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Free “Breakpoint” Update for ‘FBC: Firebreak’ Arrives September 29
Remedy Entertainment has revealed details for the first free major update for FBC: Firebreak in Breakpoint. Due out September 29 for all platforms, the update brings systemic overhauls, new action-packed content, and quality-of-life improvements, reshaping the way the game plays. Breakpoint is the first in a series of upcoming updates arriving over the next few months, with a additional updates scheduled for November, and another arriving in March 2026.
The Breakpoint update adds the following new features, content and enhancements:
- Crisis Board – The Crisis Board replaces the Job Board, presenting playable, curated, content in a new way. With this new overhaul, players can easily track the various Crises that appear at different levels around the Oldest House, offering a larger variety of fun gameplay and utilizing level content better than ever.
- Enhanced Gameplay Loop – Each Crisis has more variety than what came before, making FBC: Firebreak more dynamic, less predictable, and closer to the first-responder fantasy at the heart of the game.
- An Improved Onboarding Experience – Remedy has tweaked the new player experience, making it easier to understand the core mechanics and to eliminate previous barriers for entry. This includes a new playable tutorial called “Orientation”, an introduction video which helps set the scene and Job overview videos, which helps players learn about each Crisis.
- New Content – Outbreak – A brand-new Crisis (formerly Job), which is set in the Research sector of the Oldest House. Firebreakers must research and contain a dangerous mold cluster, while battling new enemies. The update also adds three new guns, grenades, cosmetics and much more.
- Gun Improvements – A completely new feature in Breakpoint is the Gun Mod system. Gun Mods have modifiers that make guns more powerful or change their functionality. Each gun has three mod slots, giving you new options for customizing your arsenal.
Improvements have also been made throughout the game, including the way FBC: Firebreak communicates to players, such as improved visual communication of harmful conditions to help players better understand their surroundings and what causes damage, and several other quality-of-life improvements.
The next major update, tentatively titled “Rogue Protocol,” will contain the much-requested cross-platform voice chat and a brand-new game mode.
FBC: Firebreak is available now on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5. And check out Aaron’s review, in case you need a refresher.
If you were wondering just where Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy was all this time, you won’t have to wait much longer. Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Asobo Studio have announced via a new trailer that the game will launch for the Xbox Series, Day One with Xbox Game Pass, as well as PlayStation 5 and Steam on August 27.
Pre-orders are open now, and include the Heritage Pack DLC and an in-game digital artbook.
Set 15 years before A Plague Tale: Requiem, play as Sophia, a fierce young plunderer, on the run and determined to uncover the secrets of her past. Dive into an original story blending combat, myth and fate with a brand new take in the universe of A Plague Tale.
Sophia’s journey leads to the Minotaur’ Island, where she faces deadly trials, navigates treacherous trails, solves puzzles, all while fighting and staying one step ahead of the army chasing her. But the true challenge awaits, as the terrifying creature hidden behind the myth will soon resonate with her.
Followed by many enemies, each drawn to the Island to reclaim a mysterious treasure, you must navigate a treacherous maze. Rely on your agility, tricks and sharp reflexes to outsmart enemies, perfect your parries, and unleash powerful strikes to survive deadly encounters. Players will shift between the Middle Age of Sophia and ancient Minoan times, where echoes of the past shape the battles of the present.
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