Phasmophobia Launches On Console, Patch Notes Include Thrills, Chills, And Cross-Play

4 years after its PC launch, Kinetic Video games’ spine-chilling multiplayer scarefest, Phasmophobia, has simply arrived on console, permitting PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X|S house owners to lastly expertise the fun of screaming themselves hoarse whereas their associates giggle into the mic. Finally, the fun of Ghost Huntin’ can be found to all.

Phasmophobia–which launched in September 2020 and took house the award for Greatest Debut Recreation simply three months later–now options cross-play along with console compatibility, which means gamers can face the paranormal (or run screaming from it) with associates on any platform. The console launch comes alongside a brand new sport replace referred to as the Crimson Eye, which is accessible now for all platforms, and options the whole lot from the return of a heart-stopping seasonal occasion to bug fixes and quality-of-life enhancements.

“Final October, ghost hunters summoned the Blood Moon utilizing a mysterious cauldron. This yr, the Blood Moon is again and larger than ever,” the sport’s web site explains in a recent blog post. “Paranormal power has drastically elevated in a number of places, leading to a brand new climate sort, The Blood Moon. Enter these cursed places and full investigations, non-obligatory aims and {photograph} any Blood Altars you might discover to earn Blood Factors. Work along with the Ghost Huntin’ Neighborhood to gather Blood Factors and earn brand-new rewards. Be warned, through the Blood Moon, ghosts might be empowered and stronger than ever.”

The weblog submit famous that accessing Blood Moon (and all “future seasonal or short-term occasions”) would require a web based connection, even when taking part in solo. This is because of the truth that short-term in-game occasions deliver with them “quite a lot of technical adjustments,” so conserving gamers on-line when interacting with stay/seasonal occasions “will enable [Kinetic Games] to maintain monitor of the occasion progress and make stay adjustments on our cloud servers, if wanted.”

The Crimson Eye replace additionally provides an Occasion Board to the Warehouse. The Occasion Board options “leaflets for present in-game occasions and challenges,” which permit gamers to individually monitor their progress for every occasion they’re participating in. The sport’s photograph cork board has been moved to the truck parked contained in the Warehouse to make room for the Occasion Board, which is positioned between the truck and the Warehouse’s door. The Occasion Board at present options two new challenges: Ranger Problem and Sunny Meadows Survival.

Different enhancements embrace a physics improve that makes doorways a lot much less irritating. Transferring doorways can now not push gamers out of the best way (nice for these moments when one’s teammates can not seem to determine in the event that they’re coming or going), and doorways can now not be pulled off their hinges. Moreover, gamers can now not be pushed by means of partitions or different stable objects, and gamers struggling low body charges can lastly cross “by chance clipping by means of the ground of Level Hope” off their record of completely rational fears, as the ground has evidently been bolstered with low-FPS-proof wooden.

Phasmophobia’s Crimson Eye replace patch notes are listed in full beneath. For more information on the creepy co-op (which remains to be technically in early-access) and its hair-raising scare techniques, try our interview with Phamophobia’s dev crew. If you have not but had an opportunity to take a look at Phasmophobia however aren’t a fan of consoles, do not despair–Phasmophobia is at present on sale for 25% off ( $15 USD) on Steam.

Patch Notes v0.11

New

• Added Latin American Spanish language help
• Level Hope now has a singular key within the Truck
• Now you can invite and be a part of associates utilizing your Steam associates record
• Your Unity ID is now displayed on the primary menu board. Please present this with any sport help ticket you submit.
• Should you block a participant, you’ll now be muted for them (along with them being muted to you)
• The EULA now helps all languages

Modifications

• All features of the sport have been closely optimised, leading to increased efficiency and extra constant body charges
• The handwritten font (Journal / Most important menu) has been changed to enhance localisation help throughout all languages
• You possibly can now not entry the badge choice menu or change your character mannequin whereas within the debriefing display
• The ghost orbs part of Coaching will now be accomplished extra persistently

Fixes

• Many localisation, UI and font points have been fastened all through the sport, in all languages
• Sticky notes in coaching will now show the proper key bindings when utilizing a controller and might be disabled in VR
• Ghosts will now not have the ability to hear gamers utilizing push to speak after you cease speaking utilizing world chat
• Gamers will now not float when loading into the warehouse
• The Most important Menu UI will now not break and overlap in the event you click on the be a part of button too many occasions, or when leaving the problem settings
• Pink strings on the investigation board will now activate and off accurately when taking/eradicating photographs
• ID Playing cards will now reset when resetting your save file
• You’ll now not choose up the ouija board in the event you ask the sanity query with a gamepad and textual content voice recognition
• You’ll now not get caught within the Monkey Paw textual content menu when utilizing a gamepad
• New badges will now seem as choices in your ID card as quickly as you earn them
• Badges on the ID card will now be utterly reset in case you have a badge that is not synced together with your cloud save
• Your ID card will now reset in the event you reset your save file
• Ghosts can now enter and exit Sunny Meadows ‘experiment room 3’
• Ghosts will now not get caught on high of a number of objects in Sunny Meadows
• The Ridgeview utility gentle will now not cease rendering in the event you shut the door
• Gamepad icons for navigating predominant menu board will now not disappear when swapping between menus
• The gamepad cursor velocity will now appropriate alter to increased decision displays
• VR and gamepad customers can now scroll on the debriefing display to see all info
• You possibly can now not lose gear contained in the wall above the steps in Ridgeview
• When a number of gamers die on the similar time, the contract will now finish, and it is possible for you to to exit the debriefing display
• The contract will now load accurately if somebody disconnects whereas loading
• Customized problem will now correctly unlock at stage 50 as a substitute of stage 1
• The voice recognition UI will now not present a number of phrases for every query in some languages
• Weekly problem “Primitive” now not tries to spawn extra salt than what is feasible
• UI will now not overlap if spamming the be a part of button or when leaving the problem settings
• When the host leaves, objects physics will now accurately reset for the brand new host
• The ghost animations throughout occasions will now be the proper velocity
• Mounted a number of microphone points on Steam Deck

Recognized Points

• Some places have lighting and reflection points, particularly with rooms being too vibrant
• After dropping the voodoo doll, the motion might be incorrect
• Some timber will flash with Eye Adaption enabled on low-end {hardware}
• The primary two pages of the VR Journal have lacking textual content
• Tripod I’ll observe you when dropped on consoles
• Rain and Snow results cannot be seen on consoles