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LETTER FROM THE SQUAD LEADER - July 2025
Hello Squaddies, July is almost over! This time around, I have a SITREP and a Battlefield Briefing. We’ll cover a lot, and I’m excited to expand these letters over time. SQ-SITREP. Following feedback from the "final" 9.…
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Squad UE5 - A message from [O] Howitzer
Hello Squaddies, As some of you may know, we just finished up what we initially believed would be our final 9.0 Unreal 5 public playtest. Based on earlier results and performance improvements, it felt like a strong cand…
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Unreal Engine 5 - Public Playtest #5 - The Final Playtest!
Listen up, Squaddies! Unreal Engine 5 Public Playtest #5 is coming this Friday, July 11th 11:00am PDT! THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL PUBLIC TEST FOR UNREAL ENGINE 5. Here’s what to expect: You will need to download a special P…
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Squad v8.2.3 Hotfix
ATTN Squaddies!, Today we are releasing a Hotfix for both Player facing and Server side. This update is intending on resolving a PING issue that Servers were experiencing that caused servers to seem like they had a ping…
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Pick up Squad for 60% off and load up some HEAT rounds!
“We've intercepted new transmissions. Ready to receive!” Listen up Squaddies. The Steam Summer Sale is here! From June 26th - 10 AM PT (GMT-7) until July 10th - 10 AM PT (GMT-7), save 60% off on Squad! Now is a great ti…
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SQUAD 8.2 Anti-Cheat Client update
ATTN Squaddies! Today we are releasing a small Client side update to our Anti-cheat. This will not affect servers, but you will need to update your game in order to play. That's all for today! Stay tuned for more news o…
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Letter From The Squad Leader - June 2025
Hello Squaddies, Howtizer here. We released a few “Letter from the Squad Leader” posts last year but I haven’t done one in a while. It’s also something that I did for the newsletter, I will now make this its own blog po…
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Unreal Engine 5 - Playtest #5
Listen up, Squaddies! Unreal Engine 5 Public Playtest #5 is coming this Friday, June 13, at 11:00 AM PDT! Here’s what to expect: You will need to download a special Public Playtesting Branch of Squad (View -> Hidden Gam…
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THE WRENCH - Summer 2025
Welcome back to The Wrench! Here we show off the latest in Squad modding. What follows are updates sent to us by the people behind the mods themselves: their words, images, and amazing work! (some entries have been edit…
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Unreal Engine 5 - Playtest #4
Listen up, Squaddies! Unreal Engine 5 Public Playtest #4 is coming this Friday, May 30, 2025 11:00 AM PDT! Here’s what to expect: You will need to download a special Playtesting Branch of Squad, that will be released AS…
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Unreal Engine 5 - Playtest #3
Listen up, Squaddies! Unreal Engine 5 Public Playtest 3 is coming this Friday, May 23, 2025 11:00 AM! Here’s what to expect: The build for this playtest is AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD NOW! There will be multiple servers being…
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Unreal Engine 5 - Playtest #2
Listen up, Squaddies! Unreal Engine 5 Public Playtest 2 is coming this Friday, May 02, 2025 11:00 AM PDT! Here’s what to expect: You will need to download a special Playtesting Branch of Squad, that will be released lat…
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Save 70% off Squad
“We've intercepted new transmissions. Ready to receive!” Listen up Squaddies. We're taking part in the Wargames Fest from April 28 - May 5, and you can get your friends and soon-to-be fellow squaddies in for 70% off. Yo…
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Unreal Engine 5 - PUBLIC PLAYTESTING ANNOUNCEMENT
Hello Squaddies! The time has come! Open playtesting for Unreal Engine 5 is arriving this Friday! Here’s what to expect: You will need to download a special Playtesting Branch of Squad, that will be released later this…
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Dev Blog - An insight into UE5 technology with Norby, presented by Slay3Kilo!
Hello Squaddies! Today, we have something a little different for you all! Squad Partner Slay3Kilo came to us with the idea of presenting some of the more technical aspects of the Unreal Engine 5 update to help the commu…
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Spring is here...
Save big during the Steam Spring Sale From now until March 20th, save big on all our games during the Steam Spring Sale. Save up to 60% off on all Offworld games. Read more about each game below, and we'll see you on th…
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