Hey community,

Today the Easter event 2021 is starting. We have prepared a lot of small events during this time and we hope you will enjoy.

Start: 01.04.2021 at 12:00 PM (CET)
End: 12.04.2021 at 12:00 PM (CET)

• Twitch drops [Fredaikis Partner]
  
  Dr4g0on
  Fahirplay
  Kill3r
  PapaiDellas
  PLX
  AFYNE
  
  
• Loot will spawn randomly in the forest on all maps in crates (small wooden crates)
  
• Easter clothes
  
• Easter 2021 Seasonal Leaderboard in all game modes
  
• Zombies wearing custom hats
  
• Easter 2021 Skinbox release
  
  and more!
  and more!

• Double Daily Reward
  
• Double XP [AC+SV] (ends on 05.04.2021)
  
• Gleam giveaway
  
• Free premium weekend (ends on 05.04.2021)

• Twitch drops (everyone) under the following categories
  Infestation: The New Z
  Infestation: Survivor Stories
  Infestation: Battle Royale

• Login reward for everyone who logged in during the Easter Event.

• Double XP [AC+SV]

• Double Currency [ALL]

AC= Arcade
SV= Survival/I:SS
BR= Battle Royale
ALL= All game modes
PVP= PVP servers
CP= Competitive

 

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

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We wish everyone Happy Easter!

Some issues may have occurred with the new skilltree system and this hotfix should address them all.

• Added a Reset button to the skill tree. You can reset your skills at any given time to redistribute it.
  
• Lowered the overall amount of EXP required for a full skill tree.
  Don't worry, hardcore farmers/PVE, we will be adding more skills in the future focused solely on PVE.
  
• Added the missing levels to the Zombie Melee Damages.
  
• Increased the gain on the Stamina Skill Tree.
  
• Improved the loot from the Blue Medic Crates (both on Survival and Arcade).
  
• Damage done to the hand is lower than body damage now.
  
• Improved the XMR-32 Sniper and tweaked it. Since it's an extremely rare sniper, we feel it should be better than others.
  
  • Damage: From 140 to 155
    
  • Decay Distance: From 600 to 375
• Lowered Sniper damage overall to better adapt to the new Skill Tree.
  The sniper damage has been lowered to balance out with the new skill tree bonuses you get.
  Since we released it, even with full armor you were able to get one-shot by snipers.
  By lowering the damage of the snipers, sniper damage will now feel like it previously was.

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• M401 Remington 700
  
  • Damage: From 95 to 85
    
  • Decay Distance: From 475 to 365
• SVD
  
  • Damage: From 100 to 90
    
  • Decay Distance: From 350 to 300
• M200
  
  • Damage: From 135 to 125
• VSS Vintorez
  
  • Damage: From 110 to 100
    
  • Decay Distance: From 350 to 320
• Mauser SP66
  
  • Damage: From 110 to 100
    
  • Decay Distance: From 350 to 335
• AW Magnum
  
  • Damage: From 145 to 135
    
  • Decay Distance: From 475 to 400
• M107
  
  • Damage: From 150 to 140
    
  • Decay Distance: From 400 to 405
• Mauser SRG
  
  • Damage: From 120 to 110
    
  • Decay Distance: From 350 to 325
• OTS-03 SVU
  
  • Damage: From 100 to 90
    
  • Decay Distance: From 350 to 300
• Blaser R93
  
  • Damage: From 125 to 115
    
  • Decay Distance: From 375 to 360
• AMR2
  
  • Damage: From 140 to 130
    
  • Decay Distance: From 400 to 375
• AWP
  
  • Damage: From 160 to 150
    
  • Decay Distance: From 700 to 420
• QLB 06
  
  • Damage: From 150 to 140
    
  • Decay Distance: From 600 to 380
• Sniper Barrel
  
  • Damage: From 5 to 2

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Added an in-game revive option with 5 seconds.
Lowered the rental price for these maps

• Fixed an issue when selecting "Join Solo Anyway" when solo-queuing.
  
• Fixed a couple of issues with the Play Again function.
  
• All characters have full skill tree.

Estimated patch size: 45mb

Estimated downtime: 30 minutes

Estimated Patch time: 31/03 at 6PM CET (+2:00 GMT)

Pre-patch notes might be changed if we need to fix/add something.

For any feedback about the game please let us know in our Discord Server.

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://support.playnewz.com/suggestions

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
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Twitch: infestationthenewz
Website: http://playnewz.com/

• New Skill Tree System
  
• Physics improvements
  
• Netcode update
  
• Major performance improvement in servers
  
• Mission bugs fixed
  
• 1vs1 Map added
  
• Classic Lounge is back
  
• Revive bug in BR fixed

USER INTERFACES AND MENUS:

• Fixed some mistakes in the Spanish Localization
  
• Fixed some mistakes in the Russian Localization

Skill Tree Rework

• We are releasing a new and more complete skill tree. This skill tree will require much more EXP but it will give you much more benefits.
  
