Zero Hour — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Zero Hour's 5th Anniversary | 2025-08-12 | A Thank You to Our CommunityAs we celebrate another year of Zero Hour, we want to start by saying a heartfelt thank you to our amazing community. Your support, love, and feedback over the last five years have carried us through every update and milestone, shaping the game into what it is today.We know it’s been a while since the last major update. While we don’t have new content to announce right now, we want you to know we’re still here, and we’re grateful that you are too.A Tribute in MusicWe want to thank Ctrl the Band, our in-house band, for creating all of our music over the years and helping define the sound of Zero Hour. We also want t |
| Zero Hour Asia Showdown 2025 - Registration Open! | 2025-07-08 | Greetings PlayersThe competitive scene for Zero Hour has been steadily growing—starting with a few local influencers and creators helping kick things off to dozens of teams entering the battlefield for a chance at real rewards. These early events have laid the groundwork for something much bigger: our biggest tournament yet. As we get ready for our international tournament, here’s a quick look back at where we started, and how far we’ve come. Tournament 1 – The BeginningOur very first Zero Hour tournament in Bangladesh was a small-scale, one-day invitational event organized to introduce competitive play to the local community. It featured fou |
| Zero Hour Asia Showdown 2025 | 2025-06-03 | 🎮Tactical Warfare Expands Across Asia🎮 Zero Hour is escalating the battlefield with the announcement of another tournament the Asia Showdown 2025, a significant expansion that brings the game's intense tactical FPS experience to a broader Asian audience. Building upon the momentum from the Bangladesh Open, this new chapter promises to deliver heightened competition and strategic depth. From Local Triumphs to Continental Challenges Following the success of the Bangladesh Open, Zero Hour is poised to elevate the stakes with the Asia Showdown 2025. This expansion signifies a move from national-level competitions to a continental arena, invitin |
| Behind the Maps of Zero Hour | 2025-06-03 | Maps in Zero Hour are built with a focus on realism, tight engagements, and tactical depth, all inspired by real places—but some of them were also inspired from personal experiences. Residential, Terror House, and Café 14 all have origins rooted in everyday life, whether from personal memories or familiar locations. Residential – Where It All Started Residential was one of the earliest maps created, long before Zero Hour was even in development. Originally, it was designed for an untitled horror game project that never saw the light of day. However, when work on Zero Hour began, this pre-existing map proved to be an natural fit for the game’s |
| Zero Hour is Now More affordable! | 2025-04-22 | Hey everyone, We just hit a huge milestone — Zero Hour reached its all-time peak player count, crossing 7,000 concurrent players during our recent 90% sale. We’re incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support! That sale was part of our celebration of the official Bangladesh Open Tournament, and the response was beyond anything we expected. To all the new players: welcome aboard! Now, we’re making an important change to keep the momentum going: We’ve permanently lowered Zero Hour’s price globally, adjusted based on region. This isn’t a limited-time offer — it's a new, accessible base price aimed at welcoming even more players into the commu |
| Developers Dispatch: What's Next For Zero Hour | 2025-03-29 | Greetings officers, It's been a while since we spoke. First and foremost, we want to thank all of our community. We wish to express our gratitude to you from the depths of our hearts. You are and will be the core of our game, and we owe you a part of our success. Secondly, we know it's been a while since our last game update, and we are here today to address this. After the release of version 1.0 of our game, we planned lots of updates and content for Zero Hour. Unfortunately, we had to review some internal changes, including bringing in new talents to the team to help push the game development and speed up some things. However, those changes |
| Zero Hour – MASSIVE -75% Off! | 2025-03-13 | 🚨Biggest Discount Ever – Limited Time Only! 🚨 Lock and load, Operators! Zero Hour is now 70% OFF – the biggest discount in the game’s history. There’s never been a better time to jump in, gear up, and experience tactical FPS action like never before! With the Bangladesh Tournament running next month with a prize pool of 500000 BDT and the open global tournament on the horizon, now is the perfect time to hone your skills, master the maps, and prepare for intense competition. Why Play Zero Hour? Intense PvP Action Intense Tactical Action Innovative Gameplay Elements and Weapon Customization Dynamic Door Mechanics Dynamic Suspect AI Your K9 Co |
| Zero Hour’s First-Ever Tournament in Bangladesh: A Success | 2025-02-04 | Greetings Players Zero Hour recently hosted its first-ever tournament in Bangladesh, marking the beginning of our efforts to grow the game’s competitive scene in the region. While this was a small-scale event featuring influencers, content creators, and professional gamers, it set the foundation for bigger tournaments in the future. Tournament Overview This one-day tournament featured four teams led by well-known Bangladeshi gaming personalities: Rafsan the Chotobhai – Popular content creator Tushar – Renowned esports personality Neyon – Competitive gamer Sinister – Professional FPS player Match Highlights Match 1: Team Rafsan vs. Team Sinist |
| Zero Hour -40% Off | 2025-01-27 | Time to lock and load team – let's move Zero Hour is now available at an unbeatable -40% discount for a limited time! Don't miss your chance to jump into a tactical FPS experience like no other. Get ready to experience intense, close-quarters combat in realistic, fictional locations inspired by real-life places. Coordinate with your team and execute strategic plans to overcome your enemies. Whether freeing hostages, defusing bombs, or engaging in fierce PvP matches, your decisions will shape every moment, presenting a challenge like no other. Join the action and experience true online tactical gameplay at a price you can't pass up. 🔥 https:/ |
