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A year into Early Access and Phasmophobia is still ugly, janky and dull—I love it




Phasmophobia, the best co-op game of 2020, is celebrating its first anniversary. Ghost hunters can wear ugly party hats, and the garage that serves as a base is now filled with balloons and awful techno music. Both the balloons and the party hats appear to be made out of sheet metal, and entering the garage you might find yourself stuck in a crouching position. It's still very wonky, looks like shit, and I'm besotted with it...
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Anniversary Update | Patch 0.3.1.1

[h2]Changes[/h2]
  • Removed the imgui.ini file check so you can now use Reshade again
  • Removed the light cookie/ mask on the area light around you to make it easier to know when your flashlight is on
  • The main menu music has now been moved to a boom box that you can click to mute the music


[h2]Fixes[/h2]
  • Fixed an issue where the Jinn description was wrong
  • Fixed a bug where the kitchen sink water wouldn't become dirty when the ghost turned it on
  • Fixed a bug where the keybinds would reset when loading into a game
  • Fixed a bug where your journal keybind changes wouldn't save
  • Fixed a bug where you could hear muted players after they used the walkie talkie
  • Fixed an issue where the ambient occlusion option was showing for VR players
  • Fixed a bug where the connecting screen would stay after failing to connect to the server

Phasmophobia gets an anniversary update with a journal overhaul

Can you believe Phasmophobia is already one year old? Kinetic Games' popular ghost game has just hit its first anniversary and, to celebrate, the studio has pushed out an update bringing a bunch of new, tweaked, and overhauled features, plus a nice little batch of bug fixes.


The major change launched with the Phasmophobia anniversary update is an overhaul of the horror game's journal. The feature - which stores information on key gameplay aspects such as its ghosts, equipment, evidence, and photos you've snapped - has been given a "complete redesign" to "make it easier to use and navigate". You'll now also be able to cross off evidence on the journal's page for ghost evidence.


Additionally, Phasmophobia's pause menu has been integrated into the journal, which means handy new options like being able to change all of the game's settings via the journal while you're in-game. Some new features folded in with the update include the option to play offline single-player - a mode that won't link you up to the game's servers.


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Anniversary Update | Hotfix #2

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
  • Fixed a bug where you would always be crouching on the main menu if you had head bob enabled
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't navigate the last page of the journal using a controller
  • Fixed a bug where solo VR players wouldn't get a photo reward
  • Fixed a bug where the photo reward was doubling per player
  • Potential fix for the audio volume spiking when loading the main menu