Empire of Sin — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Farewell Update | 2026-04-28 | Hey Boss,The sun’s setting over Chicago… so it’s time we had a sit-down.From the first racket you ran to the latest empire you built, you’ve made your mark on this city. Today, we’re rolling out the final update for Empire of Sin. While this is the last one, the city won’t run without a Boss, so Chicago is still yours for the taking!From all of us, it has been an honor doing business with you.Stay sharp, Boss.Patch NotesBug fixes:Fixed 2 bugs related to weapon animations when a character could stay in an incorrect animation state during dual shots or while changing coverFixed a bug when a player could be stuck in the "Whack a Mole" mission.Fi |
| Empire of Sin - Beta Branch available | 2025-07-07 | Hey Boss, We are adding an open beta branch to Empire of Sin where you can test the upcoming patch we have been working on, to see if it resolves some of your issues. This beta branch will stay open until we are ready to release the patch to everyone on both PC and console. If you want to try out the Beta branch, you find the instructions on how to access it below. You can always switch back to the non-beta branch at any time. How to access the beta branch: Go to your Steam Library. On the right hand side, find Empire of Sin: How to activate the correct Branch: Right klick on Empire of Sin in your Steam LibraryGo to PropertiesClick the “Betas |
| Precinct Update Patch Notes | 2021-11-18 | The following is the full patch notes for the Precinct Update of Empire of Sin, from new features to a plethora of fixes and changes coming to the game. We’re happy to present you with the incredible work and devotion of the team, and hope you’ll have a ton of fun playing the Precinct Update and Make It Count today! GENERAL Added Enemy Reveals when attacking a Boss Safehouse. Added Negotiate paths to the First Meet Sit-Down between all factions. Added a Rename option to Rackets. Added additional melee weapons in all rarities. Added a Faction Ranking event. Added Eras to the game that trigger as you’re progressing. Added Memento Mori events fo |
| Here's looking at you, Modders! | 2021-10-13 | Good day to you sinners, Are you full of ideas and intrigued for things to mod in Empire of Sin? Well, we're here to help ya, pal. Over the next month, we'll be releasing Dev Diaries with information on how to get your Lua scripts in order. Expect to see in full detail what you can do at this current phase in modding and what we expect for future phases. If you're interested, feel free to check out our pinned post on the steam forums. Currently, this is not an open build/release, so contact us via the methods mentioned in the post; I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have over there too. We're excited to see what you'll make, crew |
| Dev Diary: Loan Sharks & Economy | 2021-09-28 | Welcome back, Gangsters! Make It Count DLC is just around the corner, and with it, a new way for you to make money in Chicago. It seems right to give you a little heads up on how things are gonna work when money lending opens its doors. Let’s get into it, shall we? Loan Sharking Up to now, your rackets have thrived thanks to one ingredient: alcohol. Sure, some places can manage by focusing attention on other forms of vice, but booze is the oil for a well-run machine. That means building breweries, keeping speakeasies fluid, and ensuring that gamblers are carrying full cargoes of Dutch courage to roll the bones down the Craps table. Loan shark |
| Boss Spotlight: Maxim Zelnick And Introducing The Fixers | 2021-08-31 | Bio Maxim Zelnick is a compulsive problem solver. If he wakes up facing Doomsday, he has it in a vice by breakfast and turning a profit by lunch. In the chaos of prohibition Chicago, he’s the eye of the storm. An accountant for organized crime, there’s no room in his head for a hot temper, that just overcomplicates things. He deals only in two currencies: money and violence. It’s all business. It didn’t matter to Zelnick that he was born poor, success was always going to be the outcome. As a butcher’s son, he got used to blood and bones from a young age and saw the direct relationship they had with earning a living. His was a head better suit |
