Everspace 2 komt begin 2023 naarXbox One, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, en PC

Space combat titel Everspace 2 heeft de laatste early acces update ontvangen. Rockfish Games bevestigde dat versie 1.0 uitkomt in begin 2023 voor Xbox, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, en PC, daarbij zal ook een optimalisatie zitten voor steamdeck

Michael Schade, co-founder en CEO van Rockfish Games liet weten, “We envisioned Ancient Rifts to bring back some of the crazy mechanics and challenges and that ‘one-more-run-feeling’ of the first Everspace that our space game fans loved. We can’t wait for the day when Everspace 2 version 1.0 drops, offering a unique mix of high-plasma action gameplay, deep space exploration, lots of activities, and an exciting campaign set in a stunning zero-G environment.”

Hieronder de flinke patch note voor de Ancient Rift update

The Ancient Rifts Update | Changelog – 0.10.30110

Features

• Removed most of the dynamic enemy level scaling and added a few specific, system-wide leveling events
• Added the first version of Ancient Rifts
• Added new side quests
• Added Legendary items
• Added new Outlaw units: Outlaw Raider and Outlaw Tormentor
• Added new secondary weapon: Cruise Missiles
• Added new device: Front Shield Generator
• Added new Bomber: Titan
• Added new Gunship: Dominator
• Device Mastery modes can now be previewed
• Added new job types (and job board for Kato)
• Added new unknown signal/distress call types
• Added option to keep audio playing when game is unfocused
• Added new data sub-tab “The Story So Far” to rewatch cinematics and recap the latest story development (mainly placeholder content)
• Added AMD FidelityFX™ v2.1.1 to the AI-Upscaling methods
• Overhauled racing activity
• Overhauled ship dealer
• UI: Overhauled ship selector
• UI: Stats tab rework – Added racing stats overview

Tweaks

• Reworked Sentinel special: now increases primary weapon fire rate by up to 20%, depending on shield charge percentage
• Zurilia Bombers will now briefly disable their front shield when firing missiles
• Striker ULT will now automatically deactivate if no further enemies are in range
• Reduced drop chance for signal decoders as High-Risk Area boss loot
• Some structures like tanks will now also sometimes drop scrap metal when destroyed
• Improved speed of save game creation to reduce lag during saving
• Saving during Enemy Wave Challenge is now no longer possible due to exploitative behavior
• Missiles fired by the “auto-fire at critical hit” attribute now have a 60% reduced damage/effect
• Changed look of Service Drone
• Changed look of Elek’s ship
• Improved boss fight in Ghost Fleet: Better flight behavior that makes it easier to hit the boss
• Improved boss fight in Ceto before entering Union: More health and better weapons
• Increased loot quality bonuses of High-Risk Area mutators
• Improved Fusion Hook “Kunai” behavior to prevent targets from overshooting
• Completing certain unknown signal or distress call events will now grant a small amount of renown
• Improved Reflecting Panel behavior for better handling
• Item indicators for outleveled equipment now take rarity into account as well
• Weapons are aligned straight forward in sequences now
• Crafting – Removed general restriction that crafted items cannot be modified
• Crafting – Added restriction that items above player level cannot be adapted if gap is higher than 2
• Balancing: Buffed Retaliator units
• Balancing: Reduced “Downtime Warrior” perk effect from 25% to 15%
• Balancing: Increased Thermo Gun projectile homing agility
• Balancing: Reduced Zurilia Drone damage
• Balancing: Brought damage and hitpoints scaling to equal levels, i.e. reduced both enemy health and player damage potential
• Balancing: Slightly increased “Very Hard” difficulty
• Balancing: Increased some NPC armor/shield hitpoints
• Balancing: Increased Sentinel Expertise scaling
• Balancing: Increased “Percussive Maintenance” perk proc chance but reduced effect
• Balancing: Increased Vindicator Expertise scaling for drone HP and damage
• Balancing: Reduced Executioner damage and increased spread
• Balancing: Increased Bomber base HP and shield/armor bonuses
• Balancing: Reduced Bomber secondary energy consumption
• Balancing: Reduced Gunship Expertise scaling
• Balancing: Reduced Gunship boost speed passive bonus
• Balancing: Increased Structure scaling
• Balancing: Slightly increased Corrosion Injector damage
• Balancing: Improved aiming precision of Vindicator drones
• Balancing: Increased credits earned from jobs but decreased XP
• Balancing: Increased Utility damage scaling
• Balancing: Increased Bloodstar Repeater kinetic damage
• Balancing: Increased Cave Crawler corrosion damage
• Balancing: The primary attributes, Firepower, Precision and Structure, can now roll simultaneously on items
• Balancing: Increased Umbra DPS
• Balancing: Increased Homing Missile damage but reduced their fire rate
• Balancing: Increased missile ammo across the board
• Balancing: Increased Ceto Ghost Hunt boss hull and armor hitpoints
• Balancing: Slightly reduced mine ammo across the board
• Balancing: Reduced mine fire rates across the board
• Balancing: Slightly reduced Rail Gun charge duration
• Balancing: Adjusted some device cooldown values depending on device level
• Balancing: Increased Energy Shield consumable hitpoints fraction
• Performance: Fixed performance lag when a random travel map encounter is popping up
• UI: High-Risk areas now display with proper HUD marker in supralight even if not hovered or targeted
• UI: Secondary weapons with low fire rates now display a cooldown in HUD to indicate when they can be fired again
• UI: Overhauled Game Over screen design
• UI: Added message banner for harmless/underleveled signal decoders on activation
• UI: Added message banner for harmless/underleveled high-risk areas when trying to set waypoint
• UI: Added indicators to missions and renown screens for rewards that can be claimed
• UX: The Crafting tab is now hidden until the first crafting inventory item was added
• UX: Crafting parts of the respective rarity will now be hidden until the first item was dismantled
• UX: Crafting tab now stays on selected category until ingame menu was closed
• UX: Made refinements to Crafting inventory when using gamepad and keyboard to navigate to new items
• UX: Reworked Perks tab navigation and selection priority logic (e.g. implicit selection of investable perks after companion was changed)