Game updates

Below, you find a list of release updates.

For updates, that are currently in testing, check the items on the beta updates page.

  • Hotfix – April 20, 2024Hotfix - April 20, 2024
    Fixed an issue that was causing dedicated servers to crash when a player connected.
  • Mapping Competition 2024: “Space Station”Mapping Competition 2024: "Space Station"
    It’s Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop’s 7th birthday, which means it’s time for our second annual mapping competition! The theme this year is Space Station. Create a standalone mission (of any type) that takes place on a space station or other large ...
  • Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop’s 7th BirthdayAlien Swarm: Reactive Drop's 7th Birthday
    It’s Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop’s 7th birthday, and that means a week of double experience points from missions, our second annual mapping competition, and the possibility of cake. 2023 in Review Since Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop’s 6th birthday last year, the game ...
  • Hotfix – March 6, 2024Hotfix - March 6, 2024
    We’ve updated the game client with a fix for bug reports written in Chinese only sending the first half of the text.
  • Hotfix – March 1, 2024Hotfix - March 1, 2024
    We’ve fixed a few issues reported by the community. Fixed a crash on the main menu when hovering over the public lobby list or list of friends. The Season 20 Heroes of the Interstellar Armed Forces medals were given out with the ...
  • Update – March 1, 2024Update - March 1, 2024
    Next month (April) is Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop’s 7th anniversary. We’re not planning on having a huge update this year because we’ve decided it’s better to release new content as soon as it’s ready instead of waiting for an arbitrary ...
  • Hotfix – February 2, 2024Hotfix - February 2, 2024
    We’ve released a hotfix with the following changes: Fixed a crash related to bounty notifications on the main menu. (hotfix went out shortly after midnight UTC on Feburary 1st) Fixed bounty notifications duplicating the first mission in a group instead of showing ...
  • Update – February 1, 2024Update - February 1, 2024
    This month’s update includes some large changes to Heroes of the Interstellar Armed Forces, as well as some balance changes for the Infection Deathmatch mode and several other fixes. A note on Lag Compensation The internet doesn’t transmit information instantly. Information can ...
  • Upcoming changes to Heroes of the Interstellar Armed ForcesUpcoming changes to Heroes of the Interstellar Armed Forces
    Starting in Season 20 (February 2024), Heroes of the Interstellar Armed Forces is gaining two new sources of points. Additionally, we are updating the score multipliers of nearly every mission and many challenges. What’s Heroes of the Interstellar Armed Forces? Heroes of ...
  • Update – January 1, 2024Update - January 1, 2024
    Happy new year! This month’s update contains fixes for controller issues, updates to the Infection deathmatch challenge, and a few miscellaneous fixes and new features. Official Missions BioGen Corporation: Operation X5: Fixed a door that was inadvertently classified as a ladder. BioGen Corporation: ...