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‘Friday The 13th: The Game’ Upgrades and Dedicated Servers Coming
Players frustrated with the Friday The 13th: The Game‘s stability and performance issues with the servers will be pleased to know that Gun Media have listened, and in a forum post last night, have confirmed that they will be moving towards a solution in April for PlayStation 4 and XBox One users.
A quick recap: In October 2017, developer IllFonic and publisher Gun Media announced that they would be upgrading the game to a newer version of the Unreal Engine. The results of the upgrade would allow for dedicated servers for consoles, as well as improve things such as physics, performance and provide “[f]ixes for long standing issues that will be automatically resolved by moving to the new engine version”.
The big thing is the dedicated servers, which would provide the much-requested stability for multiplayer. There is, unfortunately, no timeframe for these servers actually being released, and would not be released with the engine upgrade. However, the patch is “a critical component in getting Dedicated Servers functioning on consoles, and is absolutely required for us to get there”. In addition, because of the engine upgrade, after the release of Part 5 Jason and Pinehurst, Gun Media will be halting regular game updates from the November roadmap until things for the dedicated servers are in place.
It’s a minor price to pay for the needed stability.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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