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| Game update | Dedicated Servers Beta Maintenance Hi all, We'll be bringing down login access to the Dedicated Servers Beta shortly in order to facilitate a small patch. We saw reports of players not having their live progress transfer to the beta appropriately and will be doing a recopy of our database snapshot to address this issue alongside a fix for the cause. We expect this downtime for the beta to be about 1 hour, but it may go on a bit… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc. Dedicated Servers Beta Test Hey Agents! We’re happy to announce that we’re ready to open up beta testing for the community servers update to the broader public! I want to kick this off with a very important notice: While you are on the beta, do not buy Bonds The beta is our new backend we’re moving to and when we do a final migration from live, the data/progression accrued there will be overwritten during that last data t… | — | |
| Community | The Future of Deceive Inc. Hello Agents! When Sweet Bandits created Deceive Inc., they built a game that brought together an incredible community. From fan art (more Octo abs, thank you!) to weekly custom matches, you all have continued to show that there is still a community enjoying this game. We'd like to share what we've been working on to keep Deceive Inc. playable long into the future. Although Sweet Bandits had to… | — | |
| Sale | The Steam Summer Sale is here! Grab Deceive Inc. for 80% off in the Steam Summer Sale! Offer ends July 10th! | — | |
| Community | A Message from Sweet Bandits to Our Players Agents, I come today with heartbreaking news that we must share with the entirety of the Deceive Inc. community. There is no easy way to say this: The Sweet Bandits team is no more. After a long and difficult road of trying to get Deceive inc. in a state where it could thrive, we have reached the breaking point for the studio, unable to continue this adventure with you. While this is a moment o… | — | |
| Game update | Scoundrels and Sentinels Hotfix 2 Scoundrels & Sentinels Hotpatch 2 Agents, we are rolling a very small hotpatch to address a variety of issues as well as deploying an all-new skin bundle for Squire. New Content: Rigid Raccoon Bundle It’s time to deploy into the field with the all-new Rigid Raccoon bundle including a legendary skin, a unique intro pose, a title and an avatar! The bundle is now available in the shop for 2000 bon… | — | |
| Community | New Deceive Inc. Twitch Drops Campagin is Live! Agents! We have two new exciting promotions starting today for Deceive Inc. share! Twitch Drops for Deceive Inc are back with a campaign for the Scoundrels & Sentines season! Twitch drops will be live Thu, Nov 7, 10:00 AM - Fri, Nov 29, 9:59 PM CST. Drops are available for all Platform versions. All players need to do is link their Deceive Inc. account to Twitch to enable drops. · Watch for 30… | — | |
| Game update | Scoundrels & Sentinels Hotfix Scoundrels & Sentinels Hotpatch Agents, like we discussed last week, are rolling out a hotpatch addressing a variety of issues that have been affecting the game. We are also still working on resolving back-end issues and wanted to give a bit more info on where we currently stand. Server Issues While these back-end issues are not part of the hotpatch itself, we wanted to give a bit of an update… | — | |
| Major update | Deceive Inc. Scoundrels and Sentinels Is Now Live! Agents, We are back with a fantastical catalog and a massive update that aims to shake up the meta in a myriad of ways. From ability reworks, to new gadgets and expanded capabilities for existing gadgets, there is something for every build in this patch! Here’s what you can expect to see: · A new Fantasy Adventure catalog with 50 levels of unlocks · Reworked abilities for Ace, Chavez, and Yu-Mi… | — | |
| Community | Deep Dive: Map Variants Agents, We are back for another look into new elements coming with season 5. This time, let’s take a look at what’s new in the maps department with the introduction of map variants ! We want to increase variety when you queue into a match, adding new elements that make matches more different from each other. The map variant system was built with that in mind, allowing us to spin off an existing… | — | |
| Community | [PSA] Deceive Inc. Backend Test Brief Agents, Player feedback and participation were helpful during yesterday’s testing period. To ensure the update provides the best player experience possible upon final release, the test will be extended to run today. Additionally, during this PC test, bots will be added to the mix to help with the effect of not having access to crossplay. Please keep in mind that this is a temporary adjustment s… | — | |
| In-game event | [PSA] Deceive Inc. Backend Update Agents, Deceive Inc. will undergo a backend update today at 11:00 AM EDT. This rollout will start with PC players on both Epic and Steam. During the first 24 hours of this update PC players will be isolated from console players and the ability for crossplay between PC and console will be temporarily unavailable. The development team will be monitoring the update during this time. We ask that an… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc: Dev Live Stream including a Season 5 Preview! Agents, Elsewhere, we previously announced our intention to hold a stream on Wednesday, the 23rd, but after further consideration, we have decided to move this stream to next Wednesday, October 30th. We are very close to having everything ready to showcase and sticking to the original date would have constrained us to not be able to show everything new that is coming. By moving things to next w… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc. Deep Dive: New Gadgets New Gadgets Preview Agents, We are continuing our dive into new elements coming into season 5 with something that has been a long time coming: The addition of new gadgets! Yes, gadgets with a S. This is no mistake: We have TWO new gadgets dropping with season 5 to open up build possibilities in interesting ways. Let’s welcome the newest gadgets to join the deception and recon families: The Bait… | — | |
