The Anacrusis News

Remember The Anacrusis? The groovy sci-fi Left 4 Dead-style co-op shooter didn't exactly knock our socks off when we last checked it out in early 2022, but now it's early 2023, and if you're curious how things have come along since then, the free weekend that's now underway on Steam makes this a very good time to find out...
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It's 2023 and we're back at it! This update greatly optimizes the rendering of common corpses when they're displayed on screen. It should dramatically improve performance on all systems, especially CPU bound machines like the Xbox One. This is a first-pass implementation and we'll likely continue making adjustments to it for a bit.

We've also added some adjustments to matchmaking to address a handful of edge cases that caused matchmaking failures.

• If matchmaking places you in a session that you can't connect to for whatever reason, your client will start and host its own game rather than kicking you back to the queue.
  
• Additionally, players can choose to start a new public game when they set up their session. Other players will be able to join using matchmaking. If you don't want players to join your sessions, you can always start a Private game.
  
• We've fixed a bug that caused some players to fall through the world when they were playing on games hosted by slower computers.
  
• We've added a crown indicator on the player banner to indicate which player is the game host.
  

Remember, there's still one day left to get The Anacrusis on sale! The Winter Sale ends at 10AM PST on the 5th!

Five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass, and if you are interested in them, you'll want to download the titles as soon as possible.

Microsoft announced the following games are leaving the service within the next couple of weeks: The Anacrusis, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition, Nobody Saves the World, Pupperazzi, and Windjammers 2.

Game Preview title The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a large starship stranded in space. In it, you team up with others to fight against alien hordes. In development at Stray Bombay Company, the title's AI Driver controls every aspect by spawning enemies, directing bosses, and placing every weapon, gadget, and health kit within the confines of the game. You will fight aliens using classic sci-fi weapons and earn new perks to change the way you play for infinite replayability.

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This small update fixes a handful of minor bugs with Steam Achievements and matchmaking.

• We've fixed several bugs that prevented players from earning several achievements
  
• Players can now accompany Barry to a fiery death and still earn the appropriate achievement
  
• Resolved a minor bug with Quick Play
  

For everyone at Stray Bombay, we hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! We really appreciate everyone's support over our first year, and can't wait to show you what we have planned for 2023!

During the Steam Winter Sale, from December 22 to January 5, The Anacrusis is on sale for 67% off the normal price!

This four player co-operative shooter has had more than 24 updates since launch – that's 2 a month!

The Anacrusis now contains:

• Full Workshop support with an active modding community!
  
• Get free seasonal items just for logging on during the sale period (all items are free! We have zero microtransactions)!
  
• 17 Steam achievements with too many puns to count!
  
• Full cross play with your friends on Xbox!
  
• A new dynamic weapon generation system that generates thousands of weapons!
  
• A free season pass to unlock cosmetics and dances!
  
• A whole new episode!
  
• A whole new game mode - Holdout!
  
• Tons of new hit and death animations!
  
• New Community-Made Episodes and Holdout Maps!
  

[h2]There's no better time to try The Anacrusis if you haven't already! And if you're already playing, there won't be a better time to get your friends into the game![/h2]