We Happy Few — patch notes and updates
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| We Happy Few - The Cost of Joy Documentary | 2019-12-19 | When you go from a handful of indies to the world stage, it's not all Joy. In The Cost of Joy, Compulsion Games takes you on the studio’s origins, the development of We Happy Few, and their introduction as a Microsoft studio through archival footage and new in-depth interviews. |
| We All Fall Down, available now! | 2019-11-19 | Hi all, Here we are, the last DLC for We Happy Few, We All Fall Down. We are really excited to bring you all this final chapter. Victoria Byng has been a part of the We Happy Few journey ever since she first appeared in the E3 gameplay trailer in 2016. This our farewell to Wellington Wells and to all of you. We sincerely hope you enjoy it. I'm afraid we've come to the end of our time. |
| We All Fall Down - Launch Trailer | 2019-11-11 | Hi all, We are glad to present the trailer for the final DLC of We Happy Few, We All Fall Down, coming November 19th. You’ve taken your Joy, but now it’s time to tear it all down in this final piece of handcrafted Season Pass content. Play as Victoria Byng, get a grip on her whip, and get the last word on the story of Wellington Wells. As Victoria reckons with her own withdrawals, the city slides deeper into Joy shortage and disorder. It’s always been Victoria’s duty to help keep things proper, but the closer she looks, the deeper the rot seems to run. We All Fall Down climbs to the highest heights of We Happy Few gameplay yet: •Tour Wellingt |
| Update 1.9 dropping on Monday, November 11. | 2019-11-08 | Hi all, On Monday, November 11th at 11am ET, update 1.9 of We Happy Few will drop on all platforms along with a little something else! We Happy Few 1.9 Release Notes Patch Summary This patch addresses general gameplay issues, and a few bugs that were happening in some encounters. General Bugs/Stability • When crafting with weapons as reagents, they no longer appear as fractions. Partial items can now be used to craft. • Fixed the bug that caused systemic NPC conversations and POI interactions to not trigger properly, not play audio or loop repeatedly. • NPCs no longer instantly stand-up and clip through their beds when startled by noise. • Fe |
| We All Fall Down - Teaser Trailer | 2019-08-30 | The final chapter of We Happy Few. Coming soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rgfay7oRV8&feature=youtu.be |
| Lightbearer, available now! | 2019-07-30 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6699463/f24b80a72a0543e9ec54c70d56f7a2df2c3b1ffa.png Hi everyone, We are excited to announce that Lightbearer, our second DLC is now live on Xbox One, PS4, Steam and GOG! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65HH7Bga0Y4&feature=youtu.be In this second piece of handcrafted Season Pass content, you play as Wellington Wells’ most beloved rock star, Nick Lightbearer, in a brand-new story! Heartthrob, artist, and personal trainwreck Nick Lightbearer is adored by legions of fans—until disaster strikes when a Nick-centric fan convention is plagued by a string of murders. When all signs po |
| Update 1.8 is live! | 2019-07-26 | Hi everyone, We are happy to announce that update 1.8 is now live on Xbox One, PS4, Steam and GOG! We are aware of a specific issue that was specifically affecting PS4 users where there was a chance of the game crashing upon arriving in the Parade District, this issue has now been fixed with this update. Patch Summary This patch contains performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay and UI bugs, and localization fixes. Most importantly, this patch includes a significant improvement to the memory used in the game, fixing crashes and bugs that were happening in the Parade District on all platforms bu |
| Lightbearer - We Happy Few’s second DLC out July 30th! | 2019-07-23 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgnQox24hAo Hi everyone, We hope you enjoyed this little teaser trailer, stay tuned for the full trailer on July 30th when Lightbearer launches on Steam, GOG, Xbox One and PS4! In this groovy thriller and second piece of DLC for We Happy Few, you play as Nick Lightbearer, notorious Wellington Wells rockstar and Joy aficionado. But Joy, sex and rock n’roll comes with a killer price. Stay also alert for update 1.8 launching later this week on all platforms! Update 1.8 contains an array of significant fixes for the main game across all platforms but most importantly, it fixes some pesky memory issues we were havin |
| They Came from Below, available now! | 2019-04-04 | The first We Happy Few DLC, They Came from Below, is available now on all platforms! Join James and Roger in this hand-crafted story of mystery and robots! Explore a fresh perspective of Wellington Wells TODAY! You can get this DLC as a standalone here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/974570/We_Happy_Few__Roger__James_in_They_Came_From_Below/ Or as part of the Seaon Pass here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/919000/We_Happy_Few__Season_Pass/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jYCxAnvvic |
| They Came from Below will drop tomorrow at 9am ET | 2019-04-03 | They Came from Below, our first DLC for We Happy Few, will drop tomorrow at 9am ET on all platforms! This DLC is included in the Season Pass and the Deluxe Edition of We Happy Few and can also be purchased as a standalone. Stay tuned for the trailer tomorrow! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6699463/793786bc0b99db29948b3bf5bb689051f990f057.jpg |
| They Came from Below. Available April 4th! | 2019-03-28 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6699463/793786bc0b99db29948b3bf5bb689051f990f057.jpg In case you missed it on the Gearbox panel at PAX East. They Came from Below, our first DLC and newest hand-crafted story for We Happy Few will be available on April 4th! More info: http://www.wehappyfewgame.com/ |
