Gunfire Reborn News

Gunfire Reborn can be succinctly described as a roguelike take on Borderlands. That's a great hook on its own, and it looks like the game underneath that premise is a solid one, too. It's been rocketing up the Steam charts over the past several weeks, racking up thousands of positive user reviews in Early Access.

Gunfire Reborn first launched back in May to modest success, but the player count has ballooned after an August update which added a new playable character and loads of new weapons and enemies. The game's daily player peaks previously averaged between 3,000 and 5,000. Now, those daily peaks are well above 20,000, as SteamDB shows.

Each character in the game has unique abilities alongside the procedurally-generated weapons you'll find throughout the levels. It's also fully playable in co-op for up to four players, so you can get that full Borderlands experience. It's also priced at $11.99 / £9.29 / €9.99, so it won't break the bank, either.

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• Optimize Ao Bai's dual-wielding skill: Turn on/off dual wielding won't interrupt the shot
  
  
• Balance adjustments to some of Qing Yan's ascensions and talents
  
• Ascensions Adjustment:
  Fierce Wings: Weapon DMG +50%/100%/150% instead of +30%/60%/120% on next shot after a cleave
  
  Death mark：Increase the duration of the death mark from 2/3/5 seconds to 4/5/6 seconds
  
  Max cleave：the first two levels of this ascension additionally increase the number of times to restore cleave after killing enemies
  
  1. Level 1 Max cleave：New: Cleave will immediately restore 1 use after killing an enemy
     
  2. Level 2 Max cleave：New：Cleave will immediately restore 2 uses after killing an enemy
  Hail of bullets：weapon DMG for the first few shot after reload increases from 30%/40%/90% to 30%/60%/100%, with additional +20%/30%/40% lucky shot chance
  
  Elemental Power：elemental effect chance of leap increases from 20% to 50%
  
  Steel Armor：when leap hits an enemy，the duration of damage taken reduction reduced from 2/3/3 seconds to 2/2/2 seconds
  
  
• Talents Adjustment：
  Level 4 Talent：Cleave Reinforcement changes to Skill Enhancement
  Effect：+300 cleave DMG→+300 leap and cleave DMG
  

• Add the feature to cancel ready before entering the next stage in the team mode:
  Players who are ready to enter the next stage can cancel ready by interacting with the portal again
  
• Optimize the interaction mechanism of reviving teammates: after approaching the fallen teammate, you can press F to revive without aiming at the teammate
  
• Optimize the interface of weapon upgrade at Craftsman
  
• Optimize the animation footage after players get knocked down
  
• Optimize performance of ping system in the team mode
  
• After canceling the matching, the check box will not be automatically unchecked
  

• Optimize the reload performance of Sting
  
• Waterfall decoration is added to part of the "Duo Fjord" scene
  
• Optimize Crown Prince’s and Ao Bai’s checkout animation
  

• Fix the issue that when teammates use Talisman, the sound volume is too large
  
• Adjust the sound effect of Elite Corrupt Monk's light beam
  
• Lower the volume of Heavy Crossbowman's charge
  
• Add fuzzy effect for the background music when entering checkout page
  
• Adjust the sound effect of Talisman's secondary skill
  
• Add voice dialogue when the hero is killed
  
• Add the feature to adjust the volume of enviornment sound in the setting
  
• Adjust the sound effect of Glimmering's explosion
  

• Lower the attributes of some monsters in Anxi Desert-Stage 1
  
• Optimize the entrance location of the vault in Anxi Desert-Stage 1 and Anxi Desert-Stage 3
  
• Optimize the number of bottles in some vaults
  
• Optimize the spawn location of elite monsters when players trigger elite monster challenge event in Longling Tomb and Duo Fjord
  
• Fix the issue that players can't pick up dropped items in some stages of Anxi Desert and Duo Fjord
  

• Optimize some Japanese texts
  
• Fix some Japanese font errors
  
• Optimize some French texts
  

• Fix the issue that players can't switch weapons after picking up a weapon
  
• Fix the issue that the inscription "1s after scope is on, highlight all enemies(including the one behind barriers), and all hits on highlight enemies become Crit Hit" doesn't take effect on some monsters
  
