The EMERGENCY 4 and EMERGENCY 5, 2016, 2017 and 20 Multiplayer Matchmaking servers will undergo necessary maintenance starting on Wednesday, 4th September 2019.

They will be restarted multiple times, hindering online play. Playing in singleplayer will not be affected.

Restarts and unstable matchmaking are to be expected in the following timeframe:

12:00 - 00:00 PDT
15:00 - 03:00 EDT
19:00 - 07:00 UTC/GMT
21:00 - 09:00 CEST

Thank you for your patience!

Necessary maintenance will be performed on the multiplayer and proxy servers for EMERGENCY 5, 2016, 2017 and 20.

Connections might be unstable during that time, affecting multiplayer matches and downloading patches.

Maintenance schedule for multiplayer proxy server:

March 12th, 2019 to March 13th, 2019
22:00 – 09:00 CET
21:00 – 08:00 UTC
14:00 – 01:00 PT

Maintenance schedule for patch server:

March 13th, 2019 to March 14th, 2019
22:00 – 09:00 CET
21:00 – 08:00 UTC
14:00 – 01:00 PT

Patch 4.2.0 brings improvements for modders and smaller bug fixes.

The patch will be applied automatically through Steam.

Patchnotes:

Gameplay

• Fixed error with updating fire and injury bars in Multiplay clients
  
• Fixed error that could cause switch boxes to become unusuable after being on fire

Modding

• PersonAnimationController can now be overloaded
  
• Added missing API exports
  
• Expanded API with additional features (e.g. vehicle sirens, limits to zoom/pitch, automatic extinguishing)
  
• Added more code snippets to the SDK (e.g. unit logic, target points, multiplayer and editor functions)

The classic EMERGENCY 2 is now available as a digital download on Steam and compatible with modern operating systems!

Experience some of the most iconic missions in the EMERGENCY franchise in gloriously detailed 2D. From a simple accident at a railway crossing to large scale disasters like a nuclear submarine on fire, EMERGENCY 2 offers a wide range of thrilling missions!

Take command of your rescue base and see it get populated as you acquire new vehicles. Send your vehicles to mission sites and choose exactly what team you need to manage the job at hand.

Great new features coming in the Holiday Update!

EMERGENCY Land is getting ready for Winter! The weather forecast predicts snow and everyone is getting the decorations ready.

In the biggest update yet, your EMERGENCY Headquarters will be redecorated and there's lots to do. After all snow and ice pose new challenges.

But your EMERGENCY rescue team is prepared for everything!

Celebrate the winter holiday season with us and lots of new content! The Update will not only bring snow and new decorations. More will be added than in any other expansion before!

EMERGENCY HQ is our free2play mobile game, already available on iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

Download now:

Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emergency-hq/id859148736

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sgs.emhq.android

Starting on Wednesday (8th of August 2018) and ending on Thursday (9th of August 2018) necessary server maintenance will be performed. EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016, EMERGENCY 2017 and EMERGENCY 20 will be affected.

Multiplayer will only be reliably possible through direct connection or with opened ports and you will be unable to download patches.



Maintenance schedule:

12:00 PM noon – 11:00 PM (PDT)

07:00 PM – 06:00 AM (UTC)

09:00 PM - 07:00 AM (CEST)

Other games and services will not be affected by the maintenance.

EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe is now available on Steam.

Have fun with the classic gameplay in the campaign, free play and multiplayer!

If you want even more EMERGENCY CLASSICS in your library, check the bundle to get a discount on EMERGENCY 3 and EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe!

For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY, Mac-Users can now enjoy EMERGENCY on Steam for the first time.

Three content-packed campaigns from EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017, ten historical missions in new technology, developer videos, Multiplayer and Freeplay are waiting for you in the new Mac version on Steam. Of course, all the improvements and fixes of the PC versions are included.

In Multiplayer the PC variant and Mac variant of EMERGENCY 20 are compatible. So you can protect Cologne, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg together with your friends, even if one of you is commanding his units on a PC and one on Mac.

For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY, Mac-Users can now enjoy EMERGENCY on Steam for the first time.

Three content-packed campaigns from EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017, ten historical missions in new technology, developer videos, Multiplayer and Freeplay are waiting for you in the new Mac version on Steam. Of course, all the improvements and fixes of the PC versions are included.

In Multiplayer the PC variant and Mac variant of EMERGENCY 20 are compatible. So you can protect Cologne, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg together with your friends, even if one of you is commanding his units on a PC and one on Mac.

Patch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam.

As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20 themed wallpapers to our website.

Thank you for your feedback and your help in finding and identifying issues!

Patchnotes:

Gameplay:

• EMERGENCY 5
  
  • Hamburg flood, one car would sometimes not spawn after repeating the mission
• EMERGENCY 2016
  
  • Supermarket robbery, the robbers now take much longer to escape
• EMERGENCY 20
  
  • Tornado, fixed the collision of a fence
    
  • Train Crash, fixed that one person could be placed inside a train after being freed
    
  • Fixed the door of a taxi in the mass collision event
    
  • Tires will now always be towed with cars in the mass collision event
    
  • Nuclear disaster, evacuation vehicle now always has just 6 seats
• Improved visualization of towing rotated cars
  
• Improved behaviour of the weather when repeating missions
  
• The rescue dog team now no longer can be unresponsive after getting into and out of their car
  
• The supervisor will stop giving tips after the mission has already failed
  
• Command icons in the help screen will now properly switch when switching between units pages
  
• A purely decorative pier in Munich can no longer be used to get units onto the water
  
• Fixed a rare instance where firemen ran to the edge of the map, when ordered to cut open a vehicle

Multiplayer:

• Improved performance for clients

Backstage-videos:

• Added new functions to the video player

Steam:

• Improved synchronization with the WORLD of EMERGENCY accounts for achievements earned on Steam

Modding:

• Expanded Code to make modding for multiplayer easier and added a sample plugin to the SDK
  
• „Custom“ light animations now properly use animation speeds
  
• Animations for vehicles are now moddable (turntable ladder, heavy tow truck, tow truck, motor boat transport)