Hey there Spies and Hackers! It has been a bit of a wait since our last update, but we think that you will agree that it was quite worth it. We’ve made a lot of advancements in the build and are very pleased to introduce our 0.7 Update!
There’s a lot of stuff to talk about, check out the release notes here:
0.6 & 0.7 Update Notes
But to touch on a few things here in the announcement:
- New storyline teasers
- Start the game in the KBE HQ
- talk to your colleagues
- New tutorial
- a whole new tutorial set within the game’s narrative
- works in solo and co-op
- New co-op matchmaking via Steam
- as the spy invite a friend to your game, or join a friend in their game using the Steam invite system.
- host private or public games
- Talk to your co-op partner with text chat!
- Character voice over!
- Loads of performance improvements
- Better lighting in all the levels
- We now have indirect lighting for a more natural look
- Overhauled cover system
- Improved 3rd-person camera controls
- Shiny new visual effects
- Better SSAO and Bloom,
- New camera feed lens dirt effect
- New options menu
- customize your key binds!
- video options
- Hacker gameplay changes and additions
- Security Cameras now are hacked from the Tactical Map
- As a test, hacked cameras now have a countdown (let us know what you think)
- Added Home Node safe zone
- New AI
- fancy new animations
- fancy new behaviors
- fancy new spy killing skills (die you will, if not sneaky you are)
- Bug fixes to the MAX
- we’re not saying it’s bug free here but check out the list, its pretty significant.
- Weapon balance and gun feel tweaks