| Tell Us Something Sin-tillating! | 2021-08-27 | Hey Gangsters! Everybody still Sinning? Great! With Make it Count and The Precinct updates getting ever closer, we devs are only dying to know: what are you most excited to see in the new updates? In previous Dev Diaries, here and here, we let you in on some details about what’s in store for Chicago. Any features in there that you’re really looking forward to? I’ll bet some of you are already thinking of strategies. Tell us all in the comments below or hop over to our forum to leave your thoughts. Oh, and before we go, we’ll have another Dev Diary coming real soon that’s gonna put the spotlight on one of Chicago’s newest residents. Y’hear tha |
| Dev Diary: Police, Precincts & Supply Lines | 2021-07-27 | Hot from the streets of Chicago we’re back with another bulletin from a city in flux. Bosses are claiming their territories and setting up supply lines. Meanwhile, the police are preparing for a new way to engage with gangs. It’s all about to go off in Chicago, and there’s a bunch to get through. Here goes! Precincts As we found out in a previous Dev Diary, precincts are subdivisions of the neighborhood that you control. With a larger chunk of the neighborhood to win or lose in one fell swoop, your decisions and strategy hold a lot more weight. Right now, you can open a racket anywhere in the city. Gather enough rackets throughout your time i |
| The Chicago News Stream #8 | 2021-07-01 | Join us tomorrow, crew, as Maezza and Fiona return to 1920's Chicago! It will be our last sitdown for the summer. Our goals? 💲 Buy Goldie the Golden Tommy Gun (because she deserves to shoot in style) 👊Take back our rackets lost from our last session. 🐝Be the Queen Bee. 5PM CET at https://twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive |
| Dev Diary: Building a Bespoke Brawler | 2021-06-29 | “Friday night they’ll be dressed to kill, Down at Dino’s Bar & Grill” It takes all sorts of criminals to build an underworld. Since launch, they’ve formed crews, double-crossed each other, and made money from their specific skills, but there’s about to be a shake-up. Combat designer Ian O’Neill has started a fight club behind a speakeasy in South Loop where some of the city’s mobsters are gearing themselves up to be a whole new type of gangster. These guys and gals ain’t interested in guns. They prefer doing things the old-fashioned way, with a lead pipe and some elbow grease. They call themselves Brawlers. Here’s what we know so far. Overvie |
| The Chicago News Stream #7 | 2021-06-17 | Join us tomorrow, crew, as Maezza and Fiona return to 1920's Chicago! 🗣Smooth talkin' 💲Takin' over rackets 👨Once again, stickin' her neck out for her brother It's all happening as Goldie continues to take over the city. 4PM CET at https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive |
| Introducing Empire of Sin's First Expansion: Make It Count! | 2021-05-21 | Well, crew, we have some swell news for you! Empire of Sin's first expansion, ‘Make It Count’, launches later this year alongside the previously announced free Precinct update. Make It Count will introduce boss Maxim Zelnick and his gangsters, the ‘Fixers.’ Play through a string of missions telling the story of Zelnick and the Fixers, unlocking game features like the Loan Sharking Racket, and more. Make It Count Key Features Maxim Zelnick - Play as the ‘Mob's Accountant,’ a boss that excels at economics and creates synergy in combat. He uses his smooth-talking to "make peace" with money and connections. ‘The Fixers’ - Five gangsters are up fo |
| Empire of Sin at PDXCON Remixed! | 2021-05-21 | Hey Crew!, welcome to PDX Con Remixed! It's finally here, PDXCON Remixed! We have lots of panels and exciting things scheduled for you this weekend so let's jump straight into it; the events: Friday May 21st 15:55 CEST - DRESSED TO THE 1930S - Twitch Hey Cosplayers, lookin’ to win some slick prizes? Well, lucky for you, pal, that we’re here to help! Trust us when we say that when it comes to copyin’ their style, we can walk the walk and talk the talk. So join us as we share our insights on how to make your threads look good. So good that no one will want to mess with you, Boss! 16:40 CEST - EMPIRE OF SIN QUIZ- Twitch Are you married to the mo |
