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Time Limited Event: Winter Kills

• “Survivors of Winter Kills will reap the bounty of true suffering.”
• Participate in the deadly but rewarding limited-time program Winter Kills.
• The Sleep Room has received enhancements with vibrant festive decorations.
• All Trials of Winter Kills feature the new variators: [list]
• Cold Snap - The Trial environment is sporadically filled with piercing cold air. Hide to survive
• Find the Gifts - Find all the gifts in the Trial to earn extra rewards.

• Earn Winter Tokens and exclusive cosmetics by completing Winter Kills Trials.
• Earn extra Winter Tokens and cosmetics by completing the secondary objective "Find all the Gifts".
• Acquire 2 Winter Kills exclusive Cell Decoration Bundles using Winter Tokens.
• Acquire 15+ Winter Kills exclusive character cosmetics and cell decorations using Winter Tokens.
• Complete the Winter Kills storyline by finding the evidence documents scattered inside the Trials.
• The event unlocks Tuesday, December 12th and will last until Tuesday, January 9th 10 AM EDT (GMT+5).
• NOTE: Acquired cosmetics and tokens will remain available after the Event ends to allow players to purchase their rewards with earned Winter Tokens. After the event ends, it will no longer be possible to earn additional Winter Tokens or acquire new Winter Kills cosmetics.

New Courthouse MK-Challenges

• Revisit the Courthouse by completing 2 new MK-Challenges set in this environment.
• Escape the Courthouse: Don’t let the pain of our victims restrict your liberty. Kill the scapegoats; free them of their suffering and you of your bondage.
• Destroy the Evidence: If there is no evidence, there is no crime. Destroy the proof of our mistakes, and then we never did anything wrong.

Upcoming Events Calendar

• Weekly Programs and Special Events starting and ending day will be moved from Fridays 10AM to Tuesdays 10 AM EDT (GMT+5).
• The next Event and Weekly Programs are: [list]
• Winter Kills - December 12th to January 9th
• Weekly Program: No Meds - January 9th to January 16th
• Weekly Program: Bad Trip - January 16th to January 23rd
• Weekly Program: Hardcore - January 23rd to January 30th

Cell Decoration "Bundles"

• Bundles are deluxe sets built around one theme and can now be seen in your Cell Customization menu.

Controller Support

• Added vibration support on controller.
• All the ‘hold’ actions are now toggle actions on controller.
• Controller: Added new controller layout ‘MODERN’.
• Controller: Added new controller layout ‘ADVANCED’.
• Controller: Added new controller layout ‘TACTICAL’.
• Controller: Added ‘Ping’ action on Right Stick Click in the layout ‘CLASSIC’.
• Controller and Mouse/Keyboard: Added analog peeking. [list]
• Mouse/Keyboard: Hold ‘ALT’ and peek around with WASD keys.
• Controller: Use the ‘MODERN' preset. Hold Left Bumper to peek around.

Rigs Balancing

Blind

• Increased base deploy time to 6s (was 5s). With “DEPLOY TECHNIQUE” to 5s (was 4s).
• Smoke duration decreased to 10s (was 30s). With “EXTENDED DURATION” to 12s (was 20s).
• Cooldown increased to 180s (was 120s).
• The “DECREASED COOLDOWN” upgrade reduces the cooldown by 20% (was 25%).
• Enemies entering the smoke after detonation won't be stunned anymore (but their visibility is still affected by the smoke).

Heal

• Heal rig (Poison upgrade): Enemies slowdown decreased to 5s (was 7s).
• Heal rig (Poison upgrade): Enemies entering the healing radius after detonation won't be stunned anymore.

X-Ray

• Cooldown reduced to 30s (was 120s).
• Duration reduced to 8s (was 15s). With “EXTENDED DURATION” to 12s (was 30s).
• Range decreased to 10m (was 15m).

Additions/Improvements/Balancing

• Bricks: Revamped the item behavior. [list]
• Unlimited uses when thrown in the environment.
• Will instantly break when hitting an enemy or trap.

• Added one more MK-Challenge per Program (except Program 4).
• Removed one iteration of the main Trial per Program.

• To play in HDR, you must make sure that your setup fully supports HDR.
• Please note that not all screens are fully compatible with HDR.
• Ensure that you have activated HDR settings both in Windows and on the screen you are using to play the game.

Fixes

• Fixed a rare issue where a player could remain stuck in the decontamination shower area of the evaluation corridor.
• Fixed an issue where players could fall off world by using the SAS door.
• Fixed some navigation issues in all Trials.

• Updated Coyle and Grunts reactiveness (reworked some animations). Those enemies should now feel more reactive and harder to deal with in some situations.
• Many other various updates, bug fixes, and improvements to the AI.