Greetings Subjects!

We are pleased to announce the release of our Midseason Update, introducing a range of new features, improvements, and updates.

Here’s what’s new:

Introducing A Brand New Innocent Role - The Seer
Get ready to redefine your strategy with our brand new role - The Seer! The Seer brings a unique edge to the innocent team by allowing you to catch someone transforming into Terror or confirm a teammate's innocence, building crucial trust. The Seer's ability to disrupt ghost forms provides vital intel, giving your team a strategic advantage. Plus, enjoy the brand new animations and visual effects that make identifying opponents easier and more exciting. Harness the Seer's power and lead your team to victory!

Intro Sequence & Visual Updates
This update we have made some visual improvements driven by our commitment to creating a more immersive and visually appealing game world, ensuring that every moment you spend in Deceit feels vibrant and engaging. We've also addressed several map exploits in both Millhaven and Wurgen, ensuring that your gameplay experience remains seamless and fair.

We’ve revamped the intro sequence to enhance your immersion from the moment you start the game.

In addition, you’ll see some improvements have been made to some in-game ritualistic elements:

• The peddler and escape doors are now adorned with brand new runes
  
• The Blood Altars have been given a makeover, and are now much more detailed and ominous
  
• The Banishing Ritual has been overhauled with brand new effects

Pacing and Scale Tweaks
We’ve made some changes to the player movement to improve how it feels to shoot and traverse the map. This is an ongoing process, so we’ll continue to read feedback and make adjustments as needed.

• 10% Faster Sprints: Both Humans and Terrors can now sprint 10% faster, intensifying the pace of your encounters.
  
• Adjusted (De)acceleration for Humans: We've refined the (de)acceleration mechanics to improve precision when hitting players that are rapidly turning around.
  
• Increased Gravity: We’ve increased gravity to make jumping snappier, enhancing overall movement responsiveness.

In-Game Player Reporting
In response to concerns about toxicity, we're actively enhancing our community experience. Previously, reporting players mid-game wasn't an option. Now, with this update, you can open the game menu and report someone instantly. This proactive approach empowers you to address issues as they occur, fostering a fair and respectful environment. But our efforts don't end there. We're dedicated to ongoing improvements, which include refining our guidelines, expanding the moderation team, and enhancing reporting tools. Ensuring a positive and inclusive gaming experience for all remains one of our top priorities.

Voting System Overhaul
We've replaced the remote voting system with a brand new Suspicion Wheel to streamline the process and make it easier to understand for new players and viewers.

Interacting through an interface diminished the essential face-to-face interactions, and the overuse of the “Remote Voting” wheel for both voting and role abilities led to excessive interface interactions, which new players found quite unintuitive. Additionally, players often voted randomly when someone was downed using the radial wheel, which felt less meaningful. By voting in person, the process becomes clearer and more engaging.

In place of “Remote Voting” you can now mark players as “suspicious”, which will add a helpful marker to their nametag.

You Asked, We Listened

• Button Remapping for Gamepads: You can now - finally! - fully customise your gamepad controls, allowing for a more personalised and comfortable gaming experience.
  
• Heat Goggles Tweak: In response to your feedback, we've made adjustments to the heat goggles visuals to enhance clarity and usability. This change comes as a response to concerns about the strength of these visuals when pushed to their limit.

Infrastructure Improvements
Server Migration: We’ve been working hard to ensure that we reduce the number of cancelled games, improve latency and reduce connection issues. This is an ongoing process as we are trialling numerous different server locations this month. We appreciate your patience, and are confident that you will notice improvements over the course of this month.

Engine Upgrade: We’ve upgraded our engine version to UE 5.4.1 to enhance performance and introduce new capabilities. As part of this upgrade, we’ve temporarily removed DLSS and FSR support (on PC), as they’re still being updated. We will release a patch to enable these as soon as possible, but in the meantime we’re confident you’ll still see improved performance from the previous patch. For users needing extra performance, we recommend using TSAA and lowering the resolution scaling. These adjustments should automatically apply to other graphics settings by default, but if you had manually enabled DLSS or FSR, you may need to update your settings.

Sneak Peek: Season 3
We’re already looking ahead to Season 3, and we’re excited to give you a sneak peek! Get ready for the Manor, a new map featuring a chilling new terror, an intriguing new role, and a brand-new item. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to Season 3!

Thank you for your continued support and feedback. We can’t wait to see how you leverage The Seer and enjoy all the enhancements in this midseason update. Jump in, explore the new features, and see you in the ritual!

The Deceit Team

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Patch Notes

Animation

• Each character now has a unique animation when first spawning into the game.
  
• [FIXED] The head of a downed player will rotate based on where they’re looking.
  
• [FIXED] Feminine characters have larger than intended heads in-game. This can cause clipping with cosmetics that cover their faces.

Art

• Updated the visual of the Blood Altars.
  
• Updated the visual of banishing rituals, used when voting players out of the game.
  
• Updated both Millhaven & Wurgen to address several map exploits, commonly leading to players being inaccessible to the Terrors.

Audio

• Added audio to several emotes.
  
• Updated the effects applied in the Inbetween to increase the reverb.
  
• Adjusted the volume of several sounds, including the Final Showdown music, tasks and executions.
  