| Zero Hour: 20% Off This Winter Sale – Stay Sharp, Officers! | 2024-12-19 | Stack Up, Officers! 2024 has been a year that tested us all. Yet, through the challenges, it’s also been a year in which we’ve proven that we can stick together, even during what seemed like the toughest of times. We at M7 Productions want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who supported us this year. Your dedication means everything, and we look forward to having you with us in 2025. 🎉 Happy Holidays and a Winter Sale! 🎉 It’s that time of the year – the Steam Winter Sale is here! To celebrate, Zero Hour is 20% off for the holidays! :fire: ▶️January 2nd, 2025 🕹️ Grab Zero Hour Now and gear up for intense tactical |
| The Steam Awards 2024, Nominate Zero Hour! | 2024-11-27 | Greetings, everyone! We’re the Zero Hour Team, and we have an exciting request for you. We’d be thrilled if you could recommend Zero Hour for the category in the upcoming Steam Awards 2024! Your support means everything to us, and together, we can make this happen. Thank you so much for being an amazing part of our community! ~The Zero Hour Team |
| SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS | 2024-11-26 | Hello, Everyone! With the curtain falling on 2024, we want to reflect on what we have made for the game so far as we plan for 2025. We wanted to take your notes and feedback, as you are the core and the fuel that drives us to keep improving the game. To ensure we are on the right path, we want to hear your thoughts about Zero Hour to improve the game for our community. We've created a quick survey with 10 questions that should take 5-10 minutes to complete. Why should you Participate in the survey?As a Dev team, there is nothing that we want more than to make our community happy, and what better way to do that than by hearing them? In light o |
| Patch 1.07 (Silent Patch v2) | 2024-11-03 | Change Log Fixed co-op suspect animation trigger delay for death & arrest Fixed squad AI not being able to move to their position due to colliding with other squad AIs Improved co-op suspect movement in tight spaces Improved co-op suspect optimization Improved squad AI movement speed when moving to position Thank you for your patience, please make sure to report Toxicity, feedback & suggestions in our Discord server using the following links. Discord Global Community : Zero Hour Official Discord French Community : Zero Hour France |
| Patch 1.07 (Silent Patch v1) | 2024-10-31 | Change Log Fixed special event and quick match using the same filter for queue This patch has fixed the issue of quick-match searching for matches including special events as well. Special event is now filtered out and for special event players, they wont get into quick-matches. Sorry for the inconveniences you have already experienced. Thank you for your patience, please make sure to report Toxicity, feedback & suggestions in our Discord server using the following links. Discord Global Community : Zero Hour Official Discord French Community : Zero Hour France |
| Patch 1.07 Quick Match Expansion! | 2024-10-30 | Greetings players We’re thrilled to share an exciting update with you today! Since the release of Version 1.0, we've received plenty of feedback and have worked hard on some of your most requested features. Here’s what we’ve delivered so far: Two brand-new maps New mechanics & stamina system Enhanced audio Localization in 5 languages: Simplified Chinese, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish But this is just the beginning. We’ve got even more in store for our community, so watch for our updated roadmap! Now, let’s dive into what’s included in today’s update: Improved quick match to expand searches across all regions if no match is found in t |
| Zero Hour Premiere League - Highlights | 2024-10-29 | Greetings Players If you haven’t heard already, we recently hosted Zero Hour’s first official tournament, and it was an incredible success! With many teams registering, we were able to match up 8 of them in the competition. The teams that battled it out included LAZY, Bahziks, Team Name (TN), Metal Titans, EnemyWest, Booyah Boys, Capland, and Garage Cam Warriors. With a prize pool of $1,500 and additional rewards for the runner-ups, the stakes were high, and the action was intense. Here are some thrilling highlights from the tournament! It is to be noted that each match in the tournament followed a consistent map rotation: Game 1 on Residenti |
| Halloween Event | 2024-10-21 | Greetings Everyone! We have so many great news to share with you today. But before anything else, we want to thank our brave players who took on the challenge and participated in Zero Hour Premiere League. It was an absolute blast seeing you compete against each other! Thank you again to all who hadn't had the chance to join this one and stay tuned for more tournaments yet to come. Very soon!😉 Congratulations to our winners 🥇 Team Name - $1000 USD + In-game Aesthetics 🥈 Garage Cam Warriors - $500 USD + In-game Aesthetics 🥉 Booyah Boys - Game Keys + In-game Aesthetics Secondly, with Halloween vibes everywhere, we wanted to celebrate that w |
| Localization for 5 languages! | 2024-10-16 | Hello, Recruits! We are coming to you with some exciting news! We're thrilled to announce new language options for our non-English speaking players: Chinese (simplified) French Russian Japanese Spanish Let us know if you are looking to play the game in any of those languages on our Discord Server! Thank you for your support and have a great day! |
| Premiere League Sale: Celebrate the Action with 25% Off! | 2024-10-15 | Hello there Recruits! Get Zero Hour Now on Steam at -25% https://store.steampowered.com/app/1359090/Zero_Hour/ Sale Duration: Tuesday, 15th October 2024 - Friday, 24th October 2024 Premiere League Match Tune up for the upcoming Premiere League Match on: 19th October Saturday - 10 AM CDT 20th October Sunday - 10 AM CDT Thank you for all the support and for being a part of our community! |
| Patch 1.05 (Silent Patch v2) | 2024-10-13 | Change Log Fixed caster mode intro round number not updating Fixed scoreboard not showing the team name in proper side Fixed End scoreboard result not showing the team name in the proper side Fixed MVP screen team name not displaying the proper team Fixed not being able to arrest Ahmed Al Zoori in Prison break Fixed being able to sprint infinitely Thank you for your patience, please make sure to report Toxicity, feedback & suggestions in our Discord server using the following links. Discord Global Community : Zero Hour Official Discord French Community : Zero Hour France |