• Skills that have similar effects will have more levels and are grouped together, but you don't need to complete all level in order to progress.
  
• There are some new skills that can be helpful as well.
  
• To get a full skill tree you will need roughly 35 million EXP. However, to get the same skills as you currently have (as the previous full skill tree) you will need around the same. So choose where to place your skill points wisely.
  
• All the skill points have been reset on all characters but your EXP is still there.

• Fixed a bug that caused skinned items to have invalid/unused firemodes.
  
• Reworked the Weapon Restriction Option for Server owners. It's much simpler and more understandable.
  
• Optimized Zombies. Instead of lagging the whole game for you when loads of zombies die at once, the animation will be slowed down, that way the FPS will remain unaffected.
  
• Physics engine will now run at 60 fps, rather than 30. That means animations of server sided objects (grenades, zombies, items dropping) will be much smoother.
  
• PhysX will now use more cores from your CPU (up to 4 instead of 2). This will be on higher end systems. This will improve overall performance when around many players/zombies/items.
  
• The grenade throwing system has been reworked for a smoother experience.
  
• Updated the Netcode. Player movement should feel smoother now.
  
• Fixed a bug with some custom Riot Shields not having animation.
  
• Fixed a major bug that caused servers with 50+ players to lag.
  
• Fixed a major bug with missions not loading correctly after a game updated.

• Added Heavy Armor, K. Style and K. Style NVG skins for ranks 2-10.
  

• Fixed the FPS model of the Gravestone Barricade
  
• Fixed the FPS perspective of the Riot Shields

• Added Bleeding back
  
• Improved the Medic Drop inside the Medic Crates bottle

• Added a new map called 1vs1 Arena
  
  
• Old Lounge Map is back
  

• Fixed a UI bug with the crafting system

• Fixed the revive bug in Battle Royale
  
• Reverted the spectator revive change. When revived, instead of disabling the spectator mode, it will spectate the player who's reviving you.
  
• Fixed a bug where you wouldn't receive a loss if you left a Battle Royale group.

Estimated patch size: 447mb

Estimated downtime: 1 hour

Estimated Patch time: 30/03 at 10AM CET (+2:00 GMT)

Pre-patch notes might be changed if we need to fix/add something.



Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

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Dear Community,

Today is friday and we are going to start our weekend event.
For this weekend event we'll have it live for the following period of time:
 

START: March 26 2021 12:00 PM (CET)

END: March 29, 2021 12:00 PM (CET)
 

Now, let's jump into further details about this Weekend Event:

1. Double Reputation on Warehouse [PVP]
   All gained reputation will be double on the Warehouse PVP servers.
    
2. Battle Royale Group Change [BR]
   Since there are so many requests about changing group limit to 3, we decided to try it out again for this weekend meaning max group limit will go back to 3 during the weekend.
    
3. More Ammunition [SV]
   The drop chance of ammo will be increased from Super Zombies meaning it will be easier and you can find stacks.
    
4. Double Reputation on Caliwood AR [AC]
   Any reputation will be doubled during this event on all Caliwood AR Only servers.

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• GC Package Discount[ALL]
  The 20 Euro package on our website will have a discount of 20%.
  Keep in mind, discount only available at https://playnewz.com/store
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• MARKETPLACE SALE!
  This week we are doing a sale on the Skin recipes and Skinboxes!
  Note: This sale is a weekly one so it has already started before the weekend event and does not have the same start-end times as the weekend event.
[/olist] AC= Arcade
SV= Survival/I:SS
BR= Battle Royale
ALL= All game modes
PVP= PVP servers
CP= Competitive   Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers! If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://support.playnewz.com/suggestions To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz Discord: https://discord.gg/thenewz Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/InfestationTheNewZOfficial Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/infestationthenewz Website: http://playnewz.com/   We wish everyone a great weekend!  

Hey community,

We are happy to announce that our website is now back. You have access again to your account management, subscriptions, support tickets, and store.

We are sorry for the delay and wanna celebrate it with a double GC on our website. So if you have planned to buy some Gold Coins, this is going to be the best moment.
The sale will run till Sunday, 14.03.2021 11:59 PM CET.

Some of the services are still not available such as tutorials or information pages. We only focused on basic pages which are needed by the players to manage their account.

Start: NOW!
End: 14.03.2021 11:59 PM CET

Website: https://playnewz.com

Thanks for your patience.