• Added audio for transforming into and out of the Werewolf Terror.
  
• [FIXED] The Dialogue volume slider doesn’t affect the Game Master’s VO.
  
• [FIXED] The sound for the Wolf AI spawning is played in 2D.
  
• [FIXED] Beck plays Hans’ scream when being executed by a Terror.
  
• [FIXED] Terror execution sounds, and passive idle sounds, can play shortly after returning to Reality.

Gameplay

• Reporting Blood Altars is now done via the Pinging system rather than an interaction.
  
• Updated the Heat Goggles, primarily to help address how dominant they can be when pushed to their limit:
  
  • Revealed players will no longer have a black silhouette behind the red ‘haze’, revealing extra animation information.
    
  • Added a fade to/from black when going in/out of the view.
    
  • Once the Heat Goggle view is active, there is a brief delay before players are revealed.
    
  • You can no longer re-equip the Heat Goggles as you’re unequipping them.
    
  • Slowed down the battery drain tick rate from 0.1s to 0.25s. This results in the minimum drain being higher than before.
    
  • [FIXED] After using the Heat Goggles your hand is left as if it’s holding the Heat Goggles.
    
  • [FIXED] Very infrequently it’s possible for the Heat Goggles to contain to drain your charge despite not being active.
• Increased the Inquisitor’s effect duration from 4 to 5 seconds.
  
• The world will now desaturate based on the number of votes cast on you.
  
• Adjusted the camera offsets used both when you’re downed, and when you’re emoting, so that they’re centered around your character.
  
• [FIXED] Wurgen’s 4 digit code system can break after the Generator has been destroyed, causing valid codes to be rejected.
  
• [FIXED] After an execution, players with high latency can occasionally see the human form of the Terror involved in the execution.
  
• [FIXED] The Chemist’s poison fails to activate if they use their last poison charge whilst transitioning into the Inbetween.
  
• [FIXED] The human form of a player can be briefly revealed after using the Invisibility Medallion or transforming into a Terror.
  
• [FIXED] A blank character mesh can be briefly shown when a player switches items in the Inbetween.
  
• [FIXED] When spectating, other players aren’t correctly turned into their ghost form.
  
• [FIXED] The Muzzle’s “Zip It” accolade doesn’t progress if you use the Muzzle on a Cursed Subject.
  
• [FIXED] When using the custom setting to spawn with a Pistol, players using Gamepads are unable to equip items.
  
• [FIXED] You can shoot through Wurgen’s Inspection Vat doors whilst inside of them.

Input

• Added support for changing button mappings on Gamepads.
  
• Added native compatibility with DualSense (PS4/PS5) gamepads on PC. If you previously were using Steam Input for this, it’s now recommended that you disable it.

Progression

• Items were previously unlocked when you leveled up a Subject whilst playing on the Innocent team. This was unintentional and, since last week, you will now unlock items any time you level up a Subject, regardless of team.

UI

• Players being voted on will now be waypointed to you, showing their current vote status and distance.
  
• Updated the UI shown when voting players out of the game. Most notably the interaction prompt is now separate to the vote status.
  
• Updated how 3D UI is rendered so that it is consistent across different maps and lighting setups.
  
• Added a UI element to the bottom left to indicate when the Generator is destroyed.
  
• Reduced the delay before the voting UI appears above a downed player.
  
• The Escape Door now displays the win conditions for each team when you look at it.
  
• Infected players will now see the global popup informing them that a player has been banished after executing a Subject.
  
• Added a link to our Medium webpage on the Menu, allowing players to view the latest patch notes through the game.
  
• [FIXED] Waypoints don’t correctly show directional arrows when the target is off screen.

Season 2, Midsummer Nightmare, is officially underway! Your feedback has played a pivotal role in refining our gaming experience with quality of life enhancements and bug fixes. We're delighted to see such active engagement and contribution from our community.

As we navigate through this season's journey, we encourage you to continue sharing your feedback. Join our Discord community[discord.gg] to directly contribute your suggestions and feedback.

Stay tuned for our upcoming mid-season update, which promises to unveil a brand new role. And for a sneak peek into what lies ahead, explore our roadmap[trello.com]!

See you in the ritual,
The Deceit Team

Patch Notes

Art

• Updated both Millhaven & Wurgen to stop players from reaching several spots that are inaccessible by the Terrors.
  
• Updated the ‘Silicone’ CCTV Tablet cosmetic so it’s easier to see the screen.
  
• [FIXED] The ‘Beach Blue’ Bag Scanner cosmetic’s screen doesn’t show the scanning information.

Gameplay

• Reloading the Pistol is now prioritised over interacting if both actions are bound to the same input, which is the default on Controllers.
  
• [FIXED] Players can have their banishing circles spawn outside of the map on Wurgen.
  
• [FIXED] Transforming into a Terror shortly after using a Wall Crack can leave you unable to aim properly.
  
• [FIXED] Canceling the Generator sabotage animation leaves you unable to move.
  
• [FIXED] Players can interact with some of the Keypads on Wurgen through walls.
  
• [FIXED] Players can be left able to walk through objects after using Emotes.

Tech

• [FIXED] Motion blur is unintentionally enabled on Consoles.
  
• [FIXED] Muting players in-game doesn’t persist across to the post-game voice chat.

