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Major Update #2 - Xero Update

Hello everyone!

Thank you for playing X8 and showing us your support both in-game and on Discord. This is the second of our upcoming major updates, putting in big new changes such as maps, heroes, gamemodes, whole systems, and more!

This update in particular brings:
  • A New Hero -Xero
  • Custom Matches (yes, cross-platform compatible!)
  • New level lighting
  • New achievements

And more!

We have also announced the opening of registration for the brand-new 2023 X8 VR League, in partnership with VAL VR Esports! Consider signing up today by clicking this link: l8r.it/aZQs and join the X8 League Discord server here: l8r.it/B6NW


Your help in identifying bugs and providing feedback has been invaluable in making X8 what it is today, and will continue to do so in the future. Please continue supporting us with bug reports and suggestions in the Discord! https://discord.gg/x8vr


If you have been enjoying the game, please consider leaving us a review on the Steam store page, we'd really appreciate it!

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Changes include:

[h2]New Features[/h2]
  • New Hero "Xero"
  • Custom Matches - Cross Platform Compatible
  • New lighting across all the existing maps
  • 30+ New Achievements
  • Added Timer in Skirmish map
  • Updated climbable ledges
  • Configurable controller rotation from options menu
  • Matchmaking improvement so that players stay in Skirmish up to 3 minutes until the set number of players join the match
  • Faster Matchmaking
  • Team Balancing after Warmup


[h2]Hero Updates[/h2]
  • Slight decrease to Jaguar's Vanguard damage
  • Limit Stasis Pylon and Vanguard placements


[h2]Balance[/h2]
[h3]Weapon Balancing[/h3]
  • Scorpion Nerf: reduced range and decreased damage
  • Renegade: added secondary falloff range, slightly reduced minimum falloff damage
  • Hellhound: slightly increased damage

[h3]Game Balancing[/h3]
  • Changed Warmup length from 60 seconds to 20 seconds
  • Rounds set to 14


[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]
  • Fixed weapon magazine will drop when shooting the auto-assigned weapon during Warmup and Skirmish phases
  • Fixed various issues with the HUD being turned off in the options menu
  • Fixed team balancing to take parties into account and to auto-rebalance at the end of the Warmup phase
  • Fixed lighting issues on all the maps and character selection room
  • Fixed Glitch character corpse seen while a player is in the Character Selection room


[h2]Known Issues[/h2]
  • Parties may cause matchmaking failure and unbalanced team assignment
  • Error occurs at matchmaking and custom match if player takes the HMD off for a while and start matchmaking or custom match
  • Party menu is accessible after joining a Custom Match lobby and party members will be teleported to Custom Match from active match

**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 and drop a review here!
šŸ“Œ Meta: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/4518172508241377/

šŸ“Œ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763510/X8/