The Riflemen News

What's new?
-Added healthbar
-Cleaner in-game chat

What's been fixed?
-Rotate gamemodes is now an option for creating games
-Bots change back to rifle after killing with knife
-Bots use knife less frequently with more humane (slower & random) intervals
-Fixed some challenges unlocking for wrong reasons
-Fixed a bug that caused revenge medal to not work
-Fixed a bug "Joining team in 1s.." when joining a match that has started

We are sorry that this update took so long for us, but unfortunately we had quite few bugs as we added Easy Anti-cheat and overhauled more than half of our codebase. However we are happy to announce that the new update 1.2 "Wrecked" is here with new content and requested features! See below the added content & bug fixes.

What's new:

• New map: Wrecked, crashed plane on a deserted island
  
• New weapon: Pistol, move quickly and fire rapidly
  
• New gamemode: Scavenger, ammo is limited and you must collect more from dead enemies/allies
  
• New gamemode: Secure & Survive, round based gamemode where you must secure the cargo drop or eliminate enemy team
  
• 5 new challenges that will give you a total of 10 new cosmetics
  
• Possibility to play without Epic account. It's still possible to link the accounts if you want to.
  
• Teammate spectate mechanic for Secure & Survive gamemode
  
• Added spawn protection
  
• Added Easy Anti-cheat
  
• Added player reporting
  
• Better host migration, now it syncs all your data from previous session
  
• Map vote has now random gamemodes tied to votable maps, but first map will have the current gamemode
  
• Added loading screen after splash screen, now The Riflemen launch faster
  
• Optimized file sizes, now it uses 70% less storage space
  
• Optimized ram usage
  
• Grenades now have short line behind them when thrown
  
• Barrels & landmines can now be exploded with melee weapons
  
• Supply drops now show the weapon that will be received
  
• New background scenery on main menu
  
• New theme music
  

Bug fixes:

• All maps now have correct navmeshes for bots
  
• Fixed match end music not starting always
  
• Sniper scope texture flipped correctly when playing as left handed
  
• Plus many more smaller fixes..
  

Known bugs:

• Canceling Epic Games & Steam accounts linking procedure from main menu will not allow you to relink until restart of The Riflemen
  
• High GPU usage because The Riflemen runs on uncapped frame rate
  
• Map vote won't sometimes sync the votable maps
  
• Vsync toggle won't always work
  
• Splash screen & loading screen can take some time to finish loading
  

See you on the battlefields!

Without further ado, here's our full upcoming roadmap of development of The Riflemen.



We would love to hear your thoughts, what are you most excited of? Now get honing your skills and be prepared for the epic update coming out very, very soon!

Don't let this announcement fool you, we are nowhere near our ambitions and end-goal yet, but we are truly excited and happy to share the news of reaching over 100.000 players!

We want to thank you all for playing, having fun, and pushing us even further to make The Riflemen a unique experience.

The game is made by a small team from Finland and it was released in early autumn 2023. With a couple of patches and updates later we have a chance now to celebrate a moment this milestone. BUT the work continues as we have a HUGE update cooking up here...

Not to leak anything major yet, we just can say we have been listening to you all. New game modes? Who knows. No more Epic account? Let's see. New weapons? Boom-boom... ;)

Stay tuned all you gunners out there, stay tuned.

Happy to have you here.

Ho, ho, ho!

The winter season is here and now you have one last chance to be nice and earn some presents! Complete new limited time challenges (until the 7th of january) and get yourself holiday themed cosmetics. For our premium players there are bonus rewards to claim!

What's new:

• Two new limited time challenges with themed cosmetics
  
• Visual changes to main menu
  
• Holiday theme music
  
• Pressing the 'Play' button creates now a game with random gamemode
  
• When host migration happens the lobby receives new name based on the new host
  

We wish you a happy holidays!

P.S. You can expect a new content update early next year.