PHANTOM GALAXIES™ Steam news

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• Release dateNov 15, 2023
• DeveloperBlowfish Studios
• PublisherBlowfish Studios

Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Blowfish StudiosPublisher: Blowfish Studios

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PHANTOM GALAXIES™ Steam news

PHANTOM GALAXIES™ news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Phantom Galaxies V5.8.0 - 12 May 2025

  Greetings Pilots, We will be updating Phantom Galaxies to version 5.8.0 on Tuesday 13th of May at 2:00 - 4:00pm (AEST). This is simply a bug fix build that will also enable a change to server infrastructure. The update should take approximately 30 mins, during which time the game will be unavailable to play. Thanks for your support of Phantom Galaxies!

• Phantom Galaxies V5.7.4 - 30 October 2024

  General Gameplay: New Patrol: We’ve added a new patrol to the roster; Crystal Caverns (affectionately dubbed internally as ‘Meatballs’). Take to the skies Ranger! New Patrol Modifier - Shield Overload! A new modifier called ‘Shield Overload’ has been added which can be dynamically enabled on any patrol. This modifier will amp your shield’s durability but prevents it from recharging. Be sure to check all active Patrol modifiers and gear up accordingly before heading out. Can you survive the Xanorra without relying on regen? Player Experience and Balancing: Increased Patrol rewards: we’ve significantly bumped up the amount of XP awarded from patrols. Grind those levels up faster and why not pop a consumable while you’re at it. Fixes & Improvements Fixed login issues. Long story short there was a certificate update in one of the external server vendors used which caused the failure to occu…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.6.2 - 26 September 2024

  There is nothing like that new home feeling! That first click of the key in the door, the first time you enter and take in all that surrounds you, the first flush of the john! Well here it is - Your new home IN SPACE - Halberd 2.0! Take your time, walk around, soak it up! General Gameplay: Updated Enemy AI - Xanorra Shredder: The Xanorra Shredder has undergone a facelift as well as some behaviour changes to make them more dangerous and in your face! Beware the Shredder, because if you aren’t careful they’ll shred your starfighter to pieces! Player Experience and Balancing: Halberd renovations are completed! Explore the brand new Command Center, Hangar and Pilot lounge in a refreshed and modern Halberd space station. We’ve also visually updated the terminals making each one easily identifiable. Level cap updates - Avatar and Mech levels have been increased to level 25. Which also means t…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.5.3 - 4 September 2024

  Did someone say Melee? The brand new strike assist mechanic is here to make those melee encounters more dynamic, exciting and effective. Enjoy the thrill of blasting into hand-to-hand combat from greater distances with a speed boost and increased damage. Also, we are pleased to announce the availability of consumables. A range of superpowers that you can purchase and activate for those times you need a little bit more domination. You can now find these in the trading terminals. You can choose between Avatar XP Boost, Mech XP Boost, Health Recovery and Shield Regen abilities. General Gameplay: Trading terminals have new stock! XP bars: XP bars will display on the combat HUD when the player completes a mission, bounty or patrol to give an indication of how much progress they have made.Player Experience and Balancing: Overall the HEAT system has been reworked to make HEAT balancing more of…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.4.2 - 18 July 2024

  Gear up for more! More weapons! More foes! More... surprises! We are expanding your arsenal with new weapons such as the BR5-V “Viperlance” and the K-OH4 “Knight’s Roar”! Think you have got those enemies worked out in Partols? Think again - Xanorra Bracer and Xanorra Slicer variants are incoming! Each with their own strategic advantages. General Gameplay and Balancing: Gear Collection: Rangers IV introduces many new pieces of Gear to collect. Combat Balance Tweaks: Faster melee attacks, missile number changes (buffs to most, nerf to breacher), and decreased Lancer tech ability heat cost. New Deadly Enemies: The Bracer shields other pirates with an Overshield for more defensive power. Take them out first to destroy the overshield. The improved, deadlier Slicer is a long-range sniper with deadly precision. Watch out for its targeting lasers and get out of the way to avoid a devastating bl…

• Phantom Galaxies Nova Update (V5.3.3) - 6 June 2024

  This is a big one Pilots! We are excited to present to you the Nova Update! Expect an amazing new assortment of weapons to add to your Mechas arsenal, a brand new Patrols map with massive improvements to increase replayability, and many quality of life improvements. General Gameplay & Balancing: Gear Collection: Rangers III introduces many new pieces of Gear to collect - including the first Superior and Elite rarity weapons. Max Pilot Level has been increased from 15 to 20, meaning the max Power Level has risen from 75 to 100. General weapon balancing tweaks. Sniper weapons are back, rebalanced and available to all mecha classes. Tutorial revisions have been made for the latest gameplay changes. Note that some new lines have not yet had VO recorded, and will have no audio currently. Player Experience: New player stat bars have been added to the Mecha tab: Pilot XP Levels, Mecha XP Level…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.2.7 - 6 May 2024

  General Gameplay & Balancing: Adjusted values in relation to recoil, bloom and ADS to make shooting more accurate. Fixes & Improvements Fixed bug that affected ship movement and turning. Fixed controller down button causing ship to go backwards. Thank you to the community for all of the feedback provided. We will continue to make adjustments as we progress throughout the game's development.

