Steam News 3 April 20261mo 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! We're also working on setting up a curated workshop for weapon skins (and potentially models), but wanted…

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Full Reflex Arena update

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Hey team!

Extracted changes

3 fixes0 additions4 changes2 removals

Workshop
Gameplay
UI and audio
Store
Server
Fixes

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

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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