Deceive Inc. — 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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| The Steam Summer Sale is here! | 2025-07-02 | Grab Deceive Inc. for 80% off in the Steam Summer Sale! Offer ends July 10th! |
| A Message from Sweet Bandits to Our Players | 2024-12-03 | Agents, I come today with heartbreaking news that we must share with the entirety of the Deceive Inc. community. There is no easy way to say this: The Sweet Bandits team is no more. After a long and difficult road of trying to get Deceive inc. in a state where it could thrive, we have reached the breaking point for the studio, unable to continue this adventure with you. While this is a moment of great sadness for us, we are happy to have been given the chance to create this universe and share it with you all. We were amazed by the passion of this community and this has been a driving force for us all along, pushing us to try and make this pro |
| Scoundrels and Sentinels Hotfix 2 | 2024-11-08 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/102824/sandsbanner.jpg Scoundrels & Sentinels Hotpatch 2 Agents, we are rolling a very small hotpatch to address a variety of issues as well as deploying an all-new skin bundle for Squire. New Content: Rigid Raccoon Bundle It’s time to deploy into the field with the all-new Rigid Raccoon bundle including a legendary skin, a unique intro pose, a title and an avatar! https://media.tripwirecdn.com/110824/rigidracoonbundle.png The bundle is now available in the shop for 2000 bonds. General Fix for a server crash issue Fixed Red’s “you have my bow” intro pose (For real this time!) Fix for cross-platform friends/partie |
| New Deceive Inc. Twitch Drops Campagin is Live! | 2024-11-07 | Agents! We have two new exciting promotions starting today for Deceive Inc. share! Twitch Drops for Deceive Inc are back with a campaign for the Scoundrels & Sentines season! Twitch drops will be live Thu, Nov 7, 10:00 AM - Fri, Nov 29, 9:59 PM CST. Drops are available for all Platform versions. All players need to do is link their Deceive Inc. account to Twitch to enable drops. Watch for 30 minutes and claim the Duckies: Ink reward Watch for 1 hour and claim the Potion Failed: Intro Pose reward Watch for 2 hours and claim the Pyromancer Chavez: Skin reward |
| Scoundrels & Sentinels Hotfix | 2024-11-06 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/102824/sandsbanner.jpg Scoundrels & Sentinels Hotpatch Agents, like we discussed last week, are rolling out a hotpatch addressing a variety of issues that have been affecting the game. We are also still working on resolving back-end issues and wanted to give a bit more info on where we currently stand. Server Issues While these back-end issues are not part of the hotpatch itself, we wanted to give a bit of an update on where we are with them. Please note that since this is server side, we will continue deploying fixes outside of this patch without any download needed on your side. Party Issues: We have resolved i |
| Deceive Inc. Scoundrels and Sentinels Is Now Live! | 2024-10-31 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/102824/sandsbanner.jpg Agents, We are back with a fantastical catalog and a massive update that aims to shake up the meta in a myriad of ways. From ability reworks, to new gadgets and expanded capabilities for existing gadgets, there is something for every build in this patch! Here’s what you can expect to see: A new Fantasy Adventure catalog with 50 levels of unlocks Reworked abilities for Ace, Chavez, and Yu-Mi Two new gadgets The introduction of map Variants A yacht-full of balance changes that aim to shift the meta in interesting new directions. An increased level cap to 700 with a unique ink to acquire to go |
| Deep Dive: Map Variants | 2024-10-28 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/022224/opofull.png Agents, We are back for another look into new elements coming with season 5. This time, let’s take a look at what’s new in the maps department with the introduction of map variants! We want to increase variety when you queue into a match, adding new elements that make matches more different from each other. The map variant system was built with that in mind, allowing us to spin off an existing map in a new version with its own unique element without doubling the work required for the team. These map variants can then be added in the matchmaking pool with the original version of the map to expan |
| [PSA] Deceive Inc. Backend Test Brief | 2024-10-24 | Agents, Player feedback and participation were helpful during yesterday’s testing period. To ensure the update provides the best player experience possible upon final release, the test will be extended to run today. Additionally, during this PC test, bots will be added to the mix to help with the effect of not having access to crossplay. Please keep in mind that this is a temporary adjustment specifically for the duration of this backend change test only and will be reverted once the testing is complete. Double XP will continue. The team will monitor for player feedback, and any reports of oddities will be beneficial. As always, we appreciate |
| [PSA] Deceive Inc. Backend Update | 2024-10-23 | Agents, Deceive Inc. will undergo a backend update today at 11:00 AM EDT. This rollout will start with PC players on both Epic and Steam. During the first 24 hours of this update PC players will be isolated from console players and the ability for crossplay between PC and console will be temporarily unavailable. The development team will be monitoring the update during this time. We ask that any PC players who experience any oddities or issues please report them as soon as possible so we may address any complications as quickly as possible. The backend update will then roll out to the console platforms, barring any issues. We thank you for yo |
| Deceive Inc: Dev Live Stream including a Season 5 Preview! | 2024-10-22 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/022224/opofull.png Agents, Elsewhere, we previously announced our intention to hold a stream on Wednesday, the 23rd, but after further consideration, we have decided to move this stream to next Wednesday, October 30th. We are very close to having everything ready to showcase and sticking to the original date would have constrained us to not be able to show everything new that is coming. By moving things to next week, we ensure we can apply feedback we received from playtests on the new season elements as well as have them all feature complete for the stream. We are very excited to showcase all coming changes to t |
