2020-08-06 21:51 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Frontline Zed is out now on Nintendo Switch! A lot of people have been asking for a console version, and its now finally available! The Nintendo Switch version includes all of the new content released so far this year (including ZiGen Science Facility and CrimPlex Prison Complex), with a 10% launch discount for a limited time. Get it on the eShop in Europe and The Americas now: https://bit.ly/FrontlineZedSwitch {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/80d2731e8e7464915bc5b0c08c379b90f6c101b3.png
2020-07-15 20:29 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Improvements: Fixed vegetation shadows not appearing correctly on Kilmore Farm level Improved the shadows on guns on the Weapon Rack. Slight optimizations to the Kilmore Farm level and Weapon Rack If you experience any bugs or need assistance with the game, please let me know on Discord or the Steam Discussion Forum. Coop partners (via Steam Remote Play Together) can also be organised on the official Discord channel. If you're an established content creator, media keys are available via Woovit. Please restart your Steam client to receive the update. Enjoy!
2020-06-25 11:57 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Steam Trading Cards: Frontline Zed Trading Cards are now available! As you play through the game, you will automatically earn Trading Cards. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/a8a908a5e26679600741a4f2a2153e9b393eb75a.png By trading with other users to collect the whole set of six cards, you can then unlock unique Frontline Zed badges, emoticons, and profile backgrounds to enhance and level up your Steam Community profile. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/6af8d3a526b71ef71d0530c92d60acf30c9b1d44.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/7053f8821dedb82778c0363584b2c6a0a2297cc3.jpg{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/b0771c04
2020-05-06 15:22 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Update 1.41 is now live which delivers a 5-10% FPS increase. GPU Instancing functionality has been improved for many environmental objects, and zombies. If you experience any bugs or need assistance with the game, please let me know on Discord or the Steam Discussion Forum. Patch 1.41A: Fixed weapons getting stuck when rapidly switching between weapons.
2020-04-30 02:52 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
New Features: CrimPlex Prison Complex - take a new path through Stanton City and fight through the CrimPlex Prison Complex, set across two new maps. Collect two powerful new weapons, including the fully-automatic AA12 shotgun. The CrimPlex campaign path is available in both regular and NewGame+ game modes, including Coop. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/2ca33f422221eb6c61ad7921c608024830e40f9b.png SCAR - Find the new SCAR weapon in CrimPlex West. The SCAR has fully automatic fire, 30 round magazine, and much higher accuracy than the AKM, but slightly lower damage. AA12 - With fully automatic fire
2020-03-23 16:56 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Update 1.3 for Frontline Zed is now available: New Features: ZiGen Science Facility and Branching Campaign - take a detour through Georgetown and travel through the ZiGen Science Facility, split across two new maps. Collect two unique new weapons, and fight against infected HAZMAT and Scientist zombies. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/8437caa856756886e34cbc51c096be4a7c66dcf3.png SPAS-15 - This new shotgun reloads and shoots fast, but at the cost of slightly lower damage. Find the SPAS-15 on ZiGen East. Vector - Find the new Vector weapon in ZiGen West. The Vector packs a 3 round burst and good acc
2020-01-17 10:17 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Patch 1.22 is now available: New Features: Added 21:9 aspect ratio selection to Options Added 1920x800, 2560x1080, 3440x1440 resolutions Menus and Weapon Rack have been updated to work with 21:9 monitors. Ingame levels have black bars on either side to replicate 16:9 aspect ratio. An update for all levels to be viewable with 21:9 is planned for Update 1.4. Added a confirmation prompt/timer when changing graphical settings. Bug FIxes: Changed the physics setting on explodable barrels so that they are less likely to fall through the terrain. Balance Changes: Reduced zombie runner health to 90% o
2020-01-12 08:19 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
This patch includes some minor balance tweaks: Reduced the number of heavy and aggro zombies that spawn on Parking map Reduced the overall number of zombies which spawn on Parking map Dynamic Difficulty spawns in Zombies more slowly after a player death Increased Survivor weapon accuracy As always please let us know via Discord or the Steam Discussion Forum if you have any feedback or need assistance.
