Added an initial Anti-Cheat detection system. When a user is detected as cheating, during the game session the opponents will be given a choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterwards. The system is set to conservative detection levels as we work on a v2 anti-cheat system that is more extensive. We will turn on the banning of users in a couple of days after the update is out. When a match is ended this way, the results will not count for other players.

Added global quickcast support. You can now configure your abilities and/or items to be on quickcast mode globally. You can also customize each ability individually to be quickcast or not. This also supports grenade style abilities.

Hero specific keybinds now say the ability name instead of ability 1-4.

Added Zipline hotkey that can be independently bound from space/jump.

Fixed per-hero keys not inheriting user-defined default keys properly.

Added keybind indicator for hero-specific binds showing which keys have been bound for that hero.

Fixed not being able to bind Reload to Mouse Wheel Up/Down.

Added Custom Match play mode.

Private lobbies now have an option to turn on cheats.

Private lobbies now let you select the specific servers to use.

Private lobbies now have an option to make the match publicly visible or private to only the players.

Private lobbies now support post-game and replays properly.

Private lobbies now allow picking specific lanes (solo and dual lane colors are displayed).

Added Rejuv drop on a loop in the sandbox mode.

Added infinite ammo option to sandbox ('No Reload').

Added a cheat report option in-game and post-game.

Can now mute and report enemy players using ESC while in-game.

Added voice indicators for when players are speaking in party and team chat (green for party, white for team).

Updated the game access invite UI to make it clear when users have been accepted.

Updated Player Card and action menu when clicking on a player in the friend list or ESC menu.

Added Region indicator to the matches on the watch tab.

Picking up a powerup will now list all the stats they modify in the HUD instead of a generic name like 'Casting' or 'Gun'.

Spirit scaling is now always shown on the tooltips without needing to hold alt/tab.

Updated Viscous icon to look more different from Dynamo.

Viscous Puddle Punch will now show a red preview for when the punch is out of range but within 2x of the cast range.

Minimap line colors now match the color of the hero drawing them.

Added indicator on the HUD to help track your passive cooldown items when they are 1s from ready (Headshot Booster, Medic Bullets, etc).

Fixed Rich Presence for Steam and in-game friend lists.

Party Code is now hidden when you enable Streamer Mode.

Added Spectator Fog of War toggle (hotkeys available in settings).

Instead of showing the total number of favorites for each build, we now tag popular builds using a mix of both recent and historical usage so that newer builds are easier to find.

Builds that haven't been updated in 30 days now have a distinct visual.

Breakables will now wait to spawn if a player is in the way.

Added citadel_give_gold cheat command.

Fixed search by MatchID not working for games that are live.

Fixed Quicksilver Reload bonus damage not working correctly with things like Scorn and Flog.

Fixed jumping between ziplines consuming stamina.

Fixed Mystic Reverb not getting increased bonus damage from damage amps.

Fixed some issues with Crimson Slash effect not appearing reliably.

Fixed Ricochet not respecting LOS when picking the targets.

Fixed spectator keybinds not showing correctly.

Fixed Flex Slot unlock order not matching the usual order of unlocks.

Fixed imbue and active abilities dialog not responding to keybinds if your ability/item binds included a modifier key or were bound to the mouse wheel.

Fixed Dynamo not playing an animation during the cast delay on Singularity.

Warp Stone: Casting while on the ground will no longer stop the player in place, will try to move forward along the ground instead.

Warp Stone: Fixed cases of Warp Stone getting caught on geometry.

Fixed various projectiles going through bosses (Wraith cards, Geist bombs, etc).

Fixed Dash not always breaking breakables.

Fixed a bug where Kelvin desperation VO for Arctic Beam and Ice Path were flipped.

Turned off a Shiv line where he referenced slowing down enemies when he wasn't actually doing so.

Removed reason 31 of why Lash is better than Bebop and replaced it with reason 26 of why Lash is better than Bebop (fixed a bug with Lash's hero select lines).

Infernus will no longer appear in every bot match.

