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Project Winter is one of the best social deduction games you can play on your PC. You could uncharitably call it the grumpy rules lawer uncle of Among Us, smothering the raw thrill of lies and accusation beneath a blanket of systems and complexities. I had an absolute blast with it a few years ago, though, and for my money the highs absolutely make that blanket worth snuggling under.

I get to tell you about it again because the Power Balance: Vol 2 Update came out last week, adding a couple more roles and new systems that give traitors more strategies to turn to.

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The second part of the Power Balance update is finally here! This will introduce new strategies and ways to play with a focus on the social deception and roleplay aspects of the game.

New methods to gain buffs, more ways to gain information and a new sabotage are included.

We’ve also added two new roles - one for the base game and one for the Blackout DLC!

Community Short Teaser: https://youtu.be/5I0tx96U-Us
Community Sneak Peak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXY5OPvkzmM


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[h3]NEW FEATURES & GENERAL CHANGES:[/h3]

TRAITOR CHANGES

Physical Buffs are given to traitors on certain actions

• Traitors gain physical Stat Buffs from trapping objects or objectives and sabotaging objectives
  
• Traitors gain increases to warmth and hunger for every 10 social credits they earn.

Traitors are rewarded information by staying near survivors

• An information wheel is added to the UI above a players head. This wheel fills up like proximity credits. Once full it will reveal a players health bar. Filling it again will reveal the players role.

Traitors can view objective repair status from outside the objective

• After interacting with an Objective, Traitors will see the required parts and the amount already in the objective above the objective.

Traitors can speed up the “death timer” on downed players

• A new "Bleed" option appears when approaching downed players.
  
• Using this action speeds up the death timer by 4x while the action is being held.

Traitors can sabotage the cabin map board

• Sabotaging the map board will add additional possible secondary objective locations.

NEW ROLES

Necromancer

• A new Blackout Traitor role focused on deception and sticking with a group. The Necromancer gains an increase in Health, Warmth and Hunger when near Survivors. The Necromancer can resurrect dead players to convert them into their ranks.

Immune

• A new base game Survivor role, The Immune suffers no effects from most global events.

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[h3]BALANCE CHANGES:[/h3]

• Moved Blackout Dig Site locations further from Cabin and Hatches
  
• Added Dig Site and Animal Waves to Custom Mode option menu
  
• Adjusted report warning to only prompt after receiving 3 reports
  
• Increased the amount of Animals that spawn for Animal Wave First Objective
  
• Increased the "Hold Time" for Animal Wave First Objective
  
• Moved Animal Wave First Objective animal spawns closer to objective locations
  
• Adjusted the amount of items found in opened bunkers, and bunkers near cabin

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[h3]KNOWN ISSUES:[/h3]

• Multiple players activating beacon on armory at the same time can trigger consecutive notifications
  
• Traitor crates spawning little to no items when someone disconnects at beginning of match
  
• No circle appears after digging up a repair piece for the Digsite objective in Blackout

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[h3]BUG FIXES:[/h3]

• [Xbox] Fixed instances where game crashes due to the reaching capacity of friends list
  
• [Xbox\ Account's leave ratio changes when leaving early a custom match that doesn't meet the minimum demands for players' number or roles
  
• Fixed Host becomes stuck in place and can't control character when a player disconnects
  
• Fixed instances where battery disappears for other players when a player's disguise kit expires while they are carrying that battery
  
• Fixed issue where T-posing of bodies could occur under certain situations when swapping clothes
  
• Fixed issue where players would have broken input if the Disguise Kit menu was open during Solar Flare or Mass Hysteria events
  
• Reduced task timer for first objective of animal wave in Blackout to be consistent with other first objectives.
  
• Changed the location popup to "The Power Station"; it was previously "Distress Beacon".
  
• Fix location label for Blackout power generator objective that is repaired using an animal wave console.
  
• Fix inability to change in-game text chat channel via button press after unequipping a radio while the radio text chat tab is selected and then equipping a radio again.
  
• Fixed Users will not receive text messages sent in the lobby's text chat while they are on a different tab on the main menu
  
• Fixed the microphone icon to be on correct side
  
• Improved custom save function to avoid overwriting presets by name without using the dupe function.
  