• Fix the issue that reloading Goshawk during the charge will cause abnormal reload animation
  
• Fix the issue that after players use secondary skill, the mark of Raninbow and Dragonchaser disappears
  
• Fix the issue that players sometimes can't reload or shoot when using Concealed Ammo with "Advanced Depot" scroll
  
• Fix the issue that ammo consumption is abnormal if Laser Gloves or Thunderclap Gloves doesn't hit the target
  
• Fix the issue that switching the archive may make the game unplayable
  
• Fix the issue that secondary skill of Talisman sometimes has errors which make players unable to shoot
  
• Fix the issue that in challenge event "Continue to be injured and defeat enemies to get healing!", Qing Yan with "Paranormality" scroll won't get hurt
  
• Fix the issue that Bullet Bank will add abnormal ammo type
  
• Fix the issue that if players equip both Bullet Bank and Improved Clip, ammo won't go to the magazine directly
  
• Fix the issue that Skateboarder sometimes is invalid when players use Foundry
  
• Fix the issue that if players carrying with Resolute and Triple Comeback are killed and then revived. Though the shield is max, Resolute still takes effect
  
• Fix the issue that Crit Hit triggered by the inscription "1s after scope is on, highlight all enemies(including the one behind barriers), and all hits on highlight enemies become Crit Hit" won't activate the scroll relating to Crit buff such as Hawkeye Sight and Penetration Bullet
  
• Fix the issue that the inscription "When the magazine is more than 50% full, RoF +50%, Projectiles +0.2" becomes invalid once players switch weapons with Advanced Depot
  
• Fix the issue that Qing Yan's leap may be interrupted abnormally
  
• Fix the issue that players sometimes can't use dash
  
• Fix the issue that damage buff of Qing Yan's ascension "Fierce Wings" and "Hail of Bullets" only takes effect on some projectiles of multi-projectile weapons
  
• Fix the issue that if monster is pushed back on hit, it sometimes faces to abnormal direction
  
• Fix the issue that Elite Beetle's damage to players through charge won't trigger the scroll "Deadly Counter" and "Close Call"
  
• Fix the issue that during the transition cutscene of Yoruhime-Maru, there are special effects that normal enemies are freezed by Energy Orb
  
• Fix the issue that players can't progress in some stages of Anxi Desert and Duo Fjord
  
• Fix the issue that dropped items are out of reach after players defeat Elite Lizard in Desert Ruins
  
• Fix the issue that damage from Sting and Talisman sometimes is invalid
  
• Fix the issue that Qing Yan's cleave is invalid
  
• Fix the issue that the weapon panel has abnormal residues which could not be removed
  
• Fix the issue that sound effect is lost when shooting Pupil
  
• Fix the issue that teammates could not be revived if players use the controller
  

• Add ping system and short phrases function in team mode:
  In team mode, you can hold hotkey V to reach team signal interface and send short phrases to your teammate, and you can press V to ping any weapons or items. Marked weapons and scrolls can be directly shared to teammates, and you no longer need to pick them up and then discard them
  *Controller players can hold/press UP to send short phrases and ping items.*
  
  
• Change weapon comparison default hotkey from V to Z, and support customized hotkey setting
  
  
• Remove: The ability to drop shell in Dinghai Bay-Final Stage and the hotkey setting "Discard the particular item"
  
  
• Fix: Occult Scroll "Bullet Bank" doesn't take effect
  
  
• Optimize the usage of special effect when getting hit, fix the issue that players experience lower FPS before revival
  

• Optimize the length of the stage name displayed in the minimap
  
• Adjust the calculation method of the total damage of the battle in the player information interface to make the calculation result consistent with the player damage displayed on the team stats panel
  
• Replace the artistic font of "Qing Yan"
  
• Optimize the notification when the number of archives reaches the limit
  
• Automatically exit the chat window when the cutscene ends
  

• Add the gradient effect to the model of Corrupt Monk when its afterimage appears
  
