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Greetings!

We are pleased to announce the Steam Autumn Sale 2022 with Post Scriptum participating in the sale 50% discounted. Now is a great time to get into Post Scriptum or bring a friend!

In case you missed it we released a devblog yesterday detailing the next upcoming map for Chapter 4 of Post Scriptum which takes the fighting to the rural fields and hills of the Colmar Pocket.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/736220/announcements/detail/3472866696394178281

[h2]Steam Autumn Sale 2022[/h2]
[h3]50% Discount on Post Scriptum Nov. 22nd - Nov. 29th @ 6 PM UTC[/h3]


Starting November 22nd @ 6 PM UTC the Steam Autumn Sale kicks off as it does every year around this time.

Post Scriptum be on sale with a 50% discount for Post Scriptum throughout the entire week. The sale will run from November 22nd - November 29th @ 6 PM UTC

Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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Greetings!

We're pleased to be able to share some more news in this devblog about the final map coming to Chapter 4. This map was not initially planned, but we ended up deciding late into development to create a 3rd and final map for Chapter 4.

We also have news about the Steam Autumn Sale which starts on Nov. 22nd @ 6 PM UTC and runs until Nov. 29th.


[h2]Steam Autumn Sale 2022[/h2]
[h3]50% Discount on Post Scriptum Nov. 22nd - Nov. 29th @ 6 PM UTC[/h3]


Starting November 22nd @ 6 PM UTC the Steam Autumn Sale kicks off as it does every year around this time.

Post Scriptum will as per tradition participate in this event with a 50% discount for Post Scriptum throughout the sale. The sale will run from November 22nd - November 29th @ 6 PM UTC

Now, let's take a look at Colmar for Post Scriptum's Chapter 4.

[h2]Colmar[/h2]


Colmar is the 3rd and final map for Chapter 4 of Post Scriptum, which brings Post Scriptum to the year 1945 which marked the final few months of the war in Europe.

Colmar is inspired by the action that took place in central Alsace region of France during the November 1944 - February 1945 period. The German forces had established a large bridgehead on the Rhine which collapsed during an offensive action by the US forces.



The Allied kept driving further into German territory and eventually formed a large pocket around German troops in the city of Colmar. This is what became known as the "Colmar Pocket" for its shape. A few months after this the Allied was able to push the German forces out of Colmar and clearing the region.



Colmar as a map is interesting to us because of a few notable reasons, it has a high level of varied terrain, but it also allows us to return to some design elements players will find familiar from Chapter 1, as such you'll find Colmar a refreshing return to our Chapter 1 style of vast open flat terrain, with many intersecting fields and towns.



Colmar is also interesting because it'll field a new 1944/45 edition of the French Army, which at this stage was being supplied by the US and partially by the British, this sets the stage for us to make a new interesting composition for a faction which at this stage relied heavily on the equipment supplied to it by US, British and captured equipment.



While historically the French were almost entirely supplied by the US, it does offer us some flexibility to make a faction that doesn't conform to the standards of any particular faction, as such we plan to give this faction a mixture of equipment from across all of our chapters and with the US, British and German weapons likely to be present in some capacity.



Additionally, Colmar is going to be one of the few maps in the game that will come in both a pre-snow condition as shown in this devblog, but also in a winterized form that makes Chapter 4 different from all previous chapters, you can expect both these two versions to feature unique look for both the map, but also the troops.

We hope you've enjoyed getting a look at this last map coming to Chapter 4 of Post Scriptum, we'd love to hear what you think about it.


Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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Greetings!

We hope you've had fun playing our Halloween themed zombie gamemode "Contagion".

After some consideration and discussion within the team, we have made the decision to make the Halloween gamemode a permanent feature of Post Scriptum, allowing players to play this mode whenever they want going forward.

While no major updates are planned to the Contagion gamemode, we may update this mode at some point in the future if time permits us.

Outside of the end of the Halloween Event, we will be announcing the release of Third-Party Developer Mercury Arts' latest major update titled 'Molon Labe' which features the next map "Rethymno" on the island of Crete as well as the Greek faction.

We will also be unveiling details of a new map coming to Chapter 4 of Post Scriptum in the very near future, so stay tuned for that!


Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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Greetings!

A few years ago we ran a limited time event for Halloween, this mode featured a PVP Zombie vs Survivors game mode titled “Contagion”. We are happy to announce that Chapter Z: The Bloody Undead is returning once again to Post Scriptum.

[h2]CONTAGION[/h2]



To go along with the spooky Steam Halloween sale we are bringing back our temporary Chapter known as Chapter Z: The Bloody Undead with the game mode titled “Contagion”

“Contagion” is our zombie game mode that pits a group of survivors against a fierce horde of zombies and the survivors need to complete a set of tasks in order to win the match. The zombies have one simple objective which is to kill all survivors.

Below you can read about the game rules for the Contagion game mode.

[h3]Survivor Objective[/h3]

• Find and load 4 explosive supply crates in the M3 half-track MSP. Crates can be picked up by looking at it, press and hold 'F' the press grab.
  