Other

• The Decontamination door exploit has been addressed by preventing those doors from closing during the task. We may consider reintroducing it in the future, but disabling it was the most expedient solution for the time being.

Prepare to dive into Midsummer Nightmare as Season 2 commences! We've addressed over 100 bugs and reviewed over 70 suggestions from our dedicated community. Your feedback has been crucial in shaping our roadmap, and we're grateful for your ongoing help in enhancing the game. Additionally, Season 1 has now concluded, and you can find its cosmetics available in the crypt.
Since our console launch, our player base has steadily grown, thanks to the unwavering support of our community. With over 6,000 concurrent players and consistent week-on-week growth, we deeply appreciate your continued support!

Here's what awaits you in Season 2 - Midsummer Nightmare:

New Emotes and Loading Screens

Check out the new emotes system and custom loading screens, included in the season pass! Express yourself with a range of gestures. The custom loading screens offer tantalising teasers of the game's world, setting the stage for thrilling challenges ahead.

Fresh Cosmetics and Season Pass

Get ready to upgrade your arsenal with our brand-new Season Pass, featuring the sleek Synthwave Pistol skin and dive into the depths of fear with the electrifying Aqua Werewolf Terror.

Discover our newest bundle, offering 30,000 Season XP, access to the Season Pass, and 3 Crypt keys, all for the price of 2000 shillings compared to the 900 tokens for just the pass. Plus, don't miss the exclusive Fireball Medallion, available for purchase only in the store! And remember, you can always upgrade from the base pass to the bundle for added benefits.

The Chocolate Bunny Outfit is currently unavailable for purchase in the store since Season 1 has concluded; while it's not accessible in the crypt either, there's a possibility it may be reintroduced to the store for a limited time at a later date. To purchase the Season 2 Pass or bundle, head over to the new shop tab.

Here's a quick rundown of the changes we've made to the rarity chance distribution within the crypt:

Common: Decreased from 60% to 40%
Uncommon: Slightly reduced from 30% to 25%
Rare: A significant increase from 12.5% to 20%
Legendary: A substantial boost from 2.5% to 10%

You Asked, We Listened

Here are some of the key features we’ve dropped into game following YOUR feedback:

• Express Yourself: A brand-new 'Emote' system! Customise your Emote Wheel in the menu to quickly unleash your emotions in-game. Whether you're on KBM, just hit 'C', or on controller, tap D-Pad Right to bring your chosen emote to life!
  
• Customise Your Perspective: Take control with new settings allowing you to adjust the base field of view! Tailor your view to suit your playstyle and immerse yourself fully in the heart-pounding action of ritual.
  
• Seamless Communication: Stay connected with continuous voice chat now available in-game! Engage in uninterrupted conversations with other players as you navigate the ritual. Don't worry, if you prefer Push To Talk, simply adjust your settings in the Audio menu.
  
• Curse of the Chemist: Increased Poison Capacity: Hold up to 2 poison stacks for heightened chaos. Progress towards the Inbetween is halted once all players are poisoned, ensuring a fair chance to thwart the Chemist.
  
• Evolution of the Inquisitor: Reveal all Weak Points and their status, amplifying strategic advantage. Weak Point details now display directly, streamlining gameplay efficiency.

Expect plenty of new additions, like a brand-new role, in our upcoming mid-season update. Additionally, our live roadmap reveals what's on the horizon, including The Vespal and a new map, 'The Manor’.

See you in the ritual,

The Deceit Team

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Patch Notes

Animation

• Human characters will now play a face animation whilst using voice chat. There is also now an idle face animation.
  
• [FIXED] Wurgen’s Wolf Task doesn’t play a looping idle animation.

Art

• Fixed several map exploits on both Millhaven & Wurgen.
  
• Updated the Task guide characters on Wurgen to better fit their associated Tasks.
  
• Updated the model used for Crypt Keys.
  
• Updated the character’s face meshes to improve their visuals especially in higher quality LODs.
  
• Updated the lighting on Wurgen. This includes making the lights change when the Generator has been destroyed.
  
• Updated Wurgen’s keypad material.
  
• Updated the Menu visuals for Season 2.
  
• [FIXED] Some character cosmetics briefly ‘explode’ when previewed on lower graphics settings.

Audio

• Added support for using continuous voice chat in-game. This is the default setting however you can revert back to using Push To Talk in the Audio settings.
  
• You can now continue to talk with your party during the game found sequence in the Menu.
  
• The ‘Background Audio’ setting is now defaulted to being on, meaning that sound will play even if the game isn’t focused when playing on PC. You can disable this again in the Audio settings.
  
• Optimised several sound effects to reduce the likelihood, and severity, of the ‘static’ sounding audio issue that players on lower spec PCs experience. There’s still more work to be done for this issue, but players should notice a notable improvement.
  
• Updated proximity voice chat’s attenuation configuration.
  
• The sound effect used for previewing a cosmetic will now only be played when you equip that cosmetic.
  
• Added a sound effect for when Wurgen’s Generator has been destroyed.
  
• Added a sound effect for using a Crypt Key.
  
• Added a sound effect for interacting with the Showers Task.
  
• Added a sound effect for when the Handcuffs are removed from a player.
  
