Player Update #5 and Leaderboard Challenge
Hello there!
Thank you for playing X8! We hope you enjoy this batch of updates this week. With your help, we’ve been able to fix even more things.
If you have been enjoying the game, please consider leaving us a review on the Steam store page, we'd really appreciate it!
Please continue to give us more feedback and bug reports! You are an important part of helping us build X8 to be even better. Join us on Discord to provide us with your feedback! https://discord.gg/x8vr
In additional news, we are hosting the X8 Leaderboard Challenge. This challenge will take place over the next 3 weeks, until July 13th. Anyone can participate for the chance to win prizes, including Amazon Gift Cards and Discord Nitro! More information is available on Discord in the #leaderboard-challenge channel. Contest Rules
Update changes include:
**Please be advised that players on an older version of the game will no longer have access to the online servers until you update your game.
Thank you for your patience while we build a better game with your help!
Download X8 here!
📌 Meta: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/4518172508241377/
📌 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763510/X8/
Thank you for playing X8! We hope you enjoy this batch of updates this week. With your help, we’ve been able to fix even more things.
If you have been enjoying the game, please consider leaving us a review on the Steam store page, we'd really appreciate it!
Please continue to give us more feedback and bug reports! You are an important part of helping us build X8 to be even better. Join us on Discord to provide us with your feedback! https://discord.gg/x8vr
In additional news, we are hosting the X8 Leaderboard Challenge. This challenge will take place over the next 3 weeks, until July 13th. Anyone can participate for the chance to win prizes, including Amazon Gift Cards and Discord Nitro! More information is available on Discord in the #leaderboard-challenge channel. Contest Rules

Update changes include:
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New Features
- Implemented Weekly Challenge Leaderboards
- Organized the Options menu better
- Reduced the size of the Ability Gesture Wheel (adjustable in Options Menu)
- Added transition effect for Wall and Smoke abilities
Balance - Adjusted the impact of Hotspot and Blockbuster to allow them to seep down to different surface levels
- Decreased Jaguar's Vanguard size by 40% (affectionately named Turret-chan internally)
Bug fixes - Fixed Syphon pocket is not triggered. Now players can store Syphon in the pocket easily when Syphon is hovering the pocket
- Fixed black VFX triggered on headshots for Quest
- Fixed Pocked Haptics to play once and not again until stop overlapping
- Fixed the Syphon SFX cues when the player approaches to the Syphon
- Fixed being able to escape Rock Fortress
- Fixed ability banking button not switching to the primary hand upon change
- Fixed not receiving assists if overdamage occurred (typically via headshots)
**Please be advised that players on an older version of the game will no longer have access to the online servers until you update your game.
Thank you for your patience while we build a better game with your help!
Download X8 here!
📌 Meta: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/4518172508241377/
📌 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763510/X8/