• Adjust the halo effects of Umbrella Spirit
  
• Optimize weapon inscription - lightning ball attack effects
  
• Optimize the attack effects of Talisman's secondary skill
  
• Optimize the performance of Qing Yan's leap skill
  
• Optimize the reload performance of Sting
  

• Optimize Ao Bai's footsteps
  
• Optimize the sound effect of poison arrow explosion of Sting
  

• In team mode, if a team member exits the game, the difficulty of the game will be reduced in the next stage based on the remaining number of people
  
• Optimize the auto-lock mechanism of Rainbow and Talisman, and now support locking the jellyfish summoned by Yoruhime-Maru
  
• Add bottles in some vaults
  
• Optimize spawn positions of the elite monsters when the elite monster challenge event is triggered in the nightmare difficulty
  

• Adjustment over unlock requirement for Demonlore：
  （1）Previous: Kill [Arrogant Lobster] 100 times with Fire DMG, Now: Kill [Arrogant Lobster] 60 times with Fire DMG
  For players who have already met the new requirement, after this update, they only need to kill one Arrogant Lobster with Fire DMG to unlock Demonlore
  
  
• Adjustment over some inscriptions：
  （1）Delete inscription "Projectiles +2, but Ammo Consumption +200%"
  （2）Change inscription "Projectiles +1, Consumption +100%" as Exclusive Inscription
  
  
• NPC chest that players exchange occult scroll won't drop given occult scroll any more
  
• Optimize the detail and wording of Korean and German. Fix some notification errors of elite monsters
  

• Fix the issue that Golden Bow, Prism and Glimmering can't be reloaded under certain circumstances so players can't fire them
  
• Fix the issue that if players throw Concealed Ammo, switching weapons will make the thrown weapon disappeared
  
• Fix the issue that Golden Bow can't open the entrance of the vault
  
• Fix the issue that when Qing Yan has "Hail of Bullets" ascension, the icon of such ascension appears in status bar without actual effect if reload is interrupted
  
• Fix the issue that under certain circumstances, Qing Yan's leap may be interrupted by dash
  
• Fix the issue that if Qing Yan uses leap when scope is on, FOV is abnormally large after the leap
  
• Fix the issue that in third person perspective, the special effect of Qing Yan's skill is abnormal
  
• Fix the issue that talent "Inscription Collector" actual increasing chance is abnormal
  
• Fix the issue that model of Bandit Retainer may disappear under certain circumstances
  
• Fix the issue that if players trigger the cutscene during the movement, the footstep still exists
  
• Fix the issue that there is no sound at the checkout page when the game is over
  
• Fix the issue that UI interface is abnormal if players don't assign key for hotkey
  
• Fix the issue that in guidance, Spearman acts abnormally after jumping over the timber
  
• Fix the issue that during the transition cutscene of Yoruhime-Maru, the countdown of knocked down players continues and the monster still moves
  
• Fix the issue that pressing ESC during cutscene may lose the crosshair
  
• Fix the issue that there is no notice of challenge success after players complete challenges in some vaults
  
• Fix the issue that challenge event "Continue to be injured and defeat enemies to get healing!" won't deal damage to Qing Yan's armor
  
• Fix the issue that players can't unlock Umbrella Spirit in the logbook
  
• Fix the issue that players can't unlock the monster which is killed by explosive barrels
  
• Fix the issue that players can't move in some locations in Basement of Longling, Anxi Desert-Stage 3 and Duo Fjord-Stage 3
  
• Fix the issue that text chat is abnormal after players leave the team
  
• Fix the issue that players can still see the team text chat after leaving the team
  

• Fix the issue that in nightmare difficulty, some stages won’t spawn the monster so players can’t progress
  
• Fix the issue that players can’t progress after triggering Elite Horsehead challenge event in Longling Tomb-Stage 4
  
• Fix the issue that sometimes players won’t be able to interact with the chest or the portal
  
• Fix the issue that Kappa flies abnoramlly high and players can’t kill it
  
• Fix the issue that some talents of Qing Yan is shown abnormally
  
• Fix the issue that Umbrella Spirit is shown in Chinese in Monster Logbook
  
• Optimize English description of Victory Rush