Nov 11, 2016

Tactical FPS Squad Holding Free Steam Trial Weekend

Squad - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)

War! Huah! And the other words.

Fancy some different FPS action this weekend? Rainbow Six Siege has a free trial with a taste of its wall-busting tactical action, as we’ve already mentioned, and the realistic action of Squad [official site] is open to all too. Squad is made by some folks who worked on the Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality and follows a similar path, offering 50v50 realistic-ish combined arms action. It’s still in early access but has been coming along, as you can see by playing it yourself. The full game is free to try this weekend on Steam and it’s on sale as well. … [visit site to read more]

Nov 10, 2016

Hotfix Release: 8.6

Squad - Merlin

We are now pushing a version Alpha 8.6 hotfix release. This is planned as the last hotfix before the free weekend begins! For those curious, the free weekend will begin at 6PM GMT Thursday. Here are the changes:

Enabled the "relative net updating" system in preparation for high server load over the free weekend. This allows for variable update rates per client / networked object so that networked objects that are farther away from people can be processed at a lower rate and thus lower cost on the server for little change in functionality.
Fix to prevent the steam integration in unreal engine from deleting the "steam_appid.txt" file, which has proved the cause of steam being unable to start attached to the game in a number of circumstances.
Cosmetic change to the way server counts work in the in-game server browser so that a server with 70 players and 72 slots, two of which are reserved, will now be shown as: 70 / 70 (+2) instead of the old 70 / 72 (2). This is to reduce confusion / frustration in newer players who are trying to join servers that are actually full when considering the reserved slots.

Nov 10, 2016

Hotfix Release: 8.6

Squad - Merlin

Enabled the "relative net updating" system in preparation for high server load over the free weekend. This allows for variable update rates per client / networked object so that networked objects that are farther away from people can be processed at a lower rate and thus lower cost on the server for little change in functionality.
Fix to prevent the steam integration in unreal engine from deleting the "steam_appid.txt" file, which has proved the cause of steam being unable to start attached to the game in a number of circumstances.
Cosmetic change to the way server counts work in the in-game server browser so that a server with 70 players and 72 slots, two of which are reserved, will now be shown as: 70 / 70 (+2) instead of the old 70 / 72 (2). This is to reduce confusion / frustration in newer players who are trying to join servers that are actually full when considering the reserved slots.

Nov 9, 2016

Event Roundup - Squad Up 4 Stack-Up

Squad - Chuc

Hi Squaddies,

The countdown is on, Squad Up 4 Stack-Up is happening this Friday and we want you to get in on the action. On November 11th well be fundraising for Stack-Up, our charity partner committed to serving veterans with the power of gaming. Our goal is to raise $20,000 for them by December 31st of this year and we are currently sitting at $10,812. We are going to need everyone's help to hit our goal but we plan to make it worth your while!

The Details

This Friday will be an 7 hour Squad extravaganza - we'll be streaming battles between developers and streamers, hosting Q&A sessions with developers, Battling it out in our random 4 vs 4 CQB maze and giving away a bevy of prizes. Our friends in both the developer community and the streaming community will be joining the fray.

Developers from Battalion 1944, ARMA, Insurgency, Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm 2,Onward and of course the Squad developers themselves will all be joining us for the event.

In addition, over 40 streamers and over 2 million of their followers will be joining us in celebrating Veterans Day and supporting Stack-Up through donations and prize giveaways.The Squad Ops crew will be streaming it's unique one life Squad missions, and the Community Clan Fight Night crew will be kicking it off with a 72 player clan vs clan battle! Should be pretty intense!

Stick around for the prizes

Throughout the day we'll be giving updates on the fundraiser and handing out oodles of prizes.

Prizes Up for Grabs

3 x GTX Geforce 1070 video cards (Courtesy of Offworld Industries)
5 x Logitech Keyboards (Courtesy of Logitech)
5 x Logitech Mice (Courtesy of Logitech)
5 x Squad Custom Hoodies (Courtesy of Offworld Industries)
10 x Squad Custom Shirts (Courtesy of Offworld Industries)
4 x Battalion 1944 Early Access Packs (Courtesy of Bulkhead Interactive)
5 x Killing Floor 2 (Courtesy of Tripwire Interactive)
5 x Rising Storm (Courtesy of Tripwire Interactive)
20 x Squad (Courtesy of Offworld Industries)
5 x Warhammer Vermintide (Courtesy of StackUp)
5 x Ark: Survival Evolved (Courtesy of StackUp)
8 x Onward (VR) (Courtesy of Downpour Interactive)
10 x Heliborne (Courtesy of StackUp)
5 x Move or Die (Courtesy of StackUp)
5 x ShadowGate (Courtesy of StackUp)
5 x The Ball (Courtesy of Tripwire Interactive)

We hope you join us from 12 PM PDT to 7PM PDT on November 11th!Another good way to support Stack-Up is through the Squad Store, where $5 from every item purchased goes directly to them to support US, NATO, and Australian/New Zealand veterans. Let's make this $20,000 goal for Stack-Up a reality!

Offworld Out.