Deadzone Rogue News

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Deadzone: Rogue will be launching into early access on Steam and Epic on April 29th, building on our momentum of 100,000+ wishlists and over 90% review score!

This launch will include Chapters 1 and 2 of the game, with a variety of missions, enemies, maps, bosses, augments, weapons, and other exciting content to explore.

Deadzone: Rogue will be priced at $24.99 with a 20% launch discount during the first two weeks of early access, at $19.99. For players outside the US, we’ll offer local pricing based on market rates. Early access players will receive Chapters 1 and 2 immediately, and the final chapter of the game, Chapter 3, once it’s completed!

Everyone who made a purchase in Starsiege Deadzone on Steam will automatically receive Deadzone: Rogue for free in their Steam library once we launch into early access, and receive Chapter 3 later. No action should be needed to claim the game, as we’ve worked with Steam to set up this access for past supporters.

If you’re into shooters, sci-fi, or roguelite games, give the free demo a try now to see why players are loving it! The demo will be available until April 22nd, but will be taken down a week before launch, as we shift all focus to the early access release.

Lastly, make sure to wishlist Deadzone: Rogue on Steam for important updates: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3228590/Deadzone_Rogue/

Thanks so much to everyone who has given the demo a try, shared feedback, and is helping us create the best sci-fi FPS roguelite experience possible. We’re excited to take Deadzone Rogue to the next level together, and hope you enjoy it!

Prophecy Games

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• The full story run has been broken into 3 missions
  
• Missions can be selected from the Mission Select panel in the starting ship
  
• Completing a mission will grant rewards and unlock the next Mission
  
• Mission name is now shown on the HUD
  
• Missions are now categorized by type - Story, Specialty, and Challenges
  
• Added difficulty unlock and descriptions to the mission tooltips
  
• Adjusted the Exit Teleporter sequence
  
• Added new teleporter voice lines
  
• Adjusted Mission 3 Difficulty
  
• Only certain difficulties are now available for specific missions
  
  
• New Missions Added:
  • Long Run
    
  • PinPoint
    
  • Bugged
    
  • Close Up
    

• Added more variation to the Lux and Core areas
  
• Increased number of potential layouts in the cargo art set
  
• Improvements to Core Containment Level lighting and features
  
• Updated name of "???" room
  

• Added Italian and Traditional Chinese as language options
  
• Added ADS Setting that allows you switch between holding/toggling ADS
  
• Make panel widget opaque for settings menu readability
  
• The Security Level tracker now counts the number of rooms visited
  
• Added current difficulty to HUD
  
• Lowered Barrel Knockback Magnitude by 25%
  
• Encounter rewards now always spawn at the exit door
  
  
• Tech Masteries
  • Removed specific element upgrades
    
  • Added Proc Chance upgrade
    
• Augments
  • Removed Health and Shield Augments
    
  • Updated Agility Augment
    
  • Update Ammo Augment
    
    • You gain a 35% chance to refund a bullet on hit, and a 100% chance to refund 2 bullets on a kill. When your magazine is above 75% capacity, you deal 50% more damage
      
  • Update Specialty Point Blank augment so that close range buffs AND long range nerfs apply to primary, secondary, melee, and grenades
    
• Perks
  • Health Perk Added
    
  • Shield Perk Added
    
  • Changed Ghostflare to Ghost Blade
    
  • Element Bot Perk now spawns a bot in addition to its original effects
    
• Items
  • Removed Element Specific Items
    
  • Added New Items:
    
    • Elemental Damage Synergy item
      
    • Lower grenade cooldown by 20%
      
    • Increase crit damage 15% and lower non-crit damage 15%
      
    • Damage reduction after reload item
      
    • Increase Magazine Cap
      
    • Added Proc Chance Boost
      
  • Improved BioGel Item to 40% proc after grenade throw
    
  • Improved Weapon Swap Item from 20% to 40%
    

• Revive system adjusted so players will now spawn next to their co-op partners
  
• Players can now join a Co-Op game while it is in progress. When first joining, players will be spectating until an encounter is cleared
  

• Fixed an issue in Co-Op where Tech would not save properly for joining players after a completed mission
  