Fixed min/max falloff range displaying incorrectly on Weapon Stats Tooltip.

Fixed dashing downwards not destroying breakables.

Added South Africa servers.

Added Italian localization.

General rendering performance improvements.

Improved preloading during queue time.

Some latency-related calculation improvements that help orbs be a little less deny favored.

Shadow quality improvements for higher shadow settings.

Fixed issues with player outline rendering in FSR2.

Fixed regression with saturation volumes outline not showing up.

Displacement mapping no longer an official option and will likely be cut (it can be enabled with a ConVar after the game starts).

Lighting improvements in map.

Added frosted shell effect on the rejuv crystal when Frozen Shelter is active.

Wall Jumps now use better animations to communicate directionality.

Updated Killing Blow effects.

Updated Lightning Ball effects to reduce some visual noise.

Updated Flying Strike effects to reduce some visual noise.

Updated Sleep Dagger projectile, impact and sleeping debuff visuals.

Updated bullet shield break effects.

Updated Unstoppable effects to be clearer at cast time.

Abrams now has a new custom heavy melee animation.

Updated Rejuvenator buff effect.

Updated wall bounce effects for Viscous in ball form.

Improved read on the connecting rope for Flying Strike and reduced visual obstruction of the ending slash.

Music and Sound effects will now pause during game pause.

Added timer sound to the last couple seconds of Flying Cloak.

No longer play low ammo sounds when firing while sliding.

Updated Haze VO.

Replaced a Grey Talon select line to make his intentions more clear.

Music bug fixes for replay and spectating.

Allow announcer lines for kill streaks and various hero lines to play while the player is in an active combat encounter.

Timing critical music and sfx will pause and resume in response to game pause.

Bots can now choose to play Lady Geist, Mirage, Shiv, and Warden.

Side lanes are now a little further apart from the middle lanes.

Outer lanes at the middle of the map pushed further away from the inner lanes.

Added connection from canal near the urn platforms through the Radio Station and Apartment buildings.

Reworked interior corridors of Fish Market/Nursery to exit to the buildings sooner.

Added interior room partition from the Fish Market/Nursery to the Shops.

Moved rope to the Fish Market/Nursery rooftop to the back of the building.

Removed upper interior hallway from rope to the Fish Market/Nursery rooftops.

Moved truck from in front of archway with cosmic veil to the back of the Fish Market/Nursery.

Redesigned outer lane path (ziplines and trooper nodes) from Walker to Guardian on Amber Yellow and Sapphire Purple.

Added interior passage beside Subway Entrance to the outer lanes.

Added a First Blood bonus bounty for the first kill each player gets. Grants 150 bonus souls.

Lane setup is now always 1-2-2-1.

Zipline Boost now starts on cooldown again.

Trooper damage reduction from Guardians reduced from 35% to 28% (they die a little faster to Guardians now).

Trooper share radius reduced (from allied hero to allied hero 50m->40m, from orb to allied hero 40m->35m).

Reverted recent creep sharing duplication changes (back to how it was over a week ago, we want to see if it's still an issue with the other changes in this patch).

Orbs now appear a little smaller to the enemy that is trying to deny them.

Added a Soul Generator in the respawn area. Starts spawning orbs at 3 minutes. Each orb is worth 10 souls when shot.

Fire Rate slows now stack diminishingly.

Rejuv bonus creep HP increased from 50% to 70%.

Rejuv bonus is no longer consumed for dead players, they have it on their next life now.

Troopers no longer give half bounty when base guardians are destroyed for that lane.

Killer to Assist bounty ratio reduced from 2.0 to 1.7 (slightly more to assists).

Midgame respawn time increased a bit (reaches 50s at 20 min instead of 40s at 20 min).

Teleporter delay reduced from 5s to 4s.

Boon count increased from 11 to 14 (added to 16/18/20k).

Non-Health boon bonuses rescaled over the 14 levels (same total as before).

Aggressive crouch spamming within a very narrow window will now cause you to very briefly move progressively slower.

Silence now deselects your ability if you had it open when silenced.