could not aim until the reload animation was completed.
Fixed a bug due to which the animation of Krypto’s melee combat did not display his relic in the third person mode.
Vending machines in Big Mod now have buyer protection.
Fixed an issue that could cause stuttering and frame rate fluctuations on consoles, especially PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Fixed a bug due to which the landing ship would sometimes throw players outside the ship.
Fixed an issue where a Heat Shield would disappear when placed under a Respawn Beacon or Mobile Respawn Beacon, after which the beacon would trigger.
Fixed a bug that caused the Pathfinder Rope to be destroyed when placed on top of a spawn beacon, causing the beacon to trigger.
Fixed an issue that could cause a heat shield to disappear when placed under an active spawn beacon.
Fixed a bug due to which some legends did not see Mirage’s decoys when scanning.