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Steam News3 April 20263mo ago

1.3.1 – Free to Play

Hey team! As promised, we're moving to a free-to-play model, giving back to the community after all these years!

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Hey team!

What changed

3 fixes0 additions4 changes2 removals
  • Store
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Server
  • Performance
changedAs promised, we're moving to a free-to-play model, giving back to the community after all these years! We're also working on setting up a curated workshop for weapon skins (and potentially models), but wanted to get this point release out for the F2P launch.
changedGameplay
changedImplemented zoom weapon FOV
changedImplemented spawn point visibility during warmup
fixedFixed positional audio not working correctly on some machines
removedPlayers are no longer auto re-queued in matchmaking when missing a pop

Reflex Arena changes

changedAs promised, we're moving to a free-to-play model, giving back to the community after all these years! We're also working on setting up a curated workshop for weapon skins (and potentially models), but wanted to get this point release out for the F2P launch.
changedGameplay
changedImplemented zoom weapon FOV
changedImplemented spawn point visibility during warmup
fixedFixed positional audio not working correctly on some machines

As promised, we're moving to a free-to-play model, giving back to the community after all these years! We're also working on setting up a curated workshop for weapon skins (and potentially models), but wanted to get this point release out for the F2P launch.

Gameplay

  • Implemented zoom weapon FOV

  • Implemented spawn point visibility during warmup

  • Fixed positional audio not working correctly on some machines

  • Players are no longer auto re-queued in matchmaking when missing a pop

Forge

  • Fixed custom skin issues introduced in the 1.3.0 rebuild

Backend

  • No longer upgrade official servers while players are on them

  • Fixed invalid queue timeout (was causing longer-than-expected queues)

Cheers, Shooter

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Steam News / 3 April 2026

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