• Activated Weak Points now play a looping sound effect.
  
• Improved the fading out of the Menu music as you enter a game.
  
• Added audio to the Heat Goggles and Return Pad first time equip animations.
  
• Adjusted how voice chat is processed on the Menu to reduce the ‘choppiness’ of it when multiple players are talking at the same time.
  
• [FIXED] Millhaven’s Sink Task doesn’t play any sound effects.
  
• [FIXED] The Inbetween arrival sound begins fading in too early.
  
• [FIXED] The Experiment’s Scream ability can be heard when returning to the Reality phase.

Gameplay

• Added settings for changing the base field of view used when playing as a Human, Experiment or Werewolf.
  
• Added an ‘Emote’ system. You can configure your Emote Wheel in the menu, and activate it in-game via ‘C’ (KBM) or D-Pad Right (Controller).
  
• Slightly adjusted the positioning of some Weak Points on Wurgen.
  
• Wurgen’s shutter will now start open, and the Task for opening it will only activate after the Generator has been destroyed & repaired.
  
• Wurgen’s emergency code will now reset after the Generator has been destroyed & repaired.
  
• Wurgen’s Conveyor Belt Task will now display that the package has been delivered if you complete it successfully.
  
  The ‘Chemist’ Curse has been updated:
  
• You can now hold up to 2 poison stacks. You still start with 1, and the time to recharge a stack is the same.
  
• Once everyone has been poisoned the progress to the Inbetween is paused. This means there’s always the same amount of time to find, and eliminate, the Chemist before they escape the Ritual.
  
  The ‘Inquisitor’ Human role has been updated:
  
• Activating the ability will now reveal all Weak Points on the map, displaying if they’re active or not. You can still see player footprints during the ability.
  
• Weak Point interaction times, and what Mutations they granted, will now show to the Inquisitor without them needing to use their ability.
  
• The duration has been reduced to 4 seconds.
  
• The cooldown has been increased to 30 seconds.
  
• You can no longer use it in the Inbetween.
  
  
• [FIXED] Terrors don’t respawn when returning to Reality if they were mid-grab when the Inbetween ends.

Input

• Holstering items on Controller is now achieved by holding down either of the inventory cycle buttons (D-Pad Up/Down). The duration that you have to hold this button down for is configurable in the settings.

Tech

• Added a setting for window behavior on PC when a game has been found. You can configure the game window to be brought to the front, flash or disable this system all together. The default is for the game window to be brought to the front of your other windows.
  
• Various CPU and GPU performance optimisations have been made across the board.
  
• Adjusted the level load timeout to return to the Menu faster if someone fails to connect.
  
• Updated what is loaded before you progress past the ‘Start Screen’. This will reduce the likelihood of hitching as you enter the Menu.
  
• Optimised how game servers are allocated to reduce time spent in queue when more players are online.
  
• Identified and fixed some stability issues with our backend services.

Translations & Localization

• Several translations have been updated.

UI

• You can now select a Loading Screen image to be used when you enter games.
  
• You can now rotate the cosmetics that you’re previewing in the Collection, Season and Crypt screens.
  
• Added a separate ‘Store’ tab to the Menu.
  
• [FIXED] Nametags display that players are level 0 when their level data hasn’t been loaded.
  
• [FIXED] The Game Found UI can show incorrect role information after a game has been canceled.

With our inaugural season in full swing - the Game Master is back with a mid-season update full of quality of life improvements and bug fixes to keep the lies flowing and backstabbing knives sharp. This week we’ve fully opened the doors to our new PlayStation and Xbox friends - who we’d like to give a special shout out to for providing their invaluable feedback and suggestions in our Discord[discord.gg] that has helped shape this update.

As for what you can expect next - our second season ‘Midsummer Nightmare’ begins on May 2nd for which we will soon be sharing details on the exciting new content we are working on.

Thank you for your continued support - and we look forward to seeing you in game!

The Deceit Team

• Added stow animations for several items that previously didn’t have any.
  
• Updated Beck’s menu idle animation.
  
• Updated the sprint animations to add some subtle camera movement.
  
• [FIXED] The Escape Door padlock unlocking animation can be misaligned.
  
• [FIXED] The escape sequence audio for the key holder getting closer to the Escape Door doesn’t play on Wurgen.
  
• [FIXED] The Walkie Talkie’s animations don’t play in 1P.
  
• [FIXED] Feminine characters can occasionally not see their hands whilst sprinting.
  
• [FIXED] The animation for when you first enter a game doesn’t play.

• Updated Wurgen’s destroyable walls to better fit the map.
  
• Re-arranged Wurgen’s Examination room to make it easier to navigate.
  
• Fixed several map exploits on Wurgen.
  
• [FIXED] The Wooden Implant is incorrectly rotated.

• Updated the reverb used on Wurgen.
  
• Added audio for when you’re in the Final Showdown.
  
• Added audio for capturing souls after completing a Task.
  
• Added audio for the Werewolf’s execution animation.
  
• Weak Points being activated can be heard from slightly further away.
  
• [FIXED] Several sound effects can randomly cut in and out, or just not play at all.
  
• [FIXED] Some Werewolf specific audio plays for the Infected when they sprint in Human form.