Dear players,

As you may have heard, the game is down due to a large fire in the datacenter where our database and web server are hosted. We are currently ordering a new one and hope to have it up by the end of today. Luckily, backups were made but a rollback up to 3 hours before the crash may happen. Stay tuned here and on discord for more information.

Discord: https://discord.gg/thenewz

We are very sorry for the inconvenience,

Best Wishes from the Fredaikis Team

Dear Community,

Today is friday and we are going to start our weekend event.
For this weekend event we'll have it live for the following period of time:
 

START: March 5 2021 12:00 PM (CET)

END: March 8, 2021 12:00 PM (CET)
 

Now, let's jump into further details about this Weekend Event:

1. No Spread Massacre [PVP]
   We are going to switch Hospital with Mirror Fields and also enable a perk called "No Spread" which will remove your guns' spread.
    
2. Double Winner Skinbox [COMP]
   You will receive 2 skinboxes as a winner reward after winning a round in Competitive.
    
3. Someone call the Medic [SV]
   The Slicer will have a higher chance of dropping medic items and will also drop them in stacks.
    
4. Double Reputation on Caliwood [AC]
   Any reputation will be doubled during this event on all official Caliwood servers.

• MARKETPLACE SALE!
  This week we are doing a sale on the Skin recipes and Skinboxes!
  Note: This sale is a weekly one so it has already started before the weekend event and does not have the same start-end times as the weekend event.

AC= Arcade
SV= Survival/I:SS
BR= Battle Royale
ALL= All game modes
PVP= PVP servers
CP= Competitive

 

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
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Website: http://playnewz.com/
Forums: https://forums.fredaikis.com/

 

We wish everyone a great weekend!



 

Dear Community,

Today is friday and we are going to start our weekend event.
For this weekend event we'll have it live for the following period of time:
 

START: February 26, 2021 12:00 PM (CET)

END: March 1, 2021 12:00 PM (CET)
 

Now, let's jump into further details about this Weekend Event:

1. Double Reputation on Colorado V1 [SV]
   Any official game server that is running Colorado V1 will have a perk enabled called Double reputation meaning any reputation will be doubled.
    
2. First-Person Only [PVP]
   Rocky Ford PVP servers are going to be in First-Person only mode.
    
3. Double Winner Skinbox [BR]
   You will receive 2 skin boxes as a winner reward after winning a round in Battle Royale.
    
4. Contract Box from Zombies [AC+SV]
   You will have a chance to get a Contract Box by killing normal Zombies.

• MARKETPLACE SALE!
  This week we are doing a sale on the Skin recipes and Skinboxes!
  Note: This sale is a weekly one so it has already started before the weekend event and does not have the same start-end times as the weekend event.

AC= Arcade
SV= Survival/I:SS
BR= Battle Royale
ALL= All game modes
PVP= PVP servers
CP= Competitive

 

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
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Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/infestationthenewz
Website: http://playnewz.com/
Forums: https://forums.fredaikis.com/

 

We wish everyone a great weekend!



 

Hey Survivors!

Season Pass 07 is about to go live and will bring again its own set called Xomath.
The new pass is similar but it has some key differences and improvements:

• The amount of Common Keys has been decreased.
• The amount of Season Pass Xomath Skinboxes has been increased. (You get now 2 instead of 1 all the time)
• We have added more of the recent skin boxes as rewards such as Hex, Rainbow, etc

The new price of the Season Pass will be 4000 GC and the reset will cost 2200 GC.
Basically, you get way more skin boxes for just a little more GC.

Start: 25.02.2021, 3:30 PM CET
End: 02.06.2021, 4:00 PM CET

We wish you good luck and enjoy the leveling!

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

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Hey Survivors,

We rolled out a small update today at 9 AM CET. This patch included a lot of small changes and fixes and also all the content for Season Pass 07.

Here is a small list with more details:

• Fixed a bug on the VSS Vintorez that had different fire modes depending on the used skin.
• Reworked Rank 1 and Rank 2-10 leaderboard skins since they looked too similar to each other and also other skin sets.
  • Rank 2-10 will get an entire set like Rank 1. More information on patch 4.4
• We did some small changes to the Event map:
  • Blocked the fire station doors in Clearview.
  • Blocked the backdoor of the big market in Clearview.
  • Added a jump-up between big market and mechanic in Clearview.
  • Added some nature objects around the Arenas.
• Fixed some mistypes in all localizations.
• Fixed the brightness settings on Caliwood (Arcade) during day and night time.
• Removed Valentine's Day missions from the lounge.
• Added some more protection against glitches on Caliwood.
• Fixed the 5-Story-Building roof, it was smaller than the actual building.
• Fixed some client-side crashes.

 

Announcement and more information about Season Pass 07 will come soon, stay tuned.

 

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
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