• Changed custom game setting screen to have the save button always active. No reason to keep the player from saving if they still have room in the presets list.
  
• Aligned snowshoes a bit better on player feet.
  
• Adjusted snowshoe position slightly for less clipping into the ground
  
• Fixed animal agro for both Solar Flare and Hysteria events
  
• Prevented ghosts from experiencing any Themed Solar Flare animations
  
• Fix for Ghillie jackets from showing in inventory
  
• Fixed No notification appears when the player completes an objective
  
• Fixed cursor jumps to the bottom of the recommended presets list when navigating up through custom presets with a controller
  
• Adjusted digsite locations so 4 parts are capable of spawning
  
• Fixed Animal Wave Spawn locations on the crater tile to prevent animals from spawning inside walls
  
• Fixed issue blackout digsite locations showing the wrong tile
  
• Fixed issue where Disguise Kit was free in Traitor Crates
  
• Adjust digsite locations so they show the correct compass location from all directions
  
• Santa jacket (Standard male, Standard Female, Large male)
  
• Fixed clipping issue with Plague Doctor Crucifix (standard female rig) and Cross belt
  
• Fixed Steam deck will crash when player attempts to use the left joystick in the main menu
  
• Fixed instances where the mini-map will show the wrong tile when approaching the dig site from the centre tile on the Blackout map
  
• Fixed instance when all players experience a soft lock when a player disconnects as a Global event starts
  
• Fixed cursor disappears temporarily after saving changes to a custom preset
  
• Player's body will remain disguised when disconnecting while the Disguise Kit is active
  
• A dead player is given a disguised player's fake name permanently instead of the original player's name when clothes are switched
  
• Fixed general Spanish translations
  
• Fixed general Canadian French translations
  
• Fixed backpack straps clip through "Steampunk" jackets
  
• Fixed character model will have a square hair when wearing a hat or a bald head without a hat when the user equips a Ghillie Jacket and a Wild Cape
  
• Fixed Some of the Eyewear clip through Military Gas Mask
  
• Fixed Fur on Santa's jacket clips into Plague Doctor's Crucifix

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[h3]Keep your feedback coming![/h3]
As always, we are listening and we encourage everyone to leave feedback in our community Discord in the #suggestions channel.

Stay tuned for more updates in the future, and thank you for your continued support!

Happy Spooky Season Survivors!

The Project Winter team would like to give everyone an extra sweet Halloween treat with a monstrous discount on the Project Winter Blackout DLC.

Save 50% off the DLC starting today until November 1st!

Grab your copy today and join in on our Alien Invasion Event fun... Be careful out there survivors - it could be a trick or... a traitor!

 
To: Survivors
Re: TOP SECRET ||REDACTED||

On the fourth day of September, 2022 there were footsteps reported in the attic of the cabin. We were surprised to find ||REDACTED||. This was the beginning of strange and unknown events that we have no explanation for. 

We thought we had it under control. We thought we had put a stop to it, but they are back, and all our attempts to get them to leave have failed. We ask that you all stay calm and pay extra attention to your surroundings, especially the sky. 

We do not wish to scare you, but this is of dire importance. We believe that Aliens have invaded us. Be careful, they are known to abduct during ||REDACTED||. 

They have placed scarecrows… which we believe to be their spies across the map. Destroy them immediately on sight.

We have been unable to communicate with them. We have caught a few glimpses of these extraterrestrial beings when ||REDACTED|| happens. 

Finally, they’ve somehow hacked our systems and scrambled our code to unlock previous ||REDACTED|| progressions and crates.

Take care of yourselves survivors. We don’t know what they are capable of… 

That's right Survivors, Halloween is here and we're excited for this year's event - Alien invasion!

This Halloween we are introducing some out of this world in-game events including an Alien themed solar flair and mass hysteria event!

That's not all, we are also introducing new Halloween challenges throughout the event and Halloween themed breakables across the map. Find Scarecrows and destroy them to get some treats to help you with your tricks throughout each match!

We're also excited to be reopening previous Halloween Progressions and bringing back the 2019 and 2020 Halloween cosmetic crates!

Spooky season is here Survivors... be careful not to be abducted! Starting now until November 4th!