• The Soul Guides for Tasks will now move between interaction points for Tasks like Millhaven’s Washing Machines.
  
• Tasks that require multiple players will now have multiple Soul Guides to help hint to that.
  
• Updated the Phone Task on Millhaven to make it easier for new players.
  
• The Inspection Computer & Vats are now activated at the start of the 2nd Reality phase, rather than after a fixed period of time.
  
• Removed the interaction for destroying CCTV cameras. These are still destroyable by damaging them or their attached box.
  
• [FIXED] Wurgen’s Bunsen Burner Task stops working after the first completion.
  
• [FIXED] Stashing the Mask item whilst disguised results in you permanently having the disguise.
  
• [FIXED] Players using Keyboard & Mouse can get stuck unable to select an option in radial menus (e.g. Role & Voting wheels).

• Added the ‘Sprint Behaviour’ setting for Controller users so you can pick between ‘Toggle’ and ‘Adaptive’. As a result the default for Controller users is now ‘Toggle’.
  
• Updated the sensitivity settings for Controller users to be more in-line with other games. This changes how the default 1-10 settings behave, but also offers ‘advanced sensitivity settings’ for more fine tuned tweaking.
  
• Disabled Aim Assist on Controllers when just looking around normally. This was previously configured to be barely noticeable, but did occasionally cause unintended camera jolting. Aim Assist is still enabled when aiming down sights.

• [FIXED] The Implant shown on the Ascension tab can be incorrect.

• Switched Player & Subject names around on nametags so that Subject names are more prominently displayed.
  
• [FIXED] The Collection tab’s Item & Mutation screens incorrectly tell you how to unlock them.
  
• [FIXED] The Ascension tab doesn’t show your total Accolade points once you reach Master tier.
  
• [FIXED] Accolades show the points you’d earn for completing the next tier rather than the current one.

• Several translations have been updated.

Exciting news! Deceit 2 is now live on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X, delivering the thrill of social deduction right to your fingertips. Immerse yourself in a world of deception and strategy as you navigate the twists and turns of the ritual.

Attention all Steam players! We're excited to announce that crossplay functionality is now available with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X! Join forces with your friends on PS5 or Xbox and engage in intense battles together. Whether you're on PlayStation, Xbox or PC, the Game Master awaits your challenge.

But wait, there's more! We're rolling out a small game update today to address some issues, primarily focusing on fixing achievements.

Don't miss out on the action—grab your mouse or controller and dive into the world of Deceit 2 today on Steam, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5!

See you in the game,

The Deceit Team

Our first Season, Humble Beginnings, starts now! As you work your way through the Season, you’ll be able to collect 42 new skins for Subjects, Terrors and items, as well as Crypt keys for additional rewards along the way as you earn XP. Progressing from Uncommon to Legendary Skins, you’ll have a range of new bling to flaunt as you deceive and deduce.

A number of these rewards are part of the Premium pass, which you can purchase for 500 Shillings on the Season tab.

Speaking of Crypt Keys, the Crypt is open for business! The Crypt will be the go-to place to unlock Subject, Terror, and Item skins, including ones you may have missed out on in previous events.
Favour that existing players had earned before we made the move to XP will see that Favour exchanged for Crypt Keys! All unspent favour, plus the value of any bought plinths will be converted automatically as follows:

• 10k+ favour -> 1 Crypt Key
  
• 100k+ favour -> 2 Crypt Keys
  
• 200k+ favour -> 3 Crypt Keys
  
• 300k+ favour -> 4 Crypt Keys
  
• …and so on.

Titles have arrived - they unlock automatically as you level up. If you’ve already passed the rank requirement, you will find your unlocked titles waiting for you after you’ve played a game following this update. Each Accolade has a unique title, like ‘Chameleon’ for using your Mimic role and going on to win the Ritual, or ‘Killjoy’ for destroying items like traps or motion sensors. To equip them, head to the Ascension tab to show off to your party and fellow players in the end of game screen.

We’ve been adjusting the requirements for existing Accolades, lowering the requirements on 18 Accolades that were out of line with our intended progression rate. None of your progress was lost as a result of this change!

We also reduced the total Accolade point requirement for hitting each Ascension rank to ensure you feel that you’re progressing faster. None of your progress has been lost and if you’ve gone up a rank from this you will automatically equip your new Implant after playing a game.

Like the relationship between Selena and Justin, Deceit 2 can feel complicated to the new player. We have been improving existing SFX and UI, and adding new elements to make things clearer for new players too.

Running around in the mayhem of Millhaven or the weirdness of Wurgen, you may not immediately spot souls ready to be released back to the Peddler. We’ve implemented new figures to aid direction, and draw you to these souls. Once released, souls will enter the Implant on your hand with a new animation, and are transferred straight to the Peddler.

We’re in the process of reworking our in-game Glossary to make it more useful. We’ll continue to work on onboarding to make the game quicker to get to grips with.

Last but not least, we’ve been hard at work to improve our infrastructure and systems so that players can more reliably connect to games. We’ve made notable improvements around ensuring players that can’t connect to our servers don’t get put into the game queue, and progress on cancelling games as soon as possible if a player fails to connect. We’ll be continuing to work on this in the coming weeks.