2020-01-11 00:19 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Update 1.2 for Frontline Zed is now available: New Features: Chainsaw - Find the new Chainsaw weapon on Level 3, Jim's Junkyard. The chainsaw makes a useful backup weapon, for clearing out multiple enemies at your barricade. The Chainsaw cannot be equipped by survivors. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/61af93dec3e484fc9ea585e4a35e5c0bbed68ad2.png Explosive Traps - as you progress through the game, you'll begin to collect explosive traps, which can be activated at the beginning of each new night. Any unused traps will be returned to your inventory. Activated traps need to be shot to explode, and tak
2019-12-12 03:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Update 1.12 is now live, with the following changes: Balance: Reduced the difficulty of the beginning Forest level Easy mode is now easier: Zombie health reduced from 80% to 75% Hard mode is now easier: Zombie health reduced from 125% to 110% Luger capacity reduced from 8 to 7 Tweaks: If a reload animation has played for 2 seconds or longer, the reload will be completed even if the animation did not fully play out (eg. when switching weapon or throwing a grenade). Can view the controls from the ingame ESC menu Separated Audio and Gameplay tabs in the Options menu Update 1.2 development is proc
2019-11-29 00:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Update 1.1 for Frontline Zed is now available: New Features: 2-Player Coop - play through the original campaign with a friend. Play together on a local PC, or via Steam Remote Play. At least one player must use a controller. NPC survivors have been removed from this mode to increase the challenge, and make room for the second human player. Each player can choose a unique crosshair color and design. Coop Mode required a lot of technical overhauls, and there are still a few tweaks and improvements we wish to make to it - if you have any feedback on Coop mode, please check this thread in our Stea
2019-10-11 01:42 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Edit: Patch 1.03 is now live! Thanks for supporting Frontline Zed during launch week! In this announcement, we're unveiling the Roadmap, as well as detailing the 1.03 patch coming tomorrow. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35354567/b593ca78d8a004b7b9b9e82eed96f9391de0b121.png (Click Here for a larger image) Roadmap Details: Frontline Zed has been available for one week, and in that time we've accumulated a lot of very helpful feedback. Thanks! This Roadmap has been designed to satisfy the most requested features, whilst also being technically achievable enough that we can deliver updates as a steady pace. W
2019-10-05 14:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Edit: Patch 1.021 is now live, with the following additional changes: Fixed Languages reverting to English when the main campaign is finished, or when the player exits back to the Menu Fixed being unable to change out of Portuguese language to another language Tweaked and improved the design of the Outro movie particularly in non-English languages (still some more to do here - we will redesign that entire section) Balanced the late-game AKM Patch 1.02 is now live on Steam - please restart your Steam client to receive the update immediately. Patch 1.02 Changelog: Features: Can choose Crosshairs
2019-10-04 11:37 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Thanks to everyone for supporting us during launch day! We've had some great feedback, and a lot of very happy responses, but also identified areas that we need to patch and improve. Our first patch for the game went live last night: Patch 1.01 BUGFIX: The Looting Maps now show all buildings in the correct language BUGFIX: The final Outro video now has working fonts and statistics (and looks much less ugly, sorry about the bugged old version!) BALANCE: The first three levels (Forest, Farm, Junkyard) are slightly easier, to help players ease into the game And we're working now on Patch 1.02, ho
2019-10-03 17:40 UTC · Community Announcements · Richard East
Frontline Zed is now available on Steam! Thanks to the huge amount of interest in the game, we have been able to secure a 17% discount for launch week - taking the game to $9.99/€9.99/£7.71. To get immediate support and share strategies, please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/s3HjzhZ We will be standing by over the next 24 hours (and the rest of this week) to patch any critical bugs, so please bear with us if you experience any! You can also list your bug reports in our Steam Discussion Forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/915490/discussions/0/1631916887486671267/ Later this year
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