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Gilded Rage
Einar's Throne Room Einar's final resting place beneath the volcano is now fit for a king! Decked in gold, the new boss fight arena offers more platforming and routes to evade the swarm as you battle the Mother of Spide…
Store23 changesFixGameplay - Black Ice
Quarkus, Megacorp
Quarkus Returns Quarkus: a megacorporation known for quantum computing and data at every scale. The biggest search and social media monopolies of the 21st century merged to form Quarkus. While its CEO Grafton Bayles nev…
Patch notes2 changesServer - Black Ice
Sol Fusion, Megacorp
Sol Fusion is open for business! Sol Fusion, a megacorporation known for nuclear power and opulent enclosed cities. Formed from a merger of aging oil export corporate kingdoms, Sol Fusion ascended to megacorp status thr…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayServer - Black Ice
0.9.204 - Loading OuroborOS
ouroborOS: the operating system for hackers by hackers Systems online....... After a lifetime hacking in the Supermesh, Ouroboros built an operating system that gamifies network (in)security. Corporate AIs personified a…
Security3 changesServer - Black Ice
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
