Infestation: The New Z News

Today we celebrate the 4th of July, Independence Day in the United States.

We prepared exclusive cosmetics for this day. Basically, everyone that logs into the game today (00:01 AM till 11:59 PM CET) will receive the Small Backpack USA learned on their account.

That's right, you don't need to do anything extra, just play and enjoy the game. The rewards will roll out 1 day after.

As a little extra, the Riot Shield America will have a discount of 50% in the Arcade game mode.

We wish everyone a great day!

Today we are going to jump into day 3 of our Independence event.
The following events are going to start right now:


All the currency you earn in the game mode Arcade is going to be doubled.


Any kind of earned character XP is going to be doubled during this period time.

Start: 03.07.20121 12:00 PM CET
End: 05.07.20121 12:00 PM CET



More Information: https://playnewz.com/event

[h2]So hop in-game and we wish you a great weekend![/h2]

Today we are going to jump into day 2 of our Independence event.
We have prepared a lot of small events like the following:


All the purchased GC are going to be doubled during this period time.
*The amount of GC on Steam are already doubled.
**Benefits are only available through our website Store

Start: 02.07.20121 12:00 PM CET
End: 05.07.20121 12:00 PM CET




Once again we started a giveaway where you can win awesome prizes, everything from cosmetics to GC.
What do you have to do? Just follow the link and get as much entries as you can to increase your chance.
Follow this link to join the Giveaway

Start: 02.07.20121 12:00 PM CET
End: 12.07.20121 12:00 PM CET




Everyone gets free premium over the weekend. This is the best chance to try out and see if you like it.
If you are not sure, what benefits all the premium classes have, just follow this LINK and you will see all info you need.

Start: 02.07.20121 12:00 PM CET
End: 05.07.20121 12:00 PM CET




You also get daily rewards, if you have premium and since everyone is going to have it during this weekend. You can get nice items but just playing. Usually you get 1 every 24 hours, but now you will get 1 every 12 hours. We just wanna make sure, you enjoy all the benefits during this period time.

Start: 02.07.20121 12:00 PM CET
End: 05.07.20121 12:00 PM CET




After the release of the USA skinbox, we decided to also add them to all kinds of Super Zombies, this includes all kind of Super Zombie types. Good luck!



[h2]So hop ingame and we wish you a great weekend![/h2]

Hello everyone,

We are happy to bring you an awesome eleven-day long Independence Day Event!

We have planned a lot of small events planned during this big event.
Let's jump into details with when which event will start and what can you do there:



To kick it off we will be bringing back the Twitch Drops for everyone Streaming the event on Twitch during the whole event!
Remember to stream under our games (Infestation: The New Z, Infestation: Survivor Stories or Infestation: Battle Royale)



All viewers watching Streams on Twitch will receive the NEW USA Skinbox and the TV Skinbox during the event!




We will also be releasing new character clothes on the 4th of July theme which will be available in the ingame Market!

Another part of the event is going to be the seasonal leaderboard, where you can earn awesome prizes on the top 3 ranks overall.



[h2]Start: July 1st at 12PM (CEST)
End: July 12th at 12PM (CEST)[/h2]

So hop ingame and celebrate this beautiful event with us!

[h2]GENERAL FIXES & CHANGES:[/h2]

• Fixed some issues with the game Localization.
  
• Fixed a problem with the new Stims in Battle Royale.
  
• Added an extra confirmation to the sort feature.
  
• Fixed a backpack problem that was causing slots to be unusable.
  
• Added a way to give group leader in the menu.
  
• Content for the next two events has been added.
  

[h2]GENERAL CHANGES:[/h2]

• We have added a new type of smoke grenade called Toxic Smoke Grenade. This smoke grenade does 10 damage per second, for 6 seconds and infects you.
  
• We have optimized the textures on all Skinboxes. Some players may have to re-download some extra files.
  
• Reworked the rig of the IBA Star model.
  
• Added an extra tab in the store for the upcoming bundles.
  
• Fixed the flying bullets behind the anaconda pistol.
  
• Fixed the iron sights for the following weapons:
  • UZI
    
  • AS VAL
    
  • Tec9
    

[h2]EVENTS[/h2]

• 4th of July will be our next event. This event will contain missions, cosmetics, and more!
  
• We are also preparing a Medieval event, which will bring a lot of new weapons and cosmetics!
  
• Detailed information about the events will follow soon.

[h2]SERVERS[/h2]
The OCE region is temporarily offline. We are going to change the provider since the hardware of the old one broke down and something was causing a lot of the downtimes. More information will come soon.



[h2]FIXES & CHANGES[/h2]
[h3]GENERAL CHANGES[/h3]

• Added new variants of the airdrop now on Arcade. You can now find Ammo and Medic Airdrops.
  

[h3]MAPS[/h3]
Colorado v2

• Added a street sign at Boulder City on the bridge in honor of the player GVNNN, who passed away a couple of weeks ago.
  
• Fixed a helicopter crash that wasn't spawning any zombies next to Smallville.
  
• Fixed a missing building in Boulder City.
  

Lounge

• Summer themed lounge is back online.

[h2]MAPS[/h2]
COLORADO

• Added some missions for the upcoming event.
  

• Fixed a problem with the new Stims in Battle Royale.
  
• You earn now more points for your rank if you play solo.
  

If you haven't seen it yet, our newest Q&A is online and you can watch it by following the link below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjeXpbyFo0


Estimated patch size: 200MB
Estimated downtime: 60 minutes
Estimated patch time: June 29, 2021 ~ 11:00 AM CET


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