Hell Let Loose News

Hey everyone,

We hope you've had a great week and been enjoying Hell Let Loose following the recent arrival of Patch 16!

The team have been going through everyone's thoughts and feedback, so thank you for taking the time to share it with us!

Today's post is just a quick one to highlight two cool things occurring in Hell Let Loose both imminently and right now, so let's get stuck in shall we...






We're excited to share that DarksideRP, a group of epic Content Creators, are hosting a special event this Saturday - A Hell Let Loose Role-playing event!

That's right, over 40 Content Creators plus members of their communities and other special guests will be heading to the frontlines for some truly iconic battles as they pair their experience on the frontline with authentic and fun role-playing - Orders must be followed, rank respected and we have no doubt there will be many calls for a MEDIIIIC!!!

There's even an event trailer that's well worth checking out:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

When, Where and Giveaways!

• Date - Saturday, 18th September
  
• Start Time - 14:00 CDT / 20:00 BST / 21:00 CEST / 12:00 PT / 15:00 ET
  
• Duration - 3 to 4 hours
  

The event will feature dozens of first person perspectives in a range of Roles, depending on who you choose to watch!

There will also be full Admin Cam support to give you a full overview of the battle and drama unfolding. The DarksideRP crew recommended two channels in particular to get you started:

Twitch - Venalis (For that Leadership goodness)
Twitch - Ryforged (For those that want to enjoy the full scope of the frontline in Admin Cam)

Of course there will be a wide range of Broadcasters playing, so if you want to see more Roles in action, or see how the battle is going in certain areas make sure to have a browse through the Hell Let Loose Twitch directory, jump in, say hi and watch the action unfold.

As an added bonus many of the Broadcasters will be doing giveaways throughout the event for their viewers, from full game keys to DLC cosmetics, be sure to tune in for your chance to win!

We're humbled that the DarksideRP Broadcasters are delving into Hell Let Loose for a huge role-playing match and look forward to watching it all unfold alongside you, so lets go and show them some HLL love tomorrow and enjoy the show!






That's right, the much requested Summer Warfare pack is back in action for a limited time.

You can grab it for the low, low price of free right here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313020/Hell_Let_Loose__Summer_Warfare_Pack/




That wraps up today's post!

If you've just joined us in our ongoing sale, welcome to Hell Let Loose - it's great to have you with us on the frontline!

Still on the fence? You can take advantage of 25% off Hell Let Loose until September 20th:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/686810/Hell_Let_Loose/

Have a great weekend everyone, we'll see you on the frontline.

Hey Everyone,

Welcome to Dev Brief #145!

Some long awaited great news this week as we go live with Patch 16 and Sneak a Peek at the M1942 Frogskin Uniform.

Patch 16 is Live!

An early Developer Brief to start the week with the exciting news of P16 releasing Tuesday. (see below). We have been working very hard on this patch and are hoping that you will find it well worth the wait. Many improvements have been made.

Also for console related updates like the open beta rolling out soon and other news check out our social platforms in the links at the end of the brief.

Stalingrad Fanart by [TC] Sgt Remeriz

Patch 16 Changelog
After a lot of work on many fronts we are pleased to announce the release of Patch 16 our long awaited ‘Optimization’ patch. We are very excited for how this patch will perform especially on the eastern front. As we have mentioned previously a lot of work and thought has gone into this update to improve upon many aspects of the Hell Let Loose experience. Below you can see a small list of some noticeable items with the full (8 page) changelog in the link at the end of the list.

- Extensive optimization pass on Stalingrad
- Switched from a fixed streaming pool size to being based on a % of available VRAM across all maps
- Continuous optimization pass on a large number of in-game assets (Far too many to list)
- Reduced frame stutter occurring in Kursk and Carentan caused by PhysX
- Holding [F] while bleeding will immediately equip a bandage and begin bandaging
- Added a “Streamer Mode” which hides player name, garrison locations and server information from all HUD elements
- FPS is now capped to 60 in the Main Menu to prevent 100% GPU usage
- Improved server stability
- A vehicle's component health is now displayed to the player repairing the vehicle
- During overtime if the Attackers capturing progress reaches 0% the match will now end.
- Critical/Downed players no longer block spawns.
- Vehicle components now repair in the following order: Engine > Tracks > Turret > Hull
- Improved the reliability of VOIP connection and the ability to reconnect using the reconnect feature

Read the full changelog list here: https://bit.ly/HLLPatch16

This Weeks Sneak Peek

A stylish way to get your stealth on with these camo variants of the M1942 Frogskin Uniform design.
M1942 Frogskin Camo Uniform Front

M1942 Frogskin Camo Uniform Back


War Correspondent, Content Creator and Community HLL Videos
Time for some more community highlights from the below creators

We highly recommend giving them a watch.
If you see a Video you like make sure to post in the Discord #hll-videos channel.