| Deceive Inc. Deep Dive: New Gadgets | 2024-10-17 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/022224/opofull.png New Gadgets Preview Agents, We are continuing our dive into new elements coming into season 5 with something that has been a long time coming: The addition of new gadgets! Yes, gadgets with a S. This is no mistake: We have TWO new gadgets dropping with season 5 to open up build possibilities in interesting ways. Let’s welcome the newest gadgets to join the deception and recon families: The Bait Box - Deception Gadget https://media.tripwirecdn.com/101724/baitbox.png (Click on the above image to see a webm in action) Our first new gadget is here and ready to make some noise. The bait box is a new |
| Chavez Character Rework Preview | 2024-10-10 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/022224/opofull.png Agents, Like we previously discussed in our “what’s coming for DI” brief, we have been working on updating expertise options for multiple characters in season 5. We have three characters getting an update to their kit and we wanted to give a sneak peek at one of them here today. Without further ado, let's talk about the one and only Chavez and how his expertise 2 is poised to change in season 5. Keep in mind, the balancing aspects of the ability are very much in the process of being tweaked and might be different at release. Now let’s get to it! Immovable object becomes an unstoppable force. It |
| Double XP is live all weekend long! | 2024-10-04 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/dinc/dinc2xp.png Agents, Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take advantage of Double XP in the field this weekend. It will be available today until October 7th at 1 p.m. EDT. Whether you work alone or have a trusted group of spy professionals to bring along, it's time to suit up in your favorite disguise, bring your favorite gadgets, and put those spy skills to work. |
| Rogue Waters - Available now! | 2024-10-02 | Tripwire Presents and Ice Code Games would like to invite you aboard a pirate ship! Our new game, Rogue Waters, is available now! It's a roguelite melee tactical focused on faster battles in more compact arenas. A dynamic combat system and environmental interactions on the treacherous decks of boarded ships make for exciting and challenging battles. The roguelite approach allows for shorter or longer raids, unlocking content or just focusing on the (addictively fun!) battles. If commanding sea monsters, exploring a fantasy world devastated by an ancient curse and battling through ships, forts, islands and more sounds fun, we would be honored |
| Deceive Inc.: An Update On What Is Coming | 2024-09-25 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/022224/opofull.png An update on what’s coming Agents, now that the dust has settled around the back-to-school update it’s time to look a bit to the future and talk about our development priorities. First of all, we want to confirm that we are indeed working on Catalog 5 which we plan on releasing in October. The new season will be different from previous ones in a few key areas that we want to describe here (as much as we can without too many spoilers). Catalog 5 will not feature a new agent, but a duo of existing Agents in the leading roles. How are we using the dev bandwidth that previously went into a new char |
| Back To School Hotfix Is Now Live! | 2024-09-10 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/052824/worldsfinest.png Back To School Hotpatch Agents, we are rolling out a hotpatch to address top issues around the back to school update. This will require a client update which should be up for download when you get to read this. General Guard Behavior Tweaks We are making more changes to overall guard behaviors to better fit their return to being able to shoot at heat level 0. We are changing how guards follow their target and how closely they will tail players to give a better chance of escaping them and more overall playspace without having guards in your face. We are continuing to look into guard behavio |
| Back to School Update Hotfix Incoming! | 2024-08-30 | Updated Message: Known Issues Update Agents, We wanted to provide an update on previously discussed known issues. We unfortunately discovered that the Yu-Mi issue cannot be resolved via a server side update and will unfortunately require a client side update. Our plan now is to roll out a client update for PC today which will contain the Yu-Mi fix as well as the settings issue fix. Since console updating is a more involved process, this update will be available for our console players early next week. The client update will not cause any crossplay issues in the meantime. Thank you for your continued patience and support. See you all on the fi |
| Deceive Inc.: Back To School Update Is Now Live! | 2024-08-30 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/052824/worldsfinest.png Back To School Update Agents, While summer is nearing its end and the summer splash event is riding off into the sunset, we have a new update dropping to keep the good times rolling. We are putting a major focus on the suspicion system, but we are also rolling many more changes to a wide selection of game systems and adding some new cosmetic items to sweeten the deal. Let’s dive into it! General Suspicion Continued A major point of focus for us has been pouring over feedback around suspicion and charting a course for where we want to take the feature. We’ve got some major leaps forward in |
| Deceive Inc.: Suspicion Poll and Beyond | 2024-08-14 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/052824/worldsfinest.png Agents, With our last update we rolled out one of the most significant gameplay changes yet: Suspicion. Our intent with the rollout of this feature was clear: We wanted to roll a significant change in a basic state to gather feedback and see what the overall feeling of the community is around it. To help us gauge this reception, we made a poll available on the subject. Today, we want to look at the results with you and talk about where suspicion is going from there. Without further ado, let's look at the tally. How do you feel about the Suspicion Mechanic It should be removed: 13.9% It sho |
| Double XP and Octo Goes on Vacation Drops are Live Until August 12th! | 2024-08-09 | https://media.tripwirecdn.com/080924/twitchdropsmarketing%20%281%29%20%281%29.png By popular demand, the Octo Goes on Vacation Drops Campaign and Double Xp will be available once again from August 9th till August 12th. It's your chance to earn these exclusive items if you've missed them first time around. Watch for 15 minutes and claim the Feast (Sushi) Ink reward! Watch for 30 minutes and claim the Summer Palm Ink reward! Watch for 1 hour and claim the Convention-goer Octo Skin reward! |