Hello Champions!

The long-awaited social features that bring the experience to a whole new level are finally here! Gather your friends, create a party and communicate your tactics on the battlefield! Be the first to unlock a new Hero and dominate your enemies in a brand new and intricate map - Saffron Industries! Make sure to get a brand new Battle Pass containing new awesome skins, emotes and more. All this and much more awaits you in Season 3: Rebellion of Shadowgun War Games!

New Features

• Friend system: Add friends from all over the world!
• Party: Create a party and crush your enemies together!
• Text Chat: Talk with your party, friends or on global chat!
• Voice Chat: Quickly communicate with your party during action-packed matches!

New Content

• BIG RED: A new hero with tons of health, armed with a grenade launcher and his trusty automated turret, he’s able to knock an entire enemy team down with a powerful shockwave
• SAFFRON INDUSTRIES: A new intricate map with a large open main street full of sniping opportunities and narrow side alleys perfect for close-quarters combat
• New SGWG Championship Season: Rise through the Divisions and become a Champion
• New Battle Pass Season with more than 100 great rewards
• New Emoji: Express how you feel in a blink of an eye during the match
• Jump pads added to all maps, creating many more tactical and maneuvering possibilities

Improvements 

• New elevated sniper spots in Tharsis Outpost and Space Paradise, adding more verticality to combat encounters and providing ample positioning and flanking opportunities
• Lock-on autofire for Willow’s sniper rifle, SARA’s rocket launcher and Big Red’s grenade launcher hugely improved
• Improved error messages to make them more understandable
• Improved first time user experience
• The challenge screen at the end of the match now loads instantly to save precious time
• Links for official Shadowgun War Games sites: Join the community around the world! Simply go to Settings → About and join our official Facebook page, Instagram, Discord or Twitter!

Balance changes

SLADE

• HP increased to 160
• Primary weapon damage decreased by 10%
• Secondary weapon damage increased by 15%
• GRENADE cooldown decreased to 10s
• HP regained when using MEDKIT increased to 100
• MEDKIT cooldown decreased to 20s
• Time to heal when using MEDKIT decreased to 1.5s

SARA

• HP increased to 140
• Primary weapon damage increased by 30%
• Secondary weapon fire rate decreased by 15%
• HP regained when using HEALING BLAST increased to 200
• HEALING BLAST cooldown decreased to 20s
• Time to heal when using HEALING BLAST increased to 8s
• PROTECTION DOME cooldown decreased to 25s

JET

• HP increased to 100
• BLINK cooldown decreased to 8s
• TIME RIFT cooldown decreased to 25s
• TIME RIFT now greatly boosts movement speed

REVENANT

• HP increased to 300
• Primary weapon damage decreased by 10%
• Primary weapon fire rate decreased by 10%
• Secondary weapon damage increased by 30%
• Secondary weapon projectile speed decreased by 30%
• INNER RAGE skill changed to STONE SKIN, granting the player invincibility at the cost of lower movement speed
• STONE SKIN cooldown decreased to 20s
• STONE SKIN duration decreased to 3s
• STONE SKIN damage reduction increased to 100%
• Movement speed when using STONE SKIN reduced by 20%
• ROAR slow effect changed to stun
• ROAR cooldown decreased to 20s
• ROAR stun duration decreased to 2s

WILLOW

• HP increased to 100
• Primary Weapon damage increased by 15%
• Primary Weapon fire rate decreased by 20%
• SUPERCHARGE cooldown decreased to 20s
• FLASH MINE cooldown decreased to 15s

DAISUKE

• HP increased to 100
• Secondary weapon damage decreased by 5%
• TRIPLE SLASH damage increased by 150% (from original value) 
• TRIPLE SLASH cooldown decreased to 12s
• TRIPLE SLASH range decreased by 30%
• TECH JAMMER is now throwable
• TECH JAMMER cooldown decreased to 15s

Bug Fixes

• Weapon hit registration dramatically improved
• Slade’s weapon should no longer appear in his hand during the Salute victory pose
• You are no longer able to shoot through some walls on Space Paradise 
• Explosions now deal correct damage to SARA’s Protection Dome
• Fixed various issues with reconnection
• Various fixes leading to improved stability
• Several technical fixes and quality of life improvements!
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