| Arcade Mode and update 1.7 now live! | 2019-03-25 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6699463/8ae2193862f1d62a13353734ef592728fa060aa2.jpg Hi all, Patch 1.7 which contains our free game update, Arcade Mode is now live on Steam, UWP, PS4 and Xbox One. You can read the patch notes below! PS4: 1.7.80097 UWP: 1.7.80002 GOG: 1.7.79954 Windows: 1.7.79954 Xbox One: 1.7.79954 We Happy Few 1.7 Release Notes Patch Summary This patch contains Arcade Mode, including three separate new ways to play We Happy Few. It also includes infrastructure to handle the upcoming DLC, and general performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay b |
| Arcade Mode and Update 1.7! | 2019-03-22 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6699463/da0c3e52cb4df00909dc2f67ef1e6a09ef9ac79a.png Hi everyone, We Happy Few 1.7, including the new Arcade Mode, will be coming to all platforms on Monday March 25th! In the distant past, during our Kickstarter campaign in 2015, we promised that we would build additional modes for We Happy Few - at the time, loosely titled Sandbox and Wellie Mode - and we have been working on what this would look like since launch. Today we are excited to finally present you: Arcade Mode! Arcade Mode is a free game update for We Happy Few which contains not two, but three new modes that will |
| We Happy Few 1.6 is live! | 2019-01-25 | Patch Summary This patch contains a new save game system, performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay bugs, and localization fixes. General Bugs/Stability • Reworked save system and menu. You now have access to significantly more saves and save slots than before. • Performance improvements. • Crash fixes. • Fix for audio corruption issue that could occur after extended periods of play. • Many localization fixes. • Many stuck spots fixed and missing collision added. • Added missing names to the credits. • Fixed issue where, rarely, the game could return to the main menu after loading occurs. • Sav |
| New year update, Xbox One patch announcement and DLC news! | 2019-01-11 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6699463/01f560089eccada048ff6d7a86e00ad1da2540a0.png Hi everyone, After a much needed holiday break, we are officially back in the studio and ready to start a brand new chapter! From all of us at the studio, we wish you a happy new year. Big things are coming this year, including the DLCs. We are happy to say that things are going well and that we’ll start sharing specific news very soon. Let’s say that we hope you enjoyed the wacky side of We Happy Few. However, in more immediate news, the team has also been working on patches and updates for the main game. Console and PC ver |
| End of year 2018 | 2018-12-21 | Hi everyone, It’s been a while since we last wrote a blog post - we’ve been hard at work on patching, DLC and figuring out what we’re doing next. But, the end of the year is here and 2018 being such a pivotal year for Compulsion Games, we couldn’t disappear into holiday break without a bit of a recap. As everybody knows by now, this year we were brought into the Microsoft family as a first party studio! This is the biggest thing to ever happen to us, and quite frankly, we couldn’t be more excited for the future and all the possibilities it holds. We already wrote quite a bit about it so if you are interested in it, you can head here to read t |
| We Happy Few 1.5 is live! | 2018-10-23 | Our latest patch 1.5 is live, read the patch notes here! As usual, if you are still experiencing issues after this patch, let us know and we will look into it for the next patch. Patch Summary This patch contains performance optimizations, crash fixes, fixes for progression blockers, fixes for gameplay bugs, and localization fixes. General Bugs/Stability • Framerate improvements across all platforms. • Memory use improvements across all platforms. • Can no longer use seating when occupied by NPCs. • NPCs can no longer slide while in idle state, or when interacted with in specific circumstances. • NPCs no longer start gliding off benches and r |
| We Happy Few 1.4 now live | 2018-09-24 | Hi everyone We Happy Few 1.4 is beginning to roll out across various platforms. Thank you for your patience, I know many of you have been waiting some time for this. Release Timing Timing is as followings: - Steam today (Windows: 1.4.71191) - PS4 Tuesday/Wednesday depending on rollout from Sony (PS4: 1.4.71201) - Xbox Tuesday/Wednesday depending on rollout from Microsoft (Xbox: 1.4.71195) - GOG.com tomorrow (Windows: build to be confirmed) - Windows 10 Store/UWP eta not available yet as submission process is long (Windows 10: 1.4.71207) This timing and these build numbers may change if we find any random issues in final, final QA, in which ca |
| We Happy Few 1.3 Hotfix now live | 2018-08-18 | Hi folks The 1.3 Hotfix is now live for all Steam users, solving a couple of progression blocking issues and several crash fixes. The download should be |
| We Happy Few 1.3 - Hotfix (Live on Beta branch) | 2018-08-17 | We Happy Few 1.3 - Hotfix Platform specific versions: Windows: 1.3.70168 PS4: 1.3.70168 Xbox: 1.3.70173 Patch Summary The first post-launch binary patch for We Happy Few addresses progression blockers, limited performance issues and crashes. A larger content update will be available soon, addressing performance optimization and other issues. This hotfix is available now on the “patchpreview” beta branch on Steam for those who want to try it early, and will be pushed out to everyone once our internal QA has signed off on it (tomorrow, if all goes well). Pending their approval, it will be submitted to console certification early next week. All |