• Phantom Galaxies V5.2.4 - 30 April 2024

  Pilots, this is a large update! We have introduced key new features such as in-game text chat and keyboard/controller remapping. We have also included a major balance update for range and damage drop-off. But believe me, this is just a taste of what this update holds. Be sure to check out all the new additions and fixes below! General Gameplay & Balancing: Starfighter transform speeds have been greatly increased. New reticles for each weapon type to help the pilot know which gun is equipped in a firefight. Reticle bloom has been added to indicate spread change when firing rapidly. ADS settings have been improved and have been rebalanced, making it faster to aim down. Sniper zoom has been removed. Aiming down sights while in starship form will now automatically transform to mecha form - please note that this means you can no longer ADS while in starship form. Recoil has been added to wea…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.1.3 - 21 March 2024

  Pilots, this update is a big one with some major improvements in tow. Highlights include the introduction of Patrols, our new co-operative multiplayer experience! Accompanying this will be some exciting new changes to the Ranger Track rewards, our first set of new Gear, and a wealth of other bug fixes and quality of life improvements. This update is one worth waiting for - let’s dive into the details! Patrols V1 We are excited to release the first version of Patrols. This will be the foundation for an exhilarating new game mode that we are actively building and developing. The first iteration will reward Credits, XP and Activity Points for completion. Patrols can be run with a team of 2 to 4 players. More details can be found in our supporting Medium articles! Gear Collection: Ranger I The first expansion of Gear is here! Introducing the first set of manufacturer Gear, Ranger I; weapons…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.0.20 - 28 February 2024

  Greetings, Rangers! In this update, Bounties are our primary focus. We have included Starling rewards for completing Bounties, new objectives and conditions, as well as a level requirement to participate in them. We have also squashed some pesky bugs and improved upon the localisation. Check out the details in full below! Bounties Bounties have received a significant update: introducing new types, conditions and rewards. We have included 2 new Bounty Types! These are Mining (search and gather for the specified ore) and Completion (complete other bounties, to complete this bounty) 2 new Bounty Conditions have also been added: “As Form” (getting any kills while in the specified form i.e. Starfighter or Mecha) and “Of Form” (getting PVP kills of players in the specified form i.e. Starfighter or Mecha) Note the form counts as the one that dealt the damage. If you fire a missile and then cha…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.0.18 - 8 February 2024

  Rangers, we have a new update fresh off the press for you! Some key features coming in this update include localisation, improved UI, bug fixes and other improvements. Without further ado, let’s dive into the details! Player Experience: Localisation v1 is now in. Select your language from the Options Menu. Some known issues and items still being worked on; Some items are currently not translated, mainly some menu items, buttons as well as Bounty text. Some items won’t display in their frames correctly and may spill out Other playing, using characters not supported by your language will appear Some translations are inaccurate for the given context and can be confusing Other items include: Updated Starfighter icons to help identify Starfighters. Updated Starfighter ability icons to reflect the actions more accurately. Added information screen for the Weapon and Equipment Perks in the tuto…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.0.17 - 22 January 2024

  Today's patch marks the first update of the New Year! We are super excited to get this update out there for everyone. We have some exciting plans for 2024 so stay tuned! Fixes & Improvements Fixed an issue where after using the hacking drone, players would no longer be able to move their Starfighters Fixed an issue where players would be stuck in a shooting state if they deployed the hacking drone while firing their gun Fixed an issue with loot spawning from defeated enemies in the wrong location Fixed a missing reload indicator that would normally appear around the player’s crosshair Fixed missing animation on the Ultimate Ability cooldown indicator when entering a new shard Fixed Buster Tech Ability not counting for Bounty kill objectives Fixed an issue with asteroids staying highlighted when switching from mining laser to gun Fixed an exploit with Lancer boost not generating Heat aft…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.0.14 - 21 December 2023

  Here at Blowfish Studios, we have been working hard to fit in one more patch before the end of the year! We have focused on quality of life improvements to make the core gameplay more riveting and seamless in this patch. We appreciate all the feedback we have been receiving so far and we will continue to implement changes based on community input. Fixes & Improvements Trading Terminals now stock equipment for you to purchase such as Shield Generators and Power Cores. Mineable Asteroid spawn rate has been rebalanced to decrease time between spawns. Enemy spawn rate has been rebalanced to decrease time required to complete Bounties. Aiming down sights on the controller has changed from holding down the right stick to toggling. Controller aim assist has been updated to be more accurate. We have fixed the issue where after completing the Ranger Activities, a negative value of Activity Point…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.0.12 - 6 December 2023

  We are excited to bring you our second patch since the Early Access Launch! We value all of your feedback and are using it to guide our path throughout the Early Access journey. Fixes & Improvements Missions Wingman Selection: Objective is no longer being auto-completed Search and Destroy: Updated the spawn location bug which was preventing players from landing in the ground mission. Search and Destroy: Now includes a transition to black after the “landing to planet” cinematic finishes Search and Destroy: Fixed issue with charge drones falling to the ground during the battle with Red on Naraka Mercenary Interdiction: Brooksea cruiser radar cones are now transparent, as intended The Parking Lot: Fixed the data corruption bug Quest locations (La Grange Points) will now correctly unlock across all Missions General Gameplay and Balancing Enemies destroyed by the Assault class drone ability…

• Phantom Galaxies V5.0.9 - 23 November 2023

  Thank you all for supporting our Early Access launch! We’ve been monitoring your feedback and reports closely since the release, and the work on Phantom Galaxies has not stopped since we blasted into Early Access. You’ll be pleased to hear that we have just released our first patch! We appreciate the support and feedback. Here’s what we’ve included in the patch: Fixes & Improvements We’ve introduced multiple server improvements and stability fixes. At the time of our launch, we experienced some strain on our servers due to the increased load of players. These have now largely been resolved. Some players noted having interaction issues with Starmap, which we have been able to resolve. Missing locations are still being worked on and will be resolved in a future update. We’ve resolved an issue with the Buster, where on ground missions, the firing of certain