Major update3 Sep 2026'83 - Content Update 1 Live Now!Today is the day, our first major content update is now live bringing a host of new features and improvements to the game. · Commander Abilities: Close Air Support Airstrikes (US and USSR) · Commander Abilities: New Cluster Rocket ability for USSR · Progression System: A first iteration of a progression system, allowing you to gain XP and level up. · New Map: Marshlands · New UI: Post-Death Rep…
FPS Gaming Show We're honored to announce that we will take part in the upcoming FPS Gaming Show on September 3rd , alongside a great lineup of titles from across the FPS gaming space; including some of the largest and most innovative games in the genre. During the show we will be releasing a new trailer as well as releasing our first major content update. We have already showcased the map whic…
Today we're excited to provide an exclusive sneak peek into our brand-new Marshlands map; a key component of our upcoming Content Update 1, which is tentatively scheduled for an early September release. Other features and improvements are also a part of our biggest update yet. Keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks for additional feature previews! Marshland – an industrial battleground Set i…
Today we're releasing a smaller quality-of-life patch with a number of changes/fixes which are tested and good to go. Our current development focus continues to be our first major content update and we will start sharing more of what it will bring to '83 as early as next week - keep an eye out! Changelog TL;DR: · Environment reverb setup – echo and reverb has been adjusted throughout the game b…
Today we’re excited to announce we’re offering ‘83 at a 50% discount as a part of UKIE, a Steam event highlighting games developed in the United Kingdom. The discount will be available until August 4th. See you on the battlefields of '83!
Today we're releasing a smaller patch with a number of changes/fixes that are ready to go live. In addition, we added the ability to votekick commanders and squad leaders. Our current development focus is currently focused on our first major content update and we will be sharing more of what it will bring to '83 in the near future - keep your eyes peeled! Changelog NEW · Added ability to start…
Today we're releasing a minor hotfix which fixes a crash with the squad leader artillery markers Changelog · Fixed an issue that caused crashes when removing squad leader artillery makers i.e. at round swap / map change / quit
Quality of Life Patch #6 is out now - containing a number of key changes/improvements which you can read all about in the patch notes below. In addition, PSG are joining us an additional community server provider '83 - Game Server Hosting | PSG Hosting Hope you enjoy the update and see you on the battlefields of '83! Quality of Life Patch #6 - Changelog Animation - Makarov 1P Weapon Shoot Anim…
Today we’re happy to announce we’re offering ‘83 at a significant 50% discount as a part of the ongoing Steam Summer sales. If you're on the fence about getting into ‘83, there has never been a better time to jump in. The discount will be active until the end of the Steam Summer Sales on July 9th. See you on the battlefields of ‘83!
Quality of Life Patch #5 is out now - containing a number of key changes/improvements which you can read all about in the patch notes below. In addition, starting today we will be a part of the Steam Summer Sale where you can grab '83 at a 50% discount. The sale will go live a couple of hours after this update - keep an eye out! Hope you enjoy the update and see you on the battlefields of '83!…
Today we're releasing a minor hotfix which fixes an issue with tanks weapons being inoperable that snuck into yesterday's hotfix. Changelog · Fixed an issue causing most weapons on both tanks to be non-functional 50% Off Sale - Last Chance! The 50% off sale ends in a couple of hours, if you know someone who's on the fence there's never been a better time to jump into '83!