As we gear up for the full console launch next week, don't forget to wishlist Deceit 2 on PlayStation 5[store.playstation.com] and Xbox Series X|S[www.xbox.com] – and feel free to share the news with your friends.

Your feedback is invaluable to us, and it's crucial for us to keep improving—even as we gear up for the console launch next week. Please keep it coming!

The Deceit Team

• Your preferred character now animates in the Menu’s Ascension tab.
  
• Updated the ‘Soul Capture’ animation played after completing a Task.
  
• Added transition animations for when you enter, and leave, the Inbetween.
  
• Updated the idle animations used for Subjects on the Menu.
  
• Updated the Role reveal animations.
  
• Updated the Experiment’s block animation in 3P to improve clarity around when they are actually blocking.
  
• [FIXED] The Escape Key isn’t held in your hand properly.
  
• [FIXED] The 1P self-use Muzzle animation for masculine characters doesn’t play properly.

• Added a total of 42 new cosmetics for Subjects, Terrors and Items. You can earn these as you progress through the Season.
  
• Updated the gauges on Wurgen’s Reactor.
  
• Updated the Inbetween lighting on both Millhaven & Wurgen.
  
• [FIXED] Alex’s Zombie Santa beard doesn’t load properly.
  
• [FIXED] Several Weak Points have an incorrect visual when in the Inbetween.
  
• [FIXED] Chang’s Dashing Devil mask clips with his face.

• Updated the vote casting and Subject elimination SFX.

• Active Tasks will now have souls standing in front of them to highlight their availability.
  
• Updated the Escape Door sequence so that the game ends as soon as you turn the Escape Key in the padlock.
  
• Everyone is now told when the Mimic switches Team, although they aren’t told what Team they switched to. The Infected will still be told if the Mimic joins them.
  
• Updated the radial wheel interactions for Keyboard & Mouse users to attempt to fix occasionally being unable to select a segment.
  
• You can now hear Walkie Talkie voice chat whilst spectating a Walkie Talkie owner.
  
• The Weak Point interaction hitboxes have been updated on Wurgen.
  
• Wurgen’s decontamination Task will now shut the doors before beginning the decontamination process.
  
• You can no longer see a Ball & Chain on a Subject in Ghost form.
  
• [FIXED] The ‘Escape Artist’ Steam achievement doesn’t always unlock.
  
• [FIXED] It’s possible to use the Muzzle on yourself and another Subject at the same time.
  
• [FIXED] Some players are unable to use the Ball & Chain after purchasing the Werewolf DLC.
  
• [FIXED] The Role reveal animation will occasionally not play as you enter a game.
  
• [FIXED] The Chemist’s poison doesn’t kill the remaining Subjects if they poison the last Subject during the Inbetween.

• Titles have been added to the game! Each Accolade has a Title associated with it, reach the specified rank and the Title will be automatically added to your collection in the Ascension tab. If you reached the required rank for a Title before this update then playing a game will unlock it for you.
  
• 18 Accolades have had their rank requirements reduced to keep them in line with the rest of the Accolades. No progression has been lost as part of this change.
  
• The requirements for each of the Ascension ranks have been lowered. No progression has been lost as part of this change, and if you reach a new rank you’ll receive your new Implant after playing a game.
  
• Your level will now be shown off in the post game lobby.
  
• [FIXED] Your implant can either be incorrect, or not shown, in the Menu.

• Improved the connection testing performed before players can ready up for a game. This was rolled out last week.
  
• Usernames will now be automatically adjusted if they fail to pass a profanity filter.
  
• Usernames are now truncated to a maximum of 16 characters.

• The Waypoint to the Escape Door is now shown as soon as you grab the Escape Key.
  
• Updated the Glossary to make it more accessible.
  
• Updated the Accolade tiles and hover UI in the Ascension tab.
  
• You can now see how many votes a Subject has on them when spectating.
  
• Updated the Collection tab so that variants of cosmetics are now shown alongside their bases.
  
• [FIXED] In-game notifications can overlap radial wheels.
  
• [FIXED] The Accolade hover UI can go off screen in certain aspect ratios.
  
• [FIXED] The ‘unseen’ notification for cosmetics can persist despite clicking on the element it’s associated with.

• Several translations have been updated.

Thank you to everyone who has jumped into the Ritual of Deceit 2 since we went Free to Play on 13th March! It’s so exciting to see so many of you exploring the depths of the Game Master’s depravity, and sharing your thoughts and ideas on how we can continue to refine the game.

Today’s update comes with a plethora of fixes and small additions based on your feedback since the F2P launch - we will be hard at work collating your further feedback to address over the coming weeks.

As for what is upcoming, you can check out our post on Titles and The Crypt for some information as to what will be in our next update ahead of our console launch on April 3rd.

We look forward to seeing you deceive and manipulate, and ascend the Ritual of Deceit!

• Updated the Werewolf’s execution animations. Most notably improving them when the Werewolf is executing a feminine character.

• [FIXED] The Locked PC task on Wurgen has an incorrect screen material after completing it.

• Adjusted the volume levels of the Werewolf’s audio to make it easier to hear it approaching you.
  
• Updated Wurgen’s Conveyor Belt task’s audio.
  
• [FIXED] The success audio on Wurgen’s Vinyl Player task can get stuck on loop.
  
