The FBC: Firebreak 1.4 patch focuses on refining audio and interface elements, enhancing how critical information is conveyed during gameplay. Weapon sounds, movement cues, and enemy spawn alerts have been adjusted for sharper feedback and better spatial clarity. The update also improves ambient sounds and addresses intrusive audio elements for smoother gameplay. User interface updates enhance HUD readability, streamline tutorial prompts, and fix several bugs related to objective tracking, menu navigation, and multilingual text display.
Visual effects and graphics have also been improved with new damage indicators, enemy effects, and fixes for persistent visual glitches. Player movement reliability has been enhanced, addressing edge cases where players could get stuck or fall out of bounds. The update resolves various issues with game progression, perk functions, enemy behavior, and multiplayer connectivity, ensuring a more stable and polished experience across platforms.
Full Patch Notes:
- Audio Improvements
- Enhanced weapon sounds for a more powerful impact
- Improved melee, loadout, item pickup, and movement sounds
- Sharper gameplay feedback for critical prompts, damage cues, shields, and enemy spawns
- Better spatial sound clarity to indicate threat direction
- Less intrusive pickup sounds for Lost Assets and Research Samples
- Enhanced ambient sounds for environmental cues and object interactions
- New sound effects for the BOOMbox and other game objects
- General audio enhancements across all aspects of gameplay
- User Interface and Tutorials
- Adjusted tutorial triggers for better timing and relevance
- Improved HUD clarity and fixed objective tracking issues
- Resolved bugs in Crisis Kit selection and unlock notifications
- Corrected UI scaling and multilingual text display issues
- Visual improvements to Hank’s speech window and Corrupted Item highlighting
- Fixed menu navigation during tutorials and updated ping system to include grenades and ammo boxes
- Addressed display issue of previously equipped Crisis Kits on the match end screen
- Visual Effects and Graphics
- New damage effects for power and repair emergencies
- Added visual effects for Powerful Enemy overshields and deaths
- Fixed screen distortion in Meltdown and persistent visual glitches in Frequency Shift
- Corrected Submachine Gun display in third-person view
- Updated player backpack models with improved textures
- Fixed Lost Assets becoming stuck in environments or going out-of-bounds
- Resolved DLSS conflicts with other visual settings on PC
- Player Movement and Physics
- Fixed instances of players getting stuck or falling out of bounds
- Improved revive mechanics and interaction in confined spaces
- Game Progression and Unlocks
- Fixed trophy visibility on PlayStation 5
- Resolved perk unlocking issues and mission progression resets
- Ensured Hunter Gatherer perk reliably collects Lost Assets
- Pocket Dimension perk now correctly increases ammo reserves
- Fixed unintended activation of Desperate Measures perk
- Corrected Greasy Fingers perk to properly enhance equipment swap speed
- Enemies and Combat
- Improved tutorials for Crisis Kit usage
- Fixed Duck Corrupted Item following behavior
- Resolved issues with Trooper Powerful Enemy positioning and out-of-bounds exploits
- Fixed Powerful Enemies in Ground Control surviving falls and blocking progression
- Addressed Hiss Breaker enemy ignoring Shock harmful condition
- Multiplayer and Connectivity
- Improved session stability and reconnect reliability
- Fixed visual glitches in loading screens, objective markers, and nameplates
- Addressed backend errors affecting party states and match transitions
- Items and World Objects
- Fixed Pearl spawning issues in Ground Control
- Adjusted faucet healing speed for balanced gameplay
- Fixed missing vibration feedback on Dual Sense controllers when playing on Windows PC
FBC: Firebreak is a first-person shooter developed and published by Remedy Entertainment. Released on 17 June 2025 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S, it is set six years after the events of Control and features Remedy’s first multiplayer experience.
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