• Fixed an issue in Co-Op where if the host died while fighting the Boss, they would not respawn
  
• Fixed an issue in Co-Op where the host player would see the perk and augment pickups from teammates
  
• Fixed an issue in Co-Op where joining players would not see Tech and Scrap pickups from teammates
  
• Fixed an issue in Co-Op where joining players would hear the "Encounter Complete" music right before entering a new room
  
• Fixed an issue the player map maker would be inconsistent on the HUD
  
• Fixed an issue where bots sometimes would not take AOE damage if they were around corners
  
• Fixed an issue where Turrets could not be damaged by grenades
  
• Fixed an issue in the PinPoint mission where the secondary weapon icon would show a knife with negative ammo
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ammo 1 augment would not properly return ammo
  
• Fixed an issue where a loot orb would not spawn in room 18 of the PinPoint mission
  
• Fixed missing collision on the roofs of the teleporter room
  
• Fixed an issue where if a pet dies while near the entry door of an encounter, the forcefield wouldn't drop
  
• Fixed an issue where dropped loot was no longer spawning in front of the player
  
• Fixed an issue where you could ping, toggle flashlight, and quick melee while you were in the fabricator screen
  
• Fixed an issue where the waypoint UI would not show if the host died during the encounter
  
• Fixed an issue where players could reactivate a previously active encounter. This could cause the player to get stuck in progressing their run
  
• Fixed an issue where your shields would not recharge if your shield recharge delay was at or below 0
  
• Fix for issue where after a revive the pet could often not spawn correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the pet bot would not enter the boss room and instead be destroyed
  
• Fixed an issue where the loot selection menu would re-open after closing if you selected an item then immediately pressed escape
  
• Fixed bug where clicking on an item multiple times in the reward selection screen would cause the selection sound to play multiple times
  
• Fixed issue where melee bots were dealing damage even outside of attack animations
  
• Fixed an issue where melee weapons and grenades not dealing elemental damage when they had an elemental affix applied
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mindless would attack during "enraged" animation
  
• Fixed an issue where the pet will not respawn if the player dies and respawns while the pet is on cooldown
  
• Fixed an issue where the pet would not follow the player in stealth mode and instead target an enemy bot
  
• Fixed several issues where players would revive inside walls, floors, or sometimes outside the map
  
• Fixed an issue where joining players would not see/hear bot wave spawn VFX/SFX
  
• Fixed an issue where combat music would not play correctly after you died and respawned
  
• Fixed an issue where Void Tendrils would not being visible to joining client in co-op
  
• Fixed an issue where fire trails spawned by ignite affix would not be visible to joining player in co-op
  
• Fixed an issue in co-op where players wouldn't get a pickup notification when their ally would pick up scrap or tech
  
• Fixed an issue where the joining player's minigun would remain spinning when they weren't aiming or shooting
  
• Fixed an issue where frozen bots would be unable to path after the proc was gone
  
• Fixed an issue where Lifesteal affix would not proc correctly on knife and grenade
  
• Fixed an issue where the Marked Enemies Affix not working on grenades and melee weapons
  
• Fixed an issue where the scrap damage affix would not apply its damage bonus
  
• Fixed an issue where Scrap Damage Affix was not working on grenades and melee
  
• Fixed an issue where the Debuffed Enemies Damage Boost affix not working on grenades or melee
  
• Fixed an issue with the Phalanx Melee trying to attack people on tall boxes when it can't damage them
  
• Fixed an issue where pet bots would not damage the end boss
  
• Fixed an issue where bots would not target the companion bots if they're too close
  
• Fixed an issue where the Elemental Bot would not apply an elemental improvement or damage bonuses to pets
  
• Fixed an issue where the Energy Drink item would grant you a speed boost when you were near a pet bot
  
• Fixed issue where the wakeup sequence would not lock out dash
  
• Fixed an issue where holding down sprint while interacting resulted in endless dashing
  
• Fixed an issue where overlapping Shield bots would cause their shield to attach to targets indefinitely
  
• Fixed several typos in item descriptions
  

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Thank you for playing Deadzone: Rogue Demo! We appreciate your continued support and feedback as we work to improve the game.

