Insurgency: Sandstorm News

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Frenzy is live from now until September 27th!

Fight fast enemies who only attack with melee and Molotovs. Watch out for special enemies.

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Hello everyone!

Summer is here and what better time to have a community event. Summer of Sandstorm is just around the corner! We wanted to introduce you to some of the things that you can expect over the coming weeks.

Firstly, we’re sure you’re all wondering what this actually is. Summer of Sandstorm is a three week long seasonal event taking place from June 28th to July 19th, 2022.



The event will include:

• Weekly limited time game modes, rotating every Tuesday!
  
• Double XP weekends!
  
• Livestreams on our NWI Twitch Channel with key giveaways!
  
• Weekly contest events on the NWI Discord with prizes awarded to the winners!
  
• One overarching contest, with grand-prize winners announced on July 29th!
  

As we get closer to the launch of the event we will be letting you in on some of the more specific aspects of the event and contests, as well as updating this blog with some of your frequently asked questions.







Q. What is a “Summer of Sandstorm?”

A. A fun community event that serves as a celebration of Summer and Sandstorm with a chance to win prizes!


Q. How long is the event running for?

A. It will be running from June 28th to July 19th.


Q. When are the limited time game modes live?

A. Big Money Domination: June 28th - July 4th
A. HotPotato: July 5th - 11th
A. Danger Close: July 12th - 19th


Q. How do I submit clips/pictures to the event contests?

A. You can post them to Twitter, TikTok and Discord with the tag #SummerOfSandstorm.


Q. Where can I find information about the activities?

A. You can check our Twitter account and our Discord server


Q. Who can participate?

A. Everyone! All are welcome to join!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the release notes for the Operation: Glasshouse Hotfix! Here are some tasty fixes for issues that we know were affecting many of you. We’re aware that there are other issues still affecting the game and tweaking that needs to be done to certain systems. We will continue working on these issues, but we wanted to get these bad boys out the door.

Read on!

[h2]Resolved issues[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the player limit could be exceeded in versus and co-op play
  
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• Fixed an issue where explosives could do damage through walls and ceilings
  
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• Fixed an issue where crosshairs were missing for 4x, 4x-1x, 6x-3x, and 7x optics
  
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• Fixed an issue where the muzzle flash was missing when firing a weapon
  
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• Fixed an issue where 2x-1x Holo sights displayed a black texture in local play
  
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• Fixed an issue where part of the player model could disappear if the Brute face was equipped
  
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• Fixed an issue where using the default Insurgent head with the Brute torso resulted in a gap in the players torso
  
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• Fixed an issue where the Captive free gear set was locked behind an in-game currency transaction
  
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• Fixed an issue where the Brute hands were visible while aiming through scopes
  

We appreciate each and every one of you for your patience while we continue to work on addressing issues. As always, if you are experiencing any problems in Insurgency: Sandstorm, the best thing you can do is file a ticket with our support department. The information collected helps to understand specific causes and contexts, and everything reported to our support team greatly helps us with logging and investigating issues.

You can report an issue here: Submit a request – Insurgency: Sandstorm

Thanks!