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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recap: In October 2017, developer IllFonic and publisher Gun Media announced that they would be upgrading the game to a newer version of the Unreal Engine.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 discovery of life beyond Earth leads to paranoia and danger for a family in the new trailer for The Outer Threat.
The sci-fi thriller heads to Digital and VOD on July 10, 2026.
In The Outer Threat, “After making a groundbreaking extraterrestrial discovery, astrophysicists Daniel and Michelle are forced to flee from home with their family — pursued through the countryside by a relentless and anonymous assailant. As their flight unfolds, the line between cosmic revelation and human paranoia blurs, leading to a tense and emotional confrontation that challenges the boundaries of understanding, science, and survival.“
The film comes from writer-director William Woods and stars Constance Wu, Mark O’Brien, William Fichtner, Callista Crowe, Isaac Smelcer-Zhang, Oscar Hsu, and Murray Furrow.
Maddy Falle, Albert Shin, and Allison White produce. Executive producers include Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, Tom Spriggs, John Hansen III, Patrick Vipond, Jared Blaichman, Jonah Blaichman, and Randall Okita.
The Outer Threat arrives on the heels of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, circling similar territory. The truth about the existence of aliens leads to danger in the trailer below.