Major quality-of-life improvements, including localization support, co-op lobby changes, and enhanced HUD elements. New Augments, Perks, and Items expand your arsenal.

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• First pass at localization and first time language settings
  
• Updated the starting ship
  
• Added a stat display to the equipment menu
  
• Removed grenade self-damage
  
• Removed the Epic login for a more player-friendly login
  
• Moved the Co-Op lobby creation to the main menu
  
• If a player dies when the encounter ends, they are immediately respawned instead of having to wait for the next encounter
  

• Elemental - All elemental damage improvements affect every Elemental Type. All Elemental Damage is increased by 30%.
  
• Hipfire - While firing from the hip, your spread is reduced by 20%, your proc chance is increased by 100%, and you deal 50% more damage.
  

• Momentous Uppercut
  
• Companion Bot
  

• Reroll affixes on all your weapons an additional time at the fabricator
  
• Upgrade the quality of your weapons an additional time at the fabricator
  
• Primary Weapon can proc element affix on melee weapon
  
• Secondary Weapon can proc element affix on primary weapon
  
• Increase weapon swap speed
  
• Add an extra grenade charge
  
• Grenades have a secondary explosion that deals 35% of its damage
  
• Grenade does bonus damage if damages only one target
  
• Take less damage after melee kills
  
• Increased melee swing speed
  
• Increased damage against elite enemies
  
• + More!
  

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• First pass at localization!
  
• Added first time language settings
  
• Updated the starting ship and how to start runs.
  
• Players must enter the elevator after the bridge to start a run.
  
• Safe room updated
  
• Separated the Tech station from the Fabricator by moving it up the hall.
  
• Adjusted Nightmare difficulty scale to reduce enemy health and increase enemy damage.
  
• Added a stat display to the equipment menu
  
• Relocated Augment/Perk display, item display and currency display on HUD
  
• Update Augment/Perk/Item selection displays
  
• Increase the Y offset for damage numbers to move them away from the reticle.
  
• Added a setting for damage number sizes
  
• Tooltips in the fabricator show available upgrades
  
• Removed grenade self-damage
  
• Weapon Pickup inspects added back.
  
• Not every weapon has an animation yet
  

• Removed Epic Login for a more player-friendly login.
  
• Moved the Co-Op lobby creation to the main menu.
  
• If a player dies after an encounter ends, they are immediately revived instead of having to wait for the next encounter.
  
• Update ally map marker to be blue rather than yellow
  
• Players can now ping
  
• Added a teammate display to the HUD
  

• Adjusted various augments
  
  • Aiming
    
  • Long Range
    
  • Short Range
    
  • Weakpoint
    
  • Aiming
    
  • Magazine and Reload
    
  • Health
    
• New Augments
  
  • Elemental - All elemental damage improvements affect every Elemental Type. All Elemental Damage is increased by 30%.
    
  • Hipfire - While firing from the hip, your spread is reduced by 20%, your proc chance is increased by 100%, and you deal 50% more damage.
    
• Removed Grenade and Melee augments
  

• Special elemental procs (Burn, Chill, Corruption, and Shock) now only apply if you own the element parent perk
  
• Players are limited to 2 elemental parent perks
  
• Adjusted various perks
  
  • Dark Envoy
    
  • Wildfire
    
  • Inferno
    
  • Blizzard
    
  • Quickscope
    
• New Perks
  
  • Momentous Uppercut
    
  • Companion Bot
    

• New Items added
  
  • Increase weapon swap speed
    
  • Add an extra grenade charge
    
  • Grenades have a secondary explosion that deals 35% of its damage
    
  • Grenade does bonus damage if damages only one target
    
  • Take less damage after melee kills
    
  • Increased melee swing speed
    
  • Increased damage against elite enemies
    
  • Reroll affixes on all your weapons an additional time at the fabricator
    
  • Upgrade the quality of your weapons an additional time at the fabricator
    
  • Primary Weapon can proc element affix on melee weapon
    
  • Secondary Weapon can proc element affix on primary weapon
    
  • + More!
    
