Sker Ritual News

First of all, a huge thank you to our community for making Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch an unforgettable one for this small, Welsh studio! We cannot thank you enough for the reception, reviews and engagement across the board.

Thank you also for being patient as we tackle issues and bugs that have been brought to our attention and we have been working on them as fast as we can. A hotfix patch was released over the weekend to tackle a few of these bugs and you can see what has already been fixed below.

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Patch v.1.0.0.20323 Hotfixes - 19/04/2024 - 21/04/2024[/h3]

BUG FIXES & UPDATES
- Improved CPU performance from texture loading and other small changes
- Fixed multiple issues caused by other players leaving during a multiplayer game
- Fixed an issue that caused the game not to end when everybody dies and has no token if someone has left the game
- Fixed an issue that caused the scoreboard & game over screen to show people who are no longer in the game
- Fixed an issue that caused Steam Deck to not show the Game Over screen when leaving the level
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to break when swapping between Sker Passes automatically
- Added icons for people who rebind actions to the middle mouse button and extra mouse buttons
- Fixed a memory leak caused by the damage text
- Fixed a memory leak caused by caching NPCs
- Fixed a memory leak caused by points added notifications
- Improved CPU performance of levels with loads of flickering lights
- Videos should now skip if they fail to play, also added "ignoreVideos" as a launch option on Steam in case any other issues are caused by videos failing to play
- Removed Aim Assist targets from fake NPCs in "Deadly Lover's Fortress"
- Fixed an issue causing conflict in lobby names and sometimes making people join other random rooms
- Fixed the Abraham boss fight sometimes leaving the room and resetting
- Increased size of the teammate revive interact so you don't get interrupted when you get hit
- Fixed some errors causing some abilities to sometimes break
- Fixed the Diver Helmet enemy sometimes forgetting to leave the spawn zone

If you don't see your bug fix here, don't worry! We are determined to get as many fixed this week as possible so do keep an eye out for future patch and updates here.

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It is here! Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch is finally here and you can check out below what lies in store for you below.

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Patch v.1.0.0 - 18/04/2024[/h3]

NEW CONTENT
- Added Hidden Stories
- Added Ending & Hidden Story Cutscenes
- Added Story Dialogue across the entire game



NEW WEAPONS
- God Killer (Ultimate) - Hidden Story Reward - Launches a ball of energy which deals high amount of splash damage
- Joseph Heavy Automatic: Light machine gun
- Basil Automatic 1913 - Semi-automatic submachine gun
- Baseball Bat - Melee



NEW COSMETICS
- Added new masks linked to finishing the main & hidden stories
- Added new masks tied to new hidden objectives and achievements
- Added two new DLC's "Murderer Express" & "Headless Wanderer"



BUG FIXES & UPDATES
- Updated Welsh Localization with the latest content
- Added an option in Audio Options to disable the dialogue audio
- Added an option in Interface Options to disable the dialogue portraits
- Fixed issues with cross-play between Steam & Xbox
- Improved multiplayer matching and stability
- Fixed a major issue with enemies occasionally not appearing and desyncing in multiplayer matches
- Fixed several collision based glitches
- Fixed an issue causing you to not receive invites if you're already in a party
- Fixed issue causing the hidden stories statistic to not track
- Fixed one of the achievements not triggering
- Fixed an issue causing the "Toggle Aim" option to be ignored when playing online
- Improved performance and implemented optimizations across all 4 levels
- Improved and optimized textures

From the entire Wales Interactive team, a huge thank you! We are truly grateful for all of your support on our Early Access journey and we hope you enjoy your 1.0 Sker experiences! If you'd like to be a part of our amazing community you can join us over in the Sker Ritual Discord!

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The time has come! Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch is here along with a horde of console players as the 1-4 player fps zombie survival arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported Sker Ritual on its early access journey and welcome to all those who will be having the Sker experience for the first time.

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Sker Ritual has four unique locations to explore, with countless secrets to discover, optional objectives, and easter eggs which progress the story from Maid of Sker’s evil ending. Sker Ritual will also feature cross-play between Xbox and PC players.

“We are super excited to bring Sker Ritual to players on console and PC.” said Dr. David Banner MBE - CEO & Co-Founder at Wales Interactive. “Over the past two years, our core team of five has been working non-stop to implement community feedback from the PC Early Access, ensuring the 1.0/console launch is the complete package. We cannot wait to see the community response to Sker Ritual. Good luck out there, The Quiet Ones are waiting for you.”

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Happy Friday, Sker Islanders!

As we mentioned last week, we have no more patches ahead of the big 1.0 launch this April! However, we wanted to share our latest release date trailer, let you know the results of our new upgraded weapon names AND remind you about an upcoming event!

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We are so excited to bring you Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch on 18th April on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S! Crossplay will be available on launch for PC and Xbox.

Now it's time for some results. We've been taking your upgraded weapon name suggestions and we put all of them to a vote! There were some close votes but here are the winners:

[h3]Baseball Bat - Skerville Slugger
Basil Automatic 1913 - Merchant of Death
Joseph Heavy Automatic - The Death Drum[/h3]

Thank you to everyone who took part in the voting over on our socials and in the Sker Ritual Discord!

We also wanted to remind anyone heading to #i72, the Insomnia Gaming Festival next week that Sker Ritual will be there! Meet the team, check out the game and maybe grab some goodies while you're there. Be sure to say hi, we can't wait to see you all!

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