• Bring the supplies back to the truck and unload it using 'F'
  
• Once 4 crates have been loaded, you can drive the Half-track to the bomb objective.
  
• Drop the supplies and build the bomb, then place the fuse by holding 'F' and pressing the button.
  
• Protect the bomb until it goes off.
  

In depth explanation:

• The goal is to collect 4 supply crates scattered across the level and load them in the construction truck and then go build a bomb at the destroy marker.
  
• As you are getting closer to the supply marked area, the marker will disappear if no supplies are at that location, or become a supply marker if there is indeed a crate there.
  
• In order to load the crate in the truck, you need to get to the crate and pick it up by looking at it, pressing 'F' and “Grab”. Then you will need to walk within 2 meters of the truck and hold F to load the supplies in the truck.
  
• If done correctly, the game will prompt you with a message telling you that the crate has been loaded in and it will tell you how many more crates you need in order to go build the objective.
  
• Once the 4 crates are inside the truck, you will need to drive the truck to the bridge area to build the bomb. You will see a red ghost of the bomb, as soon as the ghost turns green, the bomb can be built.
  
• Get out of the truck and unload all the supplies by pressing 'F' while looking at the truck and click Unload Supplies.
  
• You should then see a bomb object on the bridge, once placed, go up to the bomb and press 'F' while looking at the bomb and click Place Fuse.
  
• Once the fuse is in, the bomb will explode within 30 seconds, you need to protect the bomb until it goes off. The Zombie can deactivate the bomb by attacking it. If they do deactivate the bomb, your team loses.
  

[h3]Zombie Objective[/h3]

• Find and stop any and all survivors from gathering crates and building the bomb. Use your supernatural abilities to get close to the survivors. Survivors will turn into zombies if killed. You can destroy the bomb by attacking it.
  
• Zombies are inherently weak and will die very fast if alone, the best approach playing as zombies is working together with other zombies to get close to the survivors.
  
• As a zombie, you have supernatural abilities like increase jumping height, increased speed and stamina. Use this to quickly advance into position.
  
• Zombies have the ability to spawn almost anywhere on the map.
  
• Fire will burn your flesh, so stay away from fire!

As a Zombie, your goal is to prevent the Survivors from building the bomb.
Either by killing all the survivors, holding them off for the entire duration of the round or destroying the bomb once planted.


And as per usual you can find your changelog below for the Halloween update.


[h3]CHANGELOG v3.0.33.4436[/h3]

• Added: Post Scriptum Chapter Z: The Bloody Undead time-limited event.
  
• Zombies now have unlimited sprinting ability.
  
• Building the bomb is no longer required.
  
• New Contagion Game Mode added to the following maps:
  
• Best Z
  
• Carentan Z
  
• St Mere Eglise Z
  
• Utah Z
  
• Foy Z
  
• Haguenau Z
  
• Stonne Z

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Periscope Games


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Greetings!

This news post serves as a double announcement of today's update, But more importantly, Third-Party Developer Mercury Arts is running a public playtest of their latest map featuring a brand new faction!

[h2]Post Scriptum: Molon Labe by Mercury Arts[/h2]
[h3]Rethymno map + Greek faction public playtest[/h3]
[h3]Thursday, October 6th @ 11 AM Pacific | 2 PM Eastern | 6 PM UTC[/h3]

We are excited to announce on behalf of Third-Party developer Mercury Arts, that they will be running a public playtest of their new upcoming Greek faction and Rethymno map as part of their update "Molon Labe"


The playtest will be running on our Public Testing app that is available in your library. All you need to do to participate is to install the Public Testing app and join the server when it goes live at the following time:

Thursday, October 6th @ 11 AM Pacific | 2 PM Eastern | 6 PM UTC (Click the link to get the time local to your own timezone.)

This latest map adds the greek faction to the game and the map "Rethymno" which is located on the island of Crete which has previously been featured by Mercury Arts in their first map "Maleme" also set on the island of Crete.

We are exceptionally excited to be able to share these news on behalf of Mercury Arts and we encourage you to come join them for the playtest later today. Below you can find some teasers as well as a few selections of weapons that you can make use of as the Greeks fighting for victory over german forces in Rethymno.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



[h3]Update v3.0.26.4022[/h3]

Moving onto the patch for today, we have some small but important fixes, as of right now the team is focused on working to fix some more critical issues and as such the minor fixes have a little less priority.

As per usual, you can find the changelog for this update below.

[h3]Changelog v3.0.26.4022[/h3]

• Added Haguenau Offensive 11 & 12
  
• Fixed Jagdtiger Commander Zoom & Bino overlay.
  
• Fixed M24 Chaffee Hull Gunner & Driver seating causing crew member to be exposed.
  
• Further improvement to M24 Chaffee handling.
  
• Slight improvement to grass foliage color.
  
• More potential fixes for rare edge cases where crew members gets offset outside of the vehicle.

Sincerely,
Periscope Games & Mercury Arts


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