Just jumping in to let you know that 8.3 is live now, instead of the original plan to release it next week. This was brought forward unexpectedly and CX is working to get the patch notes updated and shared as soon as possible.
This does mean that the update will release and there will not be patch notes available at the same time.
As soon as they have been updated, we will share them here, on the website and add them to Steam as soon as possible.
Sorry for this weird turn of events, and keep an eye out for the patch notes which will be in their own thread as normal.
Any chance Android notifications are fixed in this patch? Been weeks and ruined another vault weekend of missing out on pet rescues. Insane that it’s taking this long to fix!
I am just going to close this thread, now it is live
So if there are bug reports or feedback, it can be contained either within their own threads or in the patch notes thread once that has been published.
There was a delay it seems with the iOS being approved to show in the app store, so that is the only platform we believe has yet to receive the update.
We want to give you all more context about why the update has dropped so suddenly/early.
We’re all very much heading into the holiday period now and over this period the submission portals for the stores shut down until the end of the holiday period.
We’ve been working on some back end upgrades and changes, this back end work isn’t gameplay related. All gameplay related changes will be in the patch notes for you
This week we were given the option to release the update early into the stores before the holidays, and because of these back end changes and because 8.3 is the last game update for 2024 before the holidays, we decided to accept.
This gives us an extra week to make sure everything is definitely going smoothly before Christmas, so if it’s not, we will have more time to fix it before the portals shut for the holidays. QA has finished already so it is ready for release anyway.
We thought this would mean the update would be released later in the week, but we just got told as we all signed in this morning that it was happening today!
We’re currently awaiting word from the App Store that the update has been released. We’re sorry for the delay to our iOS players (I’m with you on my iphone!), the team over at the App Store are on the case thanks for your patience!
We’re sorry the patch notes aren’t ready (we’re working on getting those published to the blog and Steam now) and that we weren’t able to give you the heads up that the update was dropping today.
We hope you enjoy it and we look forward to hearing your thoughts once you get a chance to play with it