| Community | Chavez Character Rework Preview Agents, Like we previously discussed in our “what’s coming for DI” brief, we have been working on updating expertise options for multiple characters in season 5. We have three characters getting an update to their kit and we wanted to give a sneak peek at one of them here today. Without further ado, let's talk about the one and only Chavez and how his expertise 2 is poised to change in season 5… | — | |
| Steam news | Double XP is live all weekend long! Agents, Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take advantage of Double XP in the field this weekend. It will be available today until October 7th at 1 p.m. EDT. Whether you work alone or have a trusted group of spy professionals to bring along, it's time to suit up in your favorite disguise, bring your favorite gadgets, and put those spy skills to work. | — | |
| Esports | Rogue Waters - Available now! Tripwire Presents and Ice Code Games would like to invite you aboard a pirate ship! Our new game, Rogue Waters, is available now! It's a roguelite melee tactical focused on faster battles in more compact arenas. A dynamic combat system and environmental interactions on the treacherous decks of boarded ships make for exciting and challenging battles. The roguelite approach allows for shorter or… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc.: An Update On What Is Coming An update on what’s coming Agents, now that the dust has settled around the back-to-school update it’s time to look a bit to the future and talk about our development priorities. First of all, we want to confirm that we are indeed working on Catalog 5 which we plan on releasing in October. The new season will be different from previous ones in a few key areas that we want to describe here ( as… | — | |
| Game update | Back To School Hotfix Is Now Live! Back To School Hotpatch Agents, we are rolling out a hotpatch to address top issues around the back to school update. This will require a client update which should be up for download when you get to read this. General Guard Behavior Tweaks We are making more changes to overall guard behaviors to better fit their return to being able to shoot at heat level 0. We are changing how guards follow t… | 15609984 | |
| Game update | Back to School Update Hotfix Incoming! Updated Message: Known Issues Update Agents, We wanted to provide an update on previously discussed known issues. We unfortunately discovered that the Yu-Mi issue cannot be resolved via a server side update and will unfortunately require a client side update. Our plan now is to roll out a client update for PC today which will contain the Yu-Mi fix as well as the settings issue fix. Since consol… | — | |
| In-game event | Deceive Inc.: Back To School Update Is Now Live! Back To School Update Agents, While summer is nearing its end and the summer splash event is riding off into the sunset, we have a new update dropping to keep the good times rolling. We are putting a major focus on the suspicion system, but we are also rolling many more changes to a wide selection of game systems and adding some new cosmetic items to sweeten the deal. Let’s dive into it! Genera… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc.: Suspicion Poll and Beyond Agents, With our last update we rolled out one of the most significant gameplay changes yet: Suspicion. Our intent with the rollout of this feature was clear: We wanted to roll a significant change in a basic state to gather feedback and see what the overall feeling of the community is around it. To help us gauge this reception, we made a poll available on the subject. Today, we want to look at… | — | |
| Steam news | Double XP and Octo Goes on Vacation Drops are Live Until August 12th! By popular demand, the Octo Goes on Vacation Drops Campaign and Double Xp will be available once again from August 9th till August 12th. It's your chance to earn these exclusive items if you've missed them first time around. Watch for 15 minutes and claim the Feast (Sushi) Ink reward! Watch for 30 minutes and claim the Summer Palm Ink reward! Watch for 1 hour and claim the Convention-goer… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc. Suspicion System Survey Agents, With the release of the Summer Splash update came the Suspicion System. Now that you have all had a chance to play with it, we would like to gather your opinions on it to help inform future development! Please fill out the survey here! (CLICK ME) | — | |
| Game update | Summer Splash Hotfix Summer Splash Hotfix Agents, we are rolling out a hotfix with a selection of tweaks for the Summer event. Let’s have a look: General Bots adjustments Slowed down the speed at which bots try to extract when they have the package, to give players more of a chance to catch up to them. Agent Madame Xiu · Xiu now resets her suspicion bar after using her expertise, allowing her a bit more freedom of… | 15207422 | |
| Major update | Deceive Inc. Summer Splash Update Summer Splash Update Agents, it’s time to make some waves in the cutthroat world of summer fashion. We have our biggest live event yet dropping with some massive new features and overall quality of life features. Grab something to drink and let’s dive into the details! General New Live Event: Summer Splash The Evensen twins are celebrating their newest summer collection with a world tour. Under… | — | |
| Community | Deceive Inc. Suspicious Bots Brief Upcoming Features Preview Agents, we are fast approaching our next update and we have some major changes coming that will change how Deceive Inc. is played in significant ways. We wanted to give a sneak peek at some of the big elements that the community has been discussing for a while now. Let’s get into it! Suspicion Mechanic We are shaking up the meta this update with a massive change that w… | — |
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