• [FIXED] The ‘Return To Reality’ audio doesn’t play.

• The following items can no longer be used on other players during the Inbetween: Walkie Talkie, Player Tracker, Muzzle, Handcuffs, Ball & Chain and the Bag Scanner.
  
• Improved Wurgen’s Conveyor Belt & Museum Guide tasks.
  
• Adjusted the Gas Grenade to significantly increase the DPS, slightly reduce the range and update the VFX.
  
• Throwables and their effects can now go through the prison cell.
  
• [FIXED] The Guardian’s protection is removed when any player disconnects from the game.
  
• [FIXED] The victory cinematics have visual issues when playing in non-English languages.
  
• [FIXED] The Werewolf can be left unable to move properly if it’s dazed as it leaps.
  
• [FIXED] Players poisoned by the Chemist are instantly killed after the Escape Key has been collected.
  
• [FIXED] Subjects can be locked out of the Peddler’s Shop if they already own the random item that they’re meant to receive (e.g. custom setting for the Pistol, or being given a Walkie Talkie).
  
• [FIXED] The XP table for later levels is incorrectly configured, making it look like you’re progressing multiple levels at once.
  
• [FIXED] The Return Pad still gets placed even if the placing animation is cancelled.
  
• [FIXED] The Inspection Machine can show the wrong result if a player leaves towards the end of the scan.
  
• [FIXED] The blackboard’s chalk colour changes if you Mask as another Subject.
  
• [FIXED] If a Subject is grabbed as they’re using a Rift Teleport they will automatically teleport after struggling free.

• Improved the detection of players failing to enter a game so that the game can be cancelled sooner.
  
• Parties with 7-9 players are now placed into a custom game and will not enter matchmaking.
  
• [FIXED] Player keybinds can be reset after playing a game.

• Adjusted the Peddler’s Shop UI.
  
• Added Cursed and Innocent icons to the inspection machine results.
  
• [FIXED] The Chemist’s XP drops are incorrectly named.
  
• [FIXED] Several UI elements aren’t configured to use translations.

• Several translations have been updated.

• Adjusted the timeout configuration used for players loading into games. This will reduce the likelihood of players on older hardware accidentally causing games to fail to start.
  
• Adjusted how anti-cheat detects players timing out to reduce the likelihood of players being incorrectly kicked.
  
• Moved the game server location used for Asia Pacific from Singapore to Japan to better improve connectivity for players in that region.
  
• Games that fail to start during the role selection will cancel early, rather than having to wait through the loading screen.
  
• Added connection testing as part of the readying-up flow to reduce the likelihood of games failing to start.
  
• Improved the matchmaking logic to better guarantee that players of the same language will play together.
  
• Improved our metrics around map loading and matchmaking to help us identify & fix issues.
  
• Optimised how long it takes to load both the Millhaven Asylum & Project Wurgen.
  
• [FIXED] Players can crash if the host of their party leaves the game.
  
• [FIXED] Players can crash if the person they are spectating leaves the game.
  
• [FIXED] The public party list isn’t scrollable.
  
• [FIXED] Experience events from previous games can get stuck on the post-game summary UI.

• Adjusted the timeout configuration used for players loading into games. This will reduce the likelihood of players on older hardware accidentally causing games to fail to start.
  
• Adjusted how anti-cheat detects players timing out to reduce the likelihood of players being incorrectly kicked.
  
• [FIXED] Players can crash if the host of their party leaves the game.
  
• [FIXED] Players can crash if the person they are spectating leaves the game.
  
• [FIXED] Experience events from previous games can get stuck on the post-game summary UI.

The Deceit Team

The time has arrived: Deceit 2 is now Free to Play on Steam!

We also have an update on the release of Deceit 2 on consoles: Deceit 2 will be coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on April 3rd!

With April 3rd being the full launch on all platforms for Deceit 2, we are eager to hear your feedback in this Pre-Season One test period on Steam.

Everyone who purchased the game before the F2P switch was flicked will receive our first DLC - the Werewolf Pack for free, along with 1,100 Shillings!

Our second map, Wurgen, is now available to explore in game. Along with this, our first DLC, the Werewolf Pack is available to purchase and with it you’ll get:

• Our second Terror, the Wyrtorn
  
• Our second Curse, The Chemist
  
• Exclusive item: Ball & Chain

Resurrected from the brink of extinction through a groundbreaking scientific discovery in Germany, the Wyrtorn are unyielding in their pursuit of blood. Sparing no one, their three unique abilities give a new twist to playing as the Terror.

The Wyrtorn has three unique abilities: Maim, Howl and Hunt. Sprint at incredible speeds, and if you time it right, jump further to tackle your prey. This jump attack will help you whittle down Innocents’ Sanity with every bite, and you can disorient them with your Howl to make it harder for them to get away in the first place.

Our new Curse, The Chemist, joins the Mimic in the array of ways you can cause chaos and change up the game. As the Chemist, you’ll be spreading your poison among the group without them knowing who is responsible. Your goal is to poison all of the Innocents and Infected, and you’ll have to make sure everyone is poisoned to win!

Explore the dark secrets of the macabre facility that carelessly resurrected the Wyrtorn Werewolf in the name of science—Project Wurgen.

