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New Area: Green Hill Zone
Green Hill Zone The verdant Green Hills surrounding Helices are finally packed full of towering corporate fortresses, biotech cartels, and toxic sludge that amplifies damage. Another quarter of the world is filled in wi…
Security17 changesFixBalance - Black Ice
Oshiro Orbital, Megacorp
Supermesh message received, downloading... Unzipping... Oshiro Orbital My grandfather believed the only way to save humanity was to escape Earth. He thought a select few could flourish in space, free from the corruption…
Store2 changesServer - Black Ice
0.9.198 - 1/22/23 Arcade Upgrade 3
0.9.198 - 1/22/23 Arcade Upgrade 3 Added four awesome new Courier paths in the Arcade Reenabled Arcade secret pathway to the Teleporter Arena (in the mirror maze) Reenabled Arcade teleporter to the Talus Shooting Galler…
Security11 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.197 - 1/4/23 Arcade Upgrade++
Arcade booth visual updates Reduced roaming enemy count (especially for large areas) Miniguns now drop with more charges Fixed zombie death bug caused when dying in the Disco arena Fixed minor terrain gaps Fixed enemy s…
Announcement4 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.194 - 12/5/22 Roam
This patch adds a lot of roaming enemies all over the map - please let me know how this feels! I think it's fun, but I need your feedback. Added randomly roaming enemies to most sectors. The goal of this is to make the…
Store10 changesFixMaps - Black Ice
Major Patch: Information Superhighway
Autumn is here, along with a 15% off sale. Of course we have a huge patch for you too! Also: it's my birthday, so if you buy the game, it's my gift to you to me! The megacorp skyscrapers for Oshiro Orbital, Helices, and…
Security11 changesServerGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.189 - 11/3/22 Paresthesia
This patch comes a bit early to fix a crucial multiplayer bug, but also comes with a really cool new unique, some AI improvements, and quality of life stuff. 0.9.189 - 11/3/22 Paresthesia New Unique SMG: Paresthesia. Hi…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.187 - 10/3/22 Payload
0.9.187 - 10/3/22 Payload New World Event: Payload - Deliver this gitsfish to the site safely to earn some loot. He'll stop moving if you get too far away, or if enemies are nearby! New Unlockable: Pulse Pack - Two affi…
Event12 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.186 - 9/26/22 Resynchronizing
New Super Duper Recall: Resynchronizer, which lets you manually place a Recall point and come back to it within 5 seconds New Super Duper Teleport: Rubberbanding, which Recalls you back to your teleport position after t…
Event18 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.185 - Treasured
New World Event: Treasure Crawlers. This golden webcrawler will try to deliver its package from one server to another nearby. Kill it first to earn a lot of loot, but watch out for its defenses at higher levels! New Ite…
Store10 changesServerBalance - Black Ice
0.9.184 - 9/11/22 Network/Daemon
The focus this patch was improving minion gameplay. I still have some things I'd like to try, but please let me know your suggestions too! New Item: Networks. When activated, Networks temporarily add constant laser beam…
Store6 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
0.9.182 - 7/7/22 Gallery
Steam post image Added a new Talus-branded shooting gallery with two challenge levels to the Arcade (look for the sparkles!) Improved the Chain after Kill perk from Chain +1 to Chain +3 World Events now try to find serv…
Security13 changesFixEvent - Black Ice
0.9.181 - 7/1/22 Prankster
Added a new mission in Act 2 Updates to mission level balancing Added new mission rewards (including a new super duper!) Added more Anima chat messages to Act 2 Lots of Inbox/Mission/Waypoint fixes Fixed an issue where…
Security12 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
Black Ice Major Update: Act 2 Released!
Hi everyone! We've got Act 2 for you to check out, and I also want to highlight all the great work we've done since the Funkadelic update. Highlights Act 2 released! A new boss fight, new areas, and a ton of new missons…
Security6 changesGameplayMaps - Black Ice
0.9.176 - 6/12/22 - Heatsink
Overhauled Cooldowns so that in-progress cooldowns can benefit from any change in Attack/Cooldown speed. This is particularly useful for the Gigahurts perk with long-cooldown stuff like Shotguns. Added the Heatsink Buff…
Store22 changesFixBalance - Black Ice
0.9.175 - 6/3/22 - Frictionless
Added Frictionless servers, which make the whole hack area slippery Fixed RAM Enhancements not showing their name on mouseover Fixed various typos Fixed an enemy lasgun out of range graphical issue Fixed a few areas whe…
Announcement19 changesFixServer