| Dev Diary: The Precinct Update Sneak Peek | 2021-05-20 | Hey bootleggers! We’ve got something you might wanna see. One of our moles has been working double-time and has some exclusive information that few people have laid eyes on. It was just too good to keep quiet, so we had to pass it along. You didn’t hear it from us, but here are some things you can expect to see in The Precinct update! Precincts - Painting the Map Bosses are planning to get a lot more territorial within their neighborhoods. It’s no longer a case of setting up shop wherever you damn well please. Borders of blood have been drawn and those willing to cross them better come equipped because neighborhoods aren’t what they used to b |
| "The Gangster Update" - Patch Notes | 2021-05-18 | Hey there, bootleggers! Hey Crew, it's 1920 and changes have been made to the streets of Chicago! We are grateful to all of you for sending us bug reports, suggestions and feedback as we go. As always, do keep that feedback coming! :) The best juice joints to spill feedback in: Discord: https://discord.gg/qX2PTYK Forum: http://pdxint.at/3tflvQ6 Please note that this patch in open beta was titled 1.05. Changelog - "The Gangster Update" The Highlights New weapon proficiency system introduced Controller overhaul and improvements Major mission improvements Maria Rodriguez and Grover Monks have realized their value and raised their prices and noto |
| The Chicago News Stream #6 | 2021-04-29 | Hey Crew! Tomorrow join Maezza and Fiona as they (and Goldie!) continue to take over the streets of Chicago. We'll be chatting about the new changes in 1.05 and what's this... I wonder what we're all dressed up for? Stream starts tomorrow, at 5 PM CET, on https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive (psst, sorry, Boss, I'm bad at keeping secrets, we're all dressed up for excitement for the Cosplay contest, which you can enter here: https://www.empireofsingame.com/news/get-all-dressed-up-win-grand-prizes Loads of swell prizes to be won!) |
| Public Beta for Patch 1.05 | 2021-04-22 | It’s time for another preview of what’s to come, gangsters! Today we bring you the Beta Branch of Patch 1.05, giving you a chance to test out some of our upcoming features and fixes, such as our new weapon proficiency system. To join the Beta: Open Steam. Go to the Library and right-click on Empire of Sin > Properties > Betas. Choose the beta branch available in the drop-down menu. You should then be able to download the beta build. No password needed! As usual, we welcome any and all feedback you might have on this patch! You are all part of Chicago after all, crew. Discord: https://discord.gg/qX2PTYK Forum: http://pdxint.at/3tflvQ6 See belo |
| Dev Diary: Economy | 2021-04-22 | Hey Sinners! We got word through a recent Sit-down - otherwise known as the live Q&A over on Discord - that it was high time we shared some insight into the economical aspects of the game. It seems some gangsters out there wanted a bit more information on where their money was going when they invested it in Chicago. Well, message read loud and clear, boss! We sat down with Senior game designer and Empire of Sin business mogul, Chris King, to pick his brain on prohibition, Chicago’s economy, and how to get the most from your empire. In the back corner of his favorite speakeasy, he laid it out like this: Basics In Empire of Sin, crime pays once |
| Get all dressed up, win grand prizes! | 2021-04-15 | Your threads speak volumes; you want everyone in Chicago to know who you are, the power and money you hold. So don your best clothes and get out there, Boss. This competition waits for no one. To participate, you must dress as one of our powerful mob bosses or black book gangsters and send it in before 19:00 CEST, June 14, 2021. Once the competition is over, a jury consisting of the Community team for Empire of Sin and one developer from Romero Games will choose the 10 most promising cosplays and then randomly select 6 winners, who will then be contacted via email. Rules: The cosplay must be an original work created by you, specially for this |
| The Chicago News Stream #5 | 2021-04-15 | Hey crew! We're back in the city with another edition of The Chicago News stream. Come join us, Chris and Maezza tomorrow at 17:00 CEST on twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive]http://twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive 🍻 We might even talk a little bit about the upcoming 1.05 patch... *waggles eyebrows* |