Infestation: The New Z News

Hey community,

We hope everyone enjoyed the Valentine's Day event so far.

Let's celebrate that event with a bonus of 100% GC on every purchase for the next 24 hours!

Start: 14.02.2021 12:00 PM CET
End: 15.02.2021 12:00 PM CET

Double GC will be enabled on our website and Steam. Keep in mind, only our website has benefits on the big packages.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Oh, Valentine's Day! What a wonderful time to spread the love! We here at Fredaikis are ready to bring you some love with our newest skin-set specially designed for this year's Valentine's Day! Collect and open your boxes and give to those you love. After all, love is what moves the world!

 

Start: 12.02.2021, 12:00PM CET
End: 22.02.2021, 12:00PM CET


Now let's start with the Valentine 2021 Skinbox content.
 


and more!

 

Here are the other items released during this event:






and more!


Valentine 2021 Character clothes that are available in the in-game store.





The following items are going to be available on the marketplace for 1 GD/SD that you can gift to your Valentine!


*Keep in mind, these are just items to collect and have no other purpose or use.

 

Here you can find the list of upcoming events with dates and explanation:

12.02.2021

• Valentine 2021 Skinbox release
  • Can be found in-game from Super Zombies and in random Airdrops
  • Can be bought through the in-game store for 250GC each
  • Added as a winner prize and random premium reward to Battle Royale and Competitive.
• Valentine 2021 character clothes release
  • Can be bought through the customization tab of your character. Remember: unlocking it on one character will unlock it for all characters in all game modes!
• Release of Valentine 2021 contracts
  • You will be able to find the Valentine 2021 contracts in the game from normal Zombie loot.
• Release of the Valentine 2021 loot
  • Valentine's loot such as Roses, Heart grenades, and more.
• Start of the Valentine 2021 Seasonal Leaderboard

 

Whoever logs into the game on Valentine's day (Central European Timezone) will receive a special skin (Small Backpack) automatically learned to their account:




 

 

The entire Fredaikis Team wishes everyone a happy Valentine's Day and remember if you don't have a Valentine, the game is there for you
 

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
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SUMMARY:

• Changed Turkish reference from TK to TR.
• Added a function to your GI to stack everything.
• Added the possibility to skin a stack of items. 
• Added an interface menu to change your crosshair and changing details on it. 
• Added 2021 Valentine skin set. 

Full Patch Notes:

GENERAL CHANGES

USER INTERFACES AND MENUS:

• Fixed some translations on localizations.
• Updated the minimap of the Winter trading Lounge.
• Fixed the "code" for the Turkish region. Changed from TK to TR. 
• Added a button to stack your GI (unskins, unloads the clips, stack them then stack the guns). 
• Added a button to skin a stack of items.

GENERAL FIXES & CHANGES:

• Fixed some texture bugs on the Shopping Mall in Caliwood.
• Added a new system to change your crosshair. They will be available through your options menu and you can choose some different default ones, add more features and import your own. 
  

ITEM CHANGES

ADDITIONS & CHANGES:

• Added teams C and D skins for the Event Servers. 
• Added the Valentine 2021 skin set.
• Added missions for the Valentine 2021 event.
• Changed the name of the FN 57 to FN 5-7. 
• All crossbows will now have Compact Scope as standard. 
• Crossbows can now load 5 arrows at a time. 
• Reworked the icon and skinned icons for the following weapons:
  • IMI Tar-21
  • Sig Sauer 556
  • Desert Eagle
  • Double Barrel
  • Mauser SP66
  • Mauser SRG

FIXES:

• Fixed the iron sight of the TEC9 Winter 2020 skin.
• Fixed a part of the missing Winter icons on the store.

ARCADE

MAPS

• Updated the lighting and level settings on all maps. 

 

SURVIVAL

FIXES & CHANGES

• Fixed a 3-Story building where you could not walk through open doorways.

MAPS:

• COLORADO V1
  • Added more overgrowth on buildings.

 
[h3]Hotfix Patch notes 12.02.2021:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug causing the Tutorial Screen and the Crosshair to not adjust their resolution after changing your resolution.
  
• Added the option to change the crosshair color (does not work with custom crosshairs).
  
• Fixed the stairs of some buildings where the player could go through.
  
• Fixed a player spawn in Colorado (Arcade) where a player could spawn inside a tree.
  
• Lowered the strength of the glowing parts in some maps.
  
• Fixed a missing texture on the white house building.
  
• Fixed some mistypes on the localization.
  

Estimated patch size: 200 MB

Estimated downtime: 1 hour

Estimated Patch time: 09.02.2021 09:30 AM CET

Pre-patch notes might be changed if we need to fix/add something.

 

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/thenewz
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/InfestationTheNewZOfficial
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/infestationthenewz
Website: http://playnewz.com/
Forums: https://forums.fredaikis.com/

 

Hey Survivors!

We are going to host another Q&A live on Twitch!
This time we will be going more in depth in the development of the game itself with our Lead Developer and founder Fredaikis.

Please post as many questions as you want in the comments below. We are going to try to answer as much as possible.
Keep in mind, we can not talk about "everything", so choose your questions wisely.

You can ask question prior to the event at https://forums.fredaikis.com/index.php?/topic/9454-live-qa-3-with-chupacabra-and-fredaikis/
These questions will be the main focus early on the event.


Twitch Channel: http://twitch.tv/infestationthenewz

Start: January 28th, 2021 at 6:00 PM (CET)



Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/thenewz
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/InfestationTheNewZOfficial
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/infestationthenewz
Website: http://playnewz.com/
Forums: https://forums.fredaikis.com/

Hey Community,

Your connection to Oceania is pretty good and you wish you could rent a private server there?



Now it's your time. Oceania has a private server option enabled and can get rented out now!
This way we wanna make sure, that almost everyone will be able to play and enjoy the game with the lowest latency possible.

If you are from this region and having problems while playing, please let us know!



//Fredaikis Team