The Precinct News

[h3]We’re not talking about floppy disks, Chief, we’re talking CDs![/h3]

We’ve teamed up with French physical release distributor Microids to release a physical edition of The Precinct for PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S.

Alongside the physical edition, we’ll also be releasing a limited edition version. This exclusive bundle will include the following extra items:

Full Game
A Steelbook
Digital Original Soundtrack
Map of Averno City

This physical edition of The Precinct is set to launch in the first half of 2025 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.



[h3]FAQ:[/h3]

This retailer has the date set at X. Is this the official release date?
We haven’t announced an official launch date at this time. These dates set by the retailers are placeholders and will be updated when we announce the launch.

Is the Limited Edition available with a Steam/PC version?
No, the physical edition is for PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S only.

When's the release date?
We are still on track to release within the first half of this year, more information will be coming soon.


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[h3]We have made the difficult decision to move The Precinct’s release to the first half of 2025.[/h3]

We know that this will come as disappointing news to our fans and we’re very sorry about any upset that this may cause, but we haven’t made this decision lightly and we’d like to explain our reasoning behind it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/

At Fallen Tree Games, we are a core team of just 5 people, so we do not have the same resources as the large triple A studios that make similar sandbox-style games. We have been working tirelessly at the moment to add polish to the final game and implement bug fixes so that we could try to hit our 2024 release, which is why we’ve waited until so late in the year to put out this announcement. Even with all 5 of us working as hard and as fast as we can, we do not believe we will be able to deliver the game we want to by the end of this year. In short, the game we could deliver this year is not the game we believe you deserve.

During Steam Next Fest, we received an enormous amount of attention and over 300,000 people played our demo in just one week. We read through over 1,300 demo reviews, along with more than 700 comments in our Discord and across social media. We can’t thank everyone enough for taking the time to play our demo, give your feedback on it, and leave such positive comments in your demo reviews, in our Discord, and on social media. It definitely lifted our spirits and showed us that we’re heading in the right direction!

We have not announced an official release date for 2025 yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we have a new date confirmed.

We want to emphasise how thankful we are for your positive feedback and overwhelming enthusiasm for our game. Your love for and enjoyment of The Precinct has kept us going during long working days and hours upon hours of bug fixing. We really appreciate you taking the time to read our announcement in its entirety and we hope you can be patient with us as we continue to create a game that we think you will love.

First of all, we'd like to say thank you so much to all of you who have taken the time to play our new demo!

We've really appreciated all of your kind words, feedback, and continuing enthusiasm for The Precinct. Thanks to your bug reports and feedback, we've been able to implement a few small fixes and quality of life changes to our demo.

Here are the patch notes for the demo update [build number 12729]:

• Fixes for Ultrawide resolutions for handbook & callout complete panel
  
• Fix for PS4 controller allowing accelerate/brake on stick
  
• Fix for some high end PCs defaulting to Low Quality
  
• Fix for FPS cap behaviour when the game is paused and Vsync is disabled
  
• Split Vsync and FPS cap options in graphics menu
  
• Hard coded default quality presets for popular graphics cards
  
• Adjusted void used in interiors
  
• Removed some world chunks of west island from the build (so some sneaky "hackers" can no longer access the whole map)
  

If you haven't done it already already, we'd really appreciate it if you could leave a review for our demo store page (shown below), post any bugs you've found in the Steam Forum or our Discord, and let us know your honest feedback.

All of this will go towards helping us improve the final game!

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[h3]Look what we found lying around in the evidence room: a key and a badge.[/h3]

[h3]Take part in our Next Fest giveaway to be in with a chance to win your one-way ticket into the Averno City Police Department.

The top 5 lucky winners will each receive a free copy of The Precinct on a platform of their choice AND an exclusive Averno City police badge.
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[h3]To enter, follow the link here to the giveaway on GLEAM and complete one or more entry methods*. The more entries you have, the higher your chances are of winning.

The draw will take place after the giveaway ends on October 21st, where the winners will be chosen at random.[/h3]


*Terms and conditions apply. However, the eligibility for the Competition is only for those who are 18 years and above of age as of the date of entry. To enter the Competition you must be a resident of North America and Europe (excluding Russia and Ukraine). This Competition is not open to all residents Worldwide. We may ask you to submit proof of your eligibility to the Competition. The Competition is void where prohibited by law. Employees, independent contractors, interns, officers, directors, and agents of Kwalee Ltd. (the “Sponsor“) their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Competition. The Competition is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

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[h3]The Chief is requesting immediate back-up![/h3]



We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve launched our first public demo as part of Next Fest!


We’ve also hosted a brand new pre-recorded livestream. Check it out now on our store page to see Officer Matt take down criminals in Averno City.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/


To celebrate the release of our Next Fest demo, we’ll be running a giveaway to win an exclusive Averno City Police Badge and a free copy of The Precinct on launch! Read more about how to enter our Next Fest giveaway here.



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