Oct 15, 2018

Let It Die s free-to-play money-grubbing fits it perfectly

LET IT DIE - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Mat Jones)

There’s this art installation called the Minimum Wage Machine. Between 2008 and 2010 conceptually-motivated artist Blake Fall-Conroy exhibited a box operated by a hand-crank, which spat out a US penny every four seconds, intended to be equivalent of working for the minimum wage in New York at the time. I take this art piece to be about how labour can be completely disengaged from utility. At your job, you create things you don t necessarily even consume. Marx, who had maybe one or two things to say about the role capital plays in culture, would call this “alienation”. How different, really, is turning a crank in an art gallery to lads in factories making electronics they ll never be able to afford? To collecting cocoa beans if you ll never get to eat a Freddo? For years I ve wondered if a big videogame might also try to leverage this kind of financial cynicism through interactivity.

I ve been playing Let It Die this week.

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Oct 9, 2018

Maintenance - 10/10/2018

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LET IT DIE (STEAM) Maintenance will occur at the following time:

North America, Central America & South America: 10/10/2018 16:00 – 18:00 (PDT)
Europe: 10/10/2018 23:00 – 1:00 (UTC)

Details:

Bug fixes

Please Note:

If you are playing the game when maintenance begins, you will not be able to return to the Waiting Room under any circumstances. Please avoid playing the game near our scheduled maintenance time.
The game cannot be played during maintenance. Please wait until maintenance is over.
Even if you are using a Solo Shelter at the start of maintenance, you will be returned to the Waiting Room when you log back in.
Remaining Express Pass time is still consumed during maintenance.

Oct 4, 2018

Maintenance Complete - 10/4/2018

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Maintenance was completed.

Patch Notes - 3.3.2

Addressed some causes of the stuttering issue that occurred when using the keyboard controls.
Addressed some causes of the game not launching, especially when launched directly through the local game folder and not via the Steam client.
Fixed the data issue that was caused by pressing ALT+TAB while in the Freezer.

Thank you for your patience.

Oct 4, 2018

Maintenance - 10/4/2018 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (PDT)

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Maintenance was completed as follows:
North America, Central America & South America: 10/4/2018 16:00 – 18:00 (PDT)
Europe: 4/10/2018 23:00 – 1:00 (UTC)

We apologize for the inconvenience.

If you have not done so already, please restart the game and log back in.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/794600/announcements/detail/1705067494687818764

LET IT DIE (STEAM) Maintenance will occur at the following time:

North America, Central America & South America: 10/4/2018 16:00 – 18:00 (PDT)
Europe: 4/10/2018 23:00 – 1:00 (UTC)

Please make sure to return to your waiting room and log out to avoid any potential issues.

Oct 3, 2018

Upcoming Maintenance

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Thank you all for your patience.

Maintenance

Our first patch maintenance will be coming very soon. Please stay tuned for an exact date/time.

New Users

For everyone new to the Tower of Barbs, maintenance means we will be taking the game offline.

YOU NEED TO BE IN YOUR WAITING ROOM WHEN MAINTENANCE BEGINS.

Otherwise, it will be considered a death. ☠☠☠☠☠

Oct 2, 2018

Prohibited Actions

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We’d like to thank all of our players who have been enjoying LET IT DIE and take this opportunity to remind everyone that cheating is not allowed.

What do we consider cheating?

All actions which allow you to gain an unfair advantage or progress through the game using irregular means may be considered “cheating” and are strictly prohibited. This includes anything that subverts the originally intended and implemented game systems.

While not exhaustive, the following list contains some possible examples of prohibited actions:

Intentional exploitation of in-game bugs
Trading, buying or selling of game accounts
Unauthorized modification of the game
Use of illegal third-party programs
Client/packet modification or editing
Impersonating an employee/developer/admin/community/support/etc.
Promoting cheating or the use of cheating applications to other users
Any other acts deemed inappropriate by the operations team

Such actions will be dealt with strictly and at the sole discretion of the LET IT DIE team. This may include a permanent suspension from game services.

But is it OK to ______ ?

The purpose of this notice is not to establish a complete list of restricted behaviors, but rather to provide a clear warning against prohibited actions. If you are unsure if something may be considered cheating, it’s best to avoid it completely.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/794600/discussions/0/1743346190271993571/

How can I report possible cheating?

Please avoid “calling out” users in these forums or other public communities. The best way to report suspicious players is by contacting our support team directly.

Use our Support Form.
Please include the username and a screenshot.

Sep 26, 2018

Grasshopper s Let It Die cuts into PC

LET IT DIE - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)

Befriend a skateboarding reaper, scale a mysterious industrial murderhell tower rising from futureTokyo, murder murdered-out zombies, eat frogs, and loot loot loot in Let It Die, the free-to-play roguelikelike action-RPG from Grasshopper Manufacture. Following its 2016 debut on PlayStation 4, Let It Die launched on PC this morning. As you’d expect from the makers of makers of No More Heroes and Killer7, it’s a bit of a silly one. I’ve played an hour and a half of it today and will at least return to get a better sense of what this procedurally-generated permadeath murderhell even is. First, meet Uncle Death.

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