With a new map comes new tasks to complete to release those all-important souls. We wanted to give you some idea of the kinds of tasks you can find and complete to escape from this macabre facility.

There’s an old-fashioned (or back in fashion?) vinyl player and a wine cabinet that hint at the luxury of the project’s founders. You’ll find bunsen burners and a decontamination room that you’d expect in a laboratory. But you’ll also find cages and cloning tanks that speak to the true cruelty that was inflicted in the name of science.

With a whole new array of tasks to get familiar with, which will be your new favourite?

*This map is free for all players.

We’re so excited to see your reaction and feedback to our newest Curse, our Werewolf Terror and Wurgen Map - send us your gameplay clips on Discord[discord.gg] and social media.

We’ve got so much more coming to Deceit 2: you can read about Titles below in our section about Accolades but that’s not all!

This pre-season test period on Steam will be the quiet before the storm: Seasons are coming to Deceit 2! Each season will last 2 months and be themed with exclusive cosmetic rewards. Keep an eye out for more information on our first Season - Humble Beginnings - coming soon.

We’ve started work on The Crypt - sounds creepy, right? The Crypt is an exciting new minigame coming with the console release where you’ll be able to unlock rewards. Currently in game - new players will find themselves taken to the Crypt after levelling as human to unlock an item, or a mutation when levelling as infected. In the future, when the Crypt is ready to open its doors to everyone, you’ll find cosmetics for your characters and items in there, and you’ll unlock them using key fragments, which you’ll earn in Deceit 2’s Seasons. For existing players, to make sure you don’t go without for all your work and hard-earned hours in Deceit 2 so far, we’ll be exchanging the Favour you’ve already earned for key fragments at the upcoming console release. So get ready to spend, spend, spend!

We’ll also be continuing to work on your feedback, the UI, custom options, and game performance and optimisations. There will be even more to explore as we keep updating Deceit 2.

Along with the Free to Play launch on Steam we’ve also made significant changes to the game’s meta systems. Read on for more details!

Our menu and UI rework continues: we’ve got a new menu scene and loading screens, and the UI in the game has changed too. We’ve continued our pacing work to make the game move faster when going from the Inbetween back to Reality: executions can be seen across the map with outlines of the poor player who got sacrificed. We have also reworked Second Sight (default Q) to enable you to vote on other players during the Reality phase: with enough votes, a player will be eliminated. No more rushing to the other side of the map to get that crucial final vote in: now you can make your decision remotely.

We’ve also added a blocking feature inside player menus - click on someone’s profile in the End of Game scene or in the lobby and click ‘Block player’. We want our players to be safe and enjoy their time in the game, so if there is someone you don’t like playing with, this will stop you being matchmade with them.

We’ve got two new skins in Deceit 2! You can go on a sweet, sweet rampage as the Chocolate Bunny Experiment Terror, and bounce around the Ritual in a skin for Jak created by Ohmwrecker! You can purchase these skins for 600 shillings in game. And that Golden Dragon Egg you worked so hard for during the Lunar New Year Event - it’s hatched! Roar with excitement as you find it in your Werewolf skins.

When playing games, you’ll now earn XP for both your Character and Team, which you’ll see on the game summary screen. Additionally - your nametag on the menu will display an “overall level”, which is the sum of your three team levels, capped at 100 per level - meaning there is a maximum overall level of 300.

For new players, XP earns you items when you level up the human characters, and Mutations when you level up as Infected. These will be unlocked in The Crypt - which you can read about above!

Everyone will be starting at level 0 - an even playing field. Who will be the first to reach the maximum level of 300?

For the uninitiated, Accolades is the Mastery system in Deceit 2. Your Mastery Score comes from unlocking various challenges involved with being different roles, different tasks, and even how long you survive the Inbetween.

We’ve been working on updating this system to make it feel more rewarding to accomplish new Accolades and tie it back into the lore of the game. We’re calling it Ascension. And when you ascend, there is a new way to show off your mastery of the Ritual: Implants.

Accolade mastery was previously conveyed by the Plinth your character stood on in party lobbies. Plinths are being swapped for Implants, which you may already be familiar with: that piece of Game Master tech attached to your character's hand. They’ve had a fully-fledged makeover and are ready to use now! Implants won’t cost you a thing: you’ll unlock them when you reach that Mastery level. For existing players, your purchased plinths will be taken into consideration when we convert favour to the new Crypt system.

We don’t want mastery of Accolades to be unobtainable, as new content is added to Deceit 2. With the Console update we’re going to be hardcoding the Accolades so that when we add new Roles, your Mastery score won’t be affected. The values of the existing Accolades are dynamic, so recent additions of The Mimic and the Inquisitor, and the removal of the Clipboard and Pin Accolades, won’t have affected your Mastery score.

In the future, we’ll be introducing Titles, which are rewards from specific Accolades. These Titles can be unlocked for different accolades at different tiers - so you’ll be able to show off your achievements through the titles you’ve been able to achieve.

We hope you enjoy jumping into the game, levelling up your characters, poisoning other players as the Chemist, exploring Wurgen and leaping on your prey as the Werewolf!

Your feedback has never been more important to us. If you’re playing during this pre-season test period, then let us know in the comments or on our Discord[discord.gg] what you think about the update!

The Deceit Team