Good news, everyone! The beta didn't tear open any new bugs or glitches and I re-activated the Steam Stats tracking. With this version (1.1.3.73) Beta and Default branch have caught up and everybody can enjoy the bugfixes, changes and new features:

Patch Notes 1.1.3.73

Implemented:

• All changes & fixes from the previous betas:
  • ADD: More particle effects
  • ADD: Full Game Soundtrack by Seph Carissa
  • CHANGE: Data structure management improvement of tile maps
  • CHANGE: Minor save-game storage improvements
  • CHANGE: Performance improvements on lower-end and integrated GPUs
  • CHANGE: Language decoding algorithm improvements
  • CHANGE: Tile drawing changes under the hood
  • CHANGE: Internal handling of the game quitting
  • FIX: Bomb count would display incorrect number of remaining bombs on savegame load when some had already been detonated in the previous session
  • FIX: Score display would flicker for some players when triggered a bomb with a player score less than the bomb penalty score
  • FIX: When players had no hi-score, the game would display "-1" instead of 0.
  • FIX: Rare bug that would crash the game when triggering a bomb on a lower-end computer.
  • FIX: Crash on exit with Steam still considering the game to be running.
  • FIX: Instead of the "8" clue, the tile would display a bomb icon.
  • FIX: Exploit on reaching certain achievements via saved game
  • FIX: Saving a game would sometimes crash the game (save game still got created)
  • FIX: Crash on start due to possible type mismatch
  • FIX: Emerging sadistic AI in bomb-placement algorithm bent on world domination.

Returned with a vengeance:

• Steam Stats are now being updated correctly again (this was disabled in the beta)