Today we're releasing a hotfix which adds a work-in-progress 'server seeding' mode for lower play counts on the Fjord Siege map variant, improved vaulting animations and more. Changelog · Added Seeding Mode for Fjord Siege, if the player count is below 30 at the end of the warmup, the round will automatically move to the final objective · Improved transition back to run/sprint after a vault wit…
Quality of Life Patch #4 is out now - containing a number of key changes/improvements which you can read all about in the patch notes below. Hope you enjoy the update and see you on the battlefields of '83! TL;DR Changes · Communications Rose Added (Default key ‘K’) · Added the ability to mercy kill downed players which will stop their death screams mid sentence. · More battle chatter added · M…
A fresh hotfix is out now! We wanted to get this out before the weekend to avoid scenarios where players time is wasted due to AFK players and similar scenarios. Changelog · If attackers run out of tickets in an assault match, they're given 2 minutes to complete the attack. 50% Off Sale! We're also currently running a 50% off sale up until June 18th, if you know someone who's on the fence there…
Today we’re happy to announce we’re offering ‘83 at a significant 50% discount. If you or your friends has been on the fence about getting into ‘83, there has never been a better time to jump in. Since launch, we have been working tirelessly to improve the game and have already released 3 Quality of Life patches touching nearly every aspect of the game, with a lot of community suggestions imple…
’83 launched into Early Access late April. For us, this was a huge milestone and a major moment for the team, but it is fair to say the launch was also rockier than we would have liked. At Blue Dot Games, we really value the feedback of our players and community, and since launching ‘83, we have been listening closely and using that feedback to guide our priorities. This Dev Tape takes a look a…
Quality of Life Patch #3 is out now - containing a number of key changes/improvements which you can read all about in the patch notes below. Hope you enjoy the update and see you on the battlefields of '83! TL;DR Changes · More Battle Chatter – Death Screams, Friendly Fire, Kill Confirmed and more · Improved VFX – Bigger Bullet Impacts and Penetration VFX · Improved Scoring system · Assists, Of…
We're excited to have partnered with two clans from within the '83 community to host in-game 'play together' sessions three times a week! We are doing this because we wanted to organize a time and place for the community to get together, have fun and blow some (in-game) stuff up! Rally Point - Events & Times Tuesdays (EU): 18:00 CEST - POWERBITS GAME TEAM Server Fridays (EU): 20:00 CEST - POWER…
Quality of Life Patch #2 is out now - containing a number of key changes/improvements which you can read all about in the patch notes below. Hope you enjoy the update and see you on the battlefields of '83! Quality of Life Patch #2 - Changelog Animation · Improved standing player collisions with prone players · Rerange d M 60 to fixing missing front sight post · MP5SD3 tweaked empty reload "sla…
Today we're excited to release our first post Early Access launch Quality-of-Life patch, including hundreds of bug fixes, changes and improvements to nearly all aspects of the game. Patch notes are available below, but first a quick message from the team in regards to bots and why we're not planning to add them to '83. Bots Let's talk about bots, We've read your feedback about them, both in fav…
Our third hotfix is out now! This hotfix fixes VOIP breaking on servers after map changes, making the entire VOIP system unusueable. We're also super excited to share that we're close to finalizing our first major QoL patch which will be released early next week and will contain hundreds of bug fixes, balancing changes and general tweaks/improvements based on community feedback. Stay tuned to o…
We just deployed a minor backend update which re-enables Community Servers from our partner Nitrado to be visible in the server browser again. This is after we're confident to have worked out the issues that were affecting these servers poorly around launch and feel that the performance of these servers are now up to the required standard at capacity. More updates are in the pipeline, more on t…
Our second hotfix is out now! Check below for a full list of changes, tweaks and bugfixes. We appreciate all the feedback, bug reports and suggestions we’ve received since our launch, and we’re currently hard at work on two updates. In the near future, we will release our first scheduled update which will focus on bug fixing, polishing, and minor tweaks. While our main focus currently is polish…
We have just deployed a minor client update which removes Nitrado / Community Hosted servers from the server browser. This is something we have to do as the servers are suffering issues with poor network performance and rubberbanding. This is greatly impacting players on these servers. We are working around the clock to find a solution to this problem but, in the mean time, we've decided this i…
Our first hotfix is here, check out the changes/fixes below. Thanks for all your bug reports and feedback we've received in the first 24 hours. We are actively working on numerous bugs and feedback at the moment and more info on this will be coming closer to when that build is ready to be deployed · Added RCON command to fetch server tickrate · Minor audio mix changes/improvements across the bo…
’83 is out now in Early Access! Jump into the unforgiving battlefields of our Cold War Gone Hot vision of 1983 today. We look forward to hearing your thoughts, comments and feedback on what we've built so far and where you’d like to see development focus next. Early Access Roadmap Our Early Access release is only the start, and today we are also sharing our initial roadmap outlining our current…
Today we’re very excited to announce that we’re releasing into Early Access on April 23rd, 2026, as just revealed on the Galaxies Showcase! With it comes our launch trailer which you can find on our YouTube channel. Early Access release is only the start, and we will be sharing an initial development roadmap, outlining our vision for ‘83, on release day. We are committed to shaping this game to…
Today we wanted to give you a small development update following the conclusion of our recent Closed Beta – many thanks to all of you who attended, provided feedback, suggestions, and bug reports. As a core part of our development philosophy, community involvement in ‘83 is an essential part in making ‘83 the best it can be, and today we’re happy to announce that two common community requests w…
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