Game update

In The Black (Main) - Hotfix - 1642

In The Black · published 4 months ago

All events Players around this date Read on Steam

Greetings, Pilots.

Thank you to everyone flying with us during our Early Access launch. Your feedback is helping us move quickly. Our first hotfix is already live and includes:

• Re-enabled onboarding after fixes for physics, collision, and progression blockers

• Added fail-safes to prevent players from getting stuck during tutorial flow

• Fixed unkillable Destroy objectives for better mission consistency

• Temporarily disabled the Squad system while we improve multiplayer stability

Another round of fixes is already in testing, including:

• Hidden mouse cursor issue at the end of contracts

• Additional multiplayer reliability improvements

• Squad system fixes and improvements

• More consistent camera behavior

HOTAS and HOSAS are fully supported.

If you need help with setup, keybinds, or getting your controls dialed in, jump into the Discord and our community will help get you flying. Early Access only works if we respond quickly and keep improving, and that is exactly our focus. Thank you for helping us shape In The Black.

-Impeller Studios

Other announcements

All events

Major update8 Sep 2026In The Black Major Content Update - 1844In The Black - Heat Death Heat is now a weapon, a warning light, and a way to die. This patch rips out the old approximated heat model and replaces it with a brand-new, ground-up thermodynamics system. Your coolant loops, armor panels, radiators, and core systems now trade energy realistically, and your cockpit finally tells you which part is cooking before the reactor does anything dramatic. H…Game update29 May 2026In The Black (Main) Update Patch 1724Watch Patch Video on YouTube Overview This patch serves as a final push before our first content update. The team has focused heavily on hardening the core systems pilots use outside of missions: the squad/co-op system, ship inventory, and the ship modification pipeline. Key Highlights · Squads System & Co-op Contracts are officially back online. · Cosmetics Unlockable through rank progression.…Game update15 May 2026In The Black (Main) - Minor Patch - 1696Greetings, Pilots! Here's an overview of our Early Access hotfixes and stability updates: New BloodSport Location Open Space - 5 v 5 - Pure dogfighting. No asteroids. No stations. Just the vacuum. Gameplay & Game Mode Logic We've overhauled the logic that governs round transitions and bot behavior. The previous systems had some...exploitable loopholes. Those have been closed. · Team Deathmatch…