• Removed Black Electrical Tape Item
  

• Removed some affixes from the pools
  
  • Power Packs
    
  • Detonate
    
  • Pierce
    

• Fixed an issue where comparison arrow would not show as "increasing" if slot was empty, and item's level was 0
  
• Fixed various issues where your weapon would not be hidden on the Zone Complete screen
  
• Fixed an issue where the minigun would stay spun up while reloading after emptying the magazine
  
• Fixed an issue where encounters could be ended earlier if the player bumped against the exit door.
  
• Fixed an issue where the setting for disabling damage numbers would not work
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ricochet perk would proc the ricochet without aiming
  
• Fixed an issue where the Man Spider poison AOE would be counted as self-damage
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ranged Phalanx bot could hit players while they were crouched behind cover
  
• Fixed an issue where the long range augment was never applying its damage boost
  
• Fixed an issue where players could double jump again after dashing, causing an "infinite climb" if the dash was augmented to a low cooldown. Jump count now does not reset after dashing.
  
• Fixed various issues in Co-Op around the end of run animations.
  
• Fixed an issue in Co-Op where after your shield recharge ended, your shield UI would continue pulsing as if your shields were still recharging
  
• Fixed an issue where status effect icons wouldn't replicate to joining players in co-op.
  
• Fixed an issue where waypoints would not appear after you cleared a room
  
• Fixed an issue where waypoints would not show in safe rooms
  
• Fixed reward orb placement location to be more safe
  

Co-Op

To play Co-Op, you will need to link your Epic account (this is for peer-to-peer online services)

• Find the Co-Op terminal in the starting ship.
  
• After interacting with it and clicking “Connect,” it will open a new tab to link your Epic account.
  
• After connecting, you can either Host or Join a Lobby
  
• To Host, create a lobby link, and share it with your friends
  
• To Join a Lobby, copy and paste the Host’s Lobby Code in the Join Lobby Code text box
  

Reviving in Co-Op
In order to revive fallen teammates, any player(s) left alive will need to finish clearing the current room. Fallen team members will spawn back in.
Each teammate has a maximum of 2 revives

Masteries Tech Upgrades renamed to Tech Masteries
Mastery Tiers are now one purchase per tier

Augments Removed the Augment Fabricator
Augments now provide larger buffs that pertain to the way you want to play

Perks Perks give bonuses towards a specific build.
Perks loot orbs are dropped after special encounters

Items Added item buffs the player can choose from after clearing a room
These provide small improvements to the player’s build

Weapon Affixes
Weapons now have randomly rolled affixes that give them a new way to play

• Pierce
  
• Weakpoint Damage
  
• Exploding Bullets
  
• Scrap = +1% Damage
  
• And More

Moved elemental procs to Affixes
Players can also reroll affixes in the Shop
Elemental Augments have been moved to Weapon Affixes

Weapon Level
Weapons now have an additional upgrade component for level
Weapon levels increase the overall damage of the can be purchased

Armor Armor reduced down to 4 pieces
Added Armor level

• Similar to weapon level, armor level enhances the overall damage resistance the player has
  
• Armor Level can be upgraded through the Shop

Bots Improved bot behavior and encounters
New bot variants added:

• Mine Launcher
• Shield Support Bot
• Kamikazi Flyer

Melee Phanlax

• Slowed down its hammer attack and made it more vulnerable

Ranged Phanlax

• Build up time is fixed

Switchblade

• Switchblade will now cancel its dash if the player is not in line of sight

Man-Spider

• Flattened out the Man-Spider room

Siphon (Boss)

• Siphon’s laser attack speed adjusted per difficulty
  
• Added more variation to the additional enemies Siphon spawns in
  
• Some rooms may now spawn in new waves of enemies

Map Removed bonus rooms to reduce backtracking
Map now plays in a singular path
Added new rooms to each area

We're excited to announce Deadzone: Rogue a roguelite first-person shooter set in deep space. Slay waves of enemies, loot powerful gear, and customize your loadout during each unique run. Uncover fragments of your past as you piece together the truth behind your mission. Fight. Die. Revive. Repeat.

Check out our teaser trailer: https://www.deadzonerogue.com/

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