REAL STALINGRAD on ULTRA GRAPHICS - HELL LET LOOSE - WarfareGaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esbD0ZkZ0jY

Hell Let Loose Gameplay (PC UHD) [4K60FPS] - Throneful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8-xD5VNaSA

Hell Let Loose - Spectator - Battle For Scar & Jacob's Barn - Tatum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAPv-pr30Y


Don’t forget that if you haven’t checked out the other Hell Let Loose socials you should do so. Like our discord you will find them great places for information and community interaction.

Join the Discord here https://discord.gg/hellletloose

Our other social platforms can be found here:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HellLetLoose/
Twitter https://twitter.com/hell_let_loose
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/HellLetLoose
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/HellLetLoose/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hellletlooseofficial/
Steam http://steamcommunity.com/groups/HellLetLoose

An early dev brief? Does this mean more news coming later in the week?? Well, it's time to wrap up today's Dev Brief. See you all on the frontline!

Hey everyone,

Welcome to Dev Brief #144!

This week comes bearing great news as we announce the Patch 16 release, extended playtime for PS5 Beta participants and a sneak peek at an upcoming addition to the German armour lineup.



Patch 16 Inbound!
Work is nearing an end as we’re in the final stages of internal testing for Patch 16 which brings a number of QOL changes and large improvements to optimization for both Stalingrad and game-wide experiences. We are very happy with the progress and think you will all find it well worth the wait when it deploys next week on Tuesday the 14th!

The overall optimization process has been quite involved and we decided that a slight extension of coding and testing was warranted to ensure the best performance possible. During this period we were also able to identify additional in-game QOL issues that while we had HLL on the workbench we also looked to address.

With Patch 16 being wrapped up, production towards Update 11 is in full force with the team hard at work on a number of highly anticipated additions that we can’t wait to get into the hands of the players. Keep watching this space as we’ll be covering some of these additions in future Dev Briefs but for now, please feel free to lay your eyes upon this week’s sneak peek of what’s to come.



Sneak Peek Of The Week
Have to say we think this week's Sneak Peek deserves pole position in today's brief. We'll let the pictures do the talking here.

German Panzer IV: Front

German Panzer IV: Side

German Panzer IV In Action



PS5 Closed Beta Continues
After the initial promising start the PS5 beta is still live. Due to the nature of the server fixes that are being deployed it has been decided to leave the beta running to allow us a greater ability to troubleshoot and remedy them.

That aside, the gameplay itself has been received really well by players and we are very optimistic that it will be a smooth transition to console to help widen the audience of Hell Let Loose to those that prefer the console platform. We urge you to continue helping on the testing front and also look at picking up the game on launch.

A lot of people have been asking about Xbox and yes, we can confirm that a release on this platform is coming, you won't be left out. Due to in-house limitations however we have only been able to run this Beta test for the client on the Playstation platform at the moment.



War Correspondent, Content Creator and Community HLL Videos
Time for some more community highlights from the below creators

We highly recommend giving them a watch.
If you see a Video you like make sure to post in the Discord #hll-videos channel.


EASTERN FRONT - Hell let Loose (New Update) | THE HUMANITY! - Nano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upq78Ris-o4

Is Hell Let Loose Worth Buying in 2021? [Hell Let Loose Review] - Gorlami14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9gXiAoxsIE

It's not everyday you come across a play like this!
We don't usually delve into individual plays on Hell Let Loose as often there are so many. However when you come across one like this from Shaka Zulu you just can't ignore it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LYDPJPIpNA&lc=UgxhyzFwM82AjfzZg0h4AaABAg



Don’t forget that if you haven’t checked out the other Hell Let Loose socials you should do so. Like our discord you will find them great places for information and community interaction.

Join the Discord here https://discord.gg/hellletloose


Our other social platforms can be found here:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HellLetLoose/
Twitter https://twitter.com/hell_let_loose
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/HellLetLoose
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/HellLetLoose/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hellletlooseofficial/
Steam http://steamcommunity.com/groups/HellLetLoose


Short and Sweet this week, it's time to wrap up today's Dev Brief. See you all on the frontline!

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