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28 September 2026

23 changes in this update

Volatile Blister - runs at you and bursts; shoot it first, ideally inside a pack
Mitotic Cell - splits into two fast Daughter Cells when it dies
Phage Lens - snipes along a red sightline that locks just before it fires; step off the line or behind cover
Symbiont Mender - hangs back and heals the worst-hurt hostile near it
Boss phases - every boss fights in two or three named phases, adding chained charges, shockwave slams, spiral barrages, blinks, spore mines, toxic trails or escorts that shield it
Vertical look - a setting for how fast the view tilts compared with turning, for mouse and controller, at 40% by default
Research hub - Research opens on a choice of Upgrades, Mutations and Strains
Animated title - a slow camera drifts through a floor of wandering hostiles behind the menus
Reloads - the gun lowers, jolts as the magazine seats and comes back up, with sounds for each gun family
Enemy sounds - alert, pain and death cries in four voices, heavy footsteps, and sounds for the new hostiles and boss phases

Rarer bosses - the Campaign boss fight is the Director on round nine, which can now release any of the six; Survival sends a boss every eighth wave
Pathfinding - hostiles find their way around walls and each other instead of piling up, spread out around you in melee and step aside when stuck
Scarcer ammo - fewer drops, smaller refills and reserves capped at twice the base amount
Pulse Lance - half its hits echo, with 36-round magazines and 0.6 s reloads
Boss bars - gold marks at each phase change, and teal while a boss is shielded
Mutation sound - now a bright rising chime
A Campaign victory banks 10 samples
The death screen names lens shots and boss slams

Rare phased bosses, four new hostiles and smarter enemies