Outbreak: Shades of Horror 1.0.0.20 released! This MAJOR update includes: Cross-platform multiplayer across Steam and Xbox. Additional platforms will follow as Shades of Horror comes to new platforms in 2026 and beyond!
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What changed
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Gameplay
Performance
UI and audio
Maps
addedCross-platform multiplayer across Steam and Xbox. Additional platforms will follow as Shades of Horror comes to new platforms in 2026 and beyond!
changedSignificant performance boost for all players across the game, especially users who use high end ray tracing features. You should notice a much better framerate in chaotic scenes, and the title will work better on more memory constrained machines now.
addedSignificant graphics update with tweaked textures, meshes, and more across the title including turning on some new bells and whistles in Unreal Engine 5.7.1!
addedImprovements to the multiplayer HUD including a team overview on your hud (which can be disabled in the Settings menu), as well as a lot of new settings to control HUD elements and visual FX during gameplay that you may want to hide or show.
changedSignificant improvements to many maps and enemy layouts, including improvement to enemy responsiveness and their AI.
Outbreak: Shades of Horror changes
addedCross-platform multiplayer across Steam and Xbox. Additional platforms will follow as Shades of Horror comes to new platforms in 2026 and beyond!
changedSignificant performance boost for all players across the game, especially users who use high end ray tracing features. You should notice a much better framerate in chaotic scenes, and the title will work better on more memory constrained machines now.
addedSignificant graphics update with tweaked textures, meshes, and more across the title including turning on some new bells and whistles in Unreal Engine 5.7.1!
addedImprovements to the multiplayer HUD including a team overview on your hud (which can be disabled in the Settings menu), as well as a lot of new settings to control HUD elements and visual FX during gameplay that you may want to hide or show.
changedSignificant improvements to many maps and enemy layouts, including improvement to enemy responsiveness and their AI.
Outbreak
Shades of Horror 1.0.0.20 released!
This MAJOR update includes
Cross-platform multiplayer across Steam and Xbox. Additional platforms will follow as Shades of Horror comes to new platforms in 2026 and beyond!
Significant performance boost for all players across the game, especially users who use high end ray tracing features. You should notice a much better framerate in chaotic scenes, and the title will work better on more memory constrained machines now.
Significant graphics update with tweaked textures, meshes, and more across the title including turning on some new bells and whistles in Unreal Engine 5.7.1!
Improvements to the multiplayer HUD including a team overview on your hud (which can be disabled in the Settings menu), as well as a lot of new settings to control HUD elements and visual FX during gameplay that you may want to hide or show.
Significant improvements to many maps and enemy layouts, including improvement to enemy responsiveness and their AI.
Tons and tons of fixes and polish across the title. Too much to list!
