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Friday the 13th: The Game Virtual Cabin 2.0 Notes
Friday the 13th: The Game is preparing to launch a brand new update that features Virtual Cabin 2.0.
According to their forum, the upcoming patch will have the following:
Counselors
- Large items are now properly hidden for counselors operating the CB radio
- Addressed some issues that were causing counselor ragdolls to behave incorrectly
- Fox’s character model now properly casts a full shadow
- Made adjustments to various counselor outfits that were behaving incorrectly
- Addressed some issues that were causing players to become interaction locked
- Fixed an issue with the baseball bat not properly calculating durability
Jason
- Addressed an issue that would sometimes cause Jason to clip through terrain while in shallow water
- Addressed an issue causing Jason’s own location icon and morph reticle to sometimes not appear on the map
- Fixed a bug that allowed Jason to interact with the fuse box while also holding a counselor
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to escape Pamela’s Sweater stun by activating Jason’s morph ability at the exact same time
- Made improvements to the camera angles used for Part 4 Jason’s cinematic kills
- Fixed a bug that caused Part 7 Jason to sometimes behave incorrectly after being stunned by a pocket knife
- Fixed a bug that caused some of Jason’s environmental kills to allow more uses than intended
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to enter combat stance while in the middle of Jason’s grab animation
- Fixed a bug that prevented Jason’s traps from properly triggering when a Counselor is entering a repaired vehicle
- Fixed a visual bug that caused Jason’s blocking animation to not show properly after blocking an attack
- Fixed a collision issue with Jason’s throwing knives
Perks
- Medical Sprays will no longer contain extra charges after being dropped by a counselor with the Medic perk equipped.
- Reduced the effectiveness of the Heavy Hitter perk
User Interface
- Repair Part Icons are no longer able to appear beneath the default Map Location Icons
- Fixed a bug that was causing an incorrect amount of kills to be shown on the scoreboard
Sound
- Reduced the volume of Part 9 Jason’s music
- Fixed various audio issues occurring with some of Jason’s environmental kills
Maps
General
- Added additional item spawns to campsites
- Lowered the maximum amount of Medical Sprays that are able to spawn in drawers
- Increased the minimum distance that the fuse can spawn from the phone box
- Added countermeasures to prevent players from parking vehicles in front of Jason’s shack
- Removed various exploit spots on all maps
- Removed objects on various maps that were blocking the use of some of Jason’s environmental kills
Jarvis House
- Added more variation to the possible cabin types and cabin spawn locations
- Added additional item spawns and environmental kills in the Jarvis House and Vacation House
- Adjusted repair item spawn locations to no longer spawn at inaccessible locations
- Corrected various collision issues that were blocking player movement
Higgins Haven
- Fixed a bug that caused the “HIGGINS HAVEN 1984” text to sometimes appear during a match
- Removed some assets that were spawning inside on another
Higgins Haven (Small)
- Removed a tire that would sometimes block the phone repair box by Blair Cove
Matchmaking
- Added an option in private matches to toggle Rain On/Off/Random
- Made adjustments to the lobby system to more evenly distribute the chances for players to be chosen as Jason
- Players who choose the ‘Counselor’ option in the ‘Spawn Preference’ menu will no longer be chosen as Jason (unless there are no other options)
Content creation platform Patreon has officially tabbed Adiya Taylor as their new corporate communications lead, effective in February, according to an official announcement.
Taylor worked for Amazon’s video game streaming platform Twitch for three years in a variety of roles, most recently serving as the company’s senior monetization communications manager prior to her departure.
Taylor’s hiring comes after Patreon brought on Brielle Villablanca as Vice President of communications and creator advocacy back in November 2023.
“I’m thrilled to begin crafting and implementing a communications strategy around policy, trust and safety, product and more,” Taylor said during an official post on the networking platform LinkedIn, adding that she believes Patreon is a “true advocate” for creators.
“I’m looking forward to more storytelling around how we’re fostering fandom so that creators own long-lasting businesses built around their artistry,” Taylor added.
Microsoft has responded to recent reports that there will be changes to it’s first-party strategy and has confirmed that four game titles will be released on rival consoles.
More specifically, Xbox head Phil Spencer said that ‘Starfield’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ will not be among the four titles heading to other platforms. Both games had a number of candidate platforms, per reports, adding that this is “not a change to our fundamental exclusive strategy.”
“We don’t damage Xbox and we can grow our business using what other platforms have to help us with that,” Spencer said, according to GamesIndustry.biz. “Looking forward, I think there is an interesting story for us of introducing Xbox franchises to players on other platforms to get them more interested in Xbox. We think there’s a good brand value for Xbox there.”
Xbox president Sarah Bond announced that Activision Blizzard games would begin to be added into Game Pass offerings, starting with Diablo 4, which will be added on March 28th.
Additionally, Bond said that Microsoft is still working on hardware for the future and that their focus regarding the future is “delivering the largest technical leap you will ever have seen in a hardware generation.”
Sega Sammy has released its financial report for the nine-month period that officially concluded on December 31st, 2023, and that report that demonstrated a rise in overall sales and profit despite a decrease in sales for Sega’s new titles.
That decline was offset by growth in pachislot and pachinko machines, however Sega had lowered its sales forecasts for the full financial year.
Here is a breakdown, courtesy of GamesIndustry.biz.
- Net sales: ¥349.9 billion ($2.3 billion, up 28.7% year-on-year)
- Operating income: ¥54.4 billion ($364 million, up 42.4% year-on-year)
- Ordinary income: ¥57.2 billion ($383 million, up 42.7% year-on-year)
- Net sales were up 130.3% to ¥120.2 billion ($805 million) in this segment
- Ordinary income increased by 521.3% at ¥45.7 billion ($306 million).
- Entertainment Contents segment, which includes video games, net sales were up 4.2% at ¥219.3 billion
- Profit decreased by 52.5% to ¥19.7 billion ($131.8 million) as a result of weak game sales
You can read a breakdown of the entire report at GamesIndustry.biz here.
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