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Get Your Holiday Present in The Wild Eight

Happy Christmas Greetings, Survivors!
(Or Hanukkah, Kwanzaa - whatever suits you)

The holidays are right around the corner - and what better way to celebrate them than surviving the cold and desolate wilds of Alaska alongside your friends and family? This Holiday season we’ve decided to give back to our fans - so every player can find a special present next time they launch the game. Perfect for spreading that Holiday cheer!

Alongside new Holiday content, we’ve also updated the game and fixed some of the current issues. See the full patch notes below:

Use a flashlight and find your next victim even in pitch darkness

Changes

  1. Added a new item - Flashlight. Combine “Broken Flashlight” and “Batteries” in your workshop to use it
  2. Weapon equipment slots are now displayed on the HUD
  3. The player now respawns in the Bunker Hub (if it is unlocked and not exploded).

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where equipping a full stack of Throwing Stones while both equipment slots and the inventory are full resulted in the weapon replaced by Throwing Stones disappearing
  2. Fixed an issue with Animal Traps and Bait attracting animals before its placement
  3. Fixed an issue with Sound Settings reverting to Default after game restart
  4. Fixes for HUD/game overlay issues
  5. Fixes for Main Menu/in-game Pause Menu accessibility issues
  6. Fixed an issue with Weapon’s Durability not responding correctly to Throwing.

A big amount of work is still being done - most of which you’ve already heard about. New UI, Controller Support, New Animals and other original content - all of this and more is coming your way in January.

Happy Holidays from HypeTrain Digital!