SWAT Commander: Prologue News

[p] BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Greetings Commanders!

First, a quick update on SWAT Commander: We're deep in development and working hard to bring you some fresh updates soon. Thank you for being such an awesome community!

Now for a surprise... While the next SWAT mission is being prepped, we invite you to take a break and try something new from our studio. The FREE playtest for our next game, Laundering Simulator, is LIVE NOW!

What is Laundering Simulator?
It’s a fun, relaxing sim where you run a laundromat as a front for a criminal enterprise. Manage crazy customers, dodge the FBI, and build your fortune—one clean shirt at a time.

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To make things more interesting, we're holding the First Laundering Contest!
Find a secret area in the playtest to get a special code. Post the code here in the #laundering-contest channel for a chance to be one of 10 WINNERS to get the full game for free on release!

Ready to get your hands dirty (by getting things clean)?

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The playtest is only for a limited time, so don't miss out. We can't wait to hear what you think![/p]

[p]Officers, 👮[/p][p]SWAT Commander returns to participate in the 2025 edition of the Ukrainian Games Festival![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]With a broad selection of great games presented there, the festival is certainly an event worth visiting! Check out all the participating titles and find us there, too![/p][p] [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Thanks for standing by and see you at the festival! [/p][p][/p][p]Over and out,
SWAT Commander Team[/p]

[p]Attention, Officers! 👮[/p][p][/p][p]Early Access[/p][p]Thank you so much to you all joining SWAT Commander's Early Access release so far! With the very positive rating reception, we hope to see more and more of you report for duty, and we're very excited to find out how everyone liked our game![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Share Your Creations![/p][p]If you haven't yet, join our official Discord server! We've just updated it with a new #creators channel, where you can post all SWAT-Commander-related content that you've created! Want to share a YouTube video about SWAT Commander or announce a scheduled livestream featuring our game? There's now a space for it![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Requesting Feedback[/p][p]As we always mention with every chance we get, we can't get enough feedback, as it's our key step to improving SWAT Commander further and further. Many enhancements to the game that you see today may have very well slipped through the cracks if it hadn't been for our community's will to share what they're thinking.[/p][p]At the same time, we want to respect your privacy, so if you don't feel comfortable posting any details regarding your hardware specs, your experience with SWAT Commander, and the like out in public spaces, we strongly encourage you to contact us privately through our official support email found here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithGameTechnicalIssue?appid=1619310[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks and stay tuned for our Early Access plans! We continue to make this game together with you, so your thoughts and opinions will greatly weigh in on those plans! [/p][p]Stand by for further game updates, our upcoming soundtrack, and next plans for Early Access! In the meantime, check out the new co-op preview trailer that we've added to the Steam page:[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Over and out,[/p][p]SWAT Commander Team[/p]

GAMEPLAY

• Updated Suspects' grenade fuse time
  
• Added missing Sniper shot noise generation
  
• Fixed Sniper bullet penetration issue
  
• Fixed issues with hints in the "Hot Reception" mission
  

MISSION LEVEL

• Adjusted lens flare effect on "Hot Reception" mission
  

TUTORIAL

• Fixed issues with the display order of tutorial stages
  

UI

• Added gamepad virtual keyboard for briefing chat and preset name input field
  
• Added reload hint for gamepad bind in the HUD's hint popup
  
• Fixed an issue of not being able to switch between tabs "Equipment" and "Character" in the "Loadout" menu using gamepad
  
• Fixed missing players' names in the "Team" tab in the pause menu
  
• Fixed several gamepad input issues
  
• Minor text fixes
  

Officers, 👮‍♂️

The time has finally come! We are proud to report that…

📣 SWAT Commander is now available in Early Access!
This launch wouldn’t be possible without our fantastic community, so we’d like to right away take this opportunity to thank you all for the years of support and helpful ideas you’ve been sharing with us!

Leap into action and embark together with your squad on our first six missions, available in both single and cooperative gameplay with three different game modes each!

What’s currently available in Early Access?

• Single player gameplay with a computer-controlled SWAT squad that takes orders from you as its leader.
  
• Dozens of direct and sequential commands that allow you to carry out your perfect strategies for breaching, entering, clearing, and securing targets.
  
• Cooperative gameplay where you and your friends form a squad of your own with up to 5 players in total.
  
• 6 missions set in distinct environments, telling their participants about different situations that required a SWAT intervention.
  
• 3 game modes for each of the missions that alter their environments and objectives into new challenges.
  
• Over 40 items of equipment – weapons with customizable attachments, helmets, armor, grenades, different ammo types, and special tools that you configure for yourself or your operatives.
  
• A dedicated behavioral system that brings to life your officers as well as the civilians and suspects encountered during missions. With characters responding differently to various factors, your tactical skills will constantly be put to the test.
  
• And many, many more features that will allow you to configure the challenge and experience you have with our game as well as possible.
  

Visit our game's Steam page and check out our release date trailer for more!

Join our Discord or let us know in our Community Discussions if you have any feedback you’d like to share or questions you want to ask about our game!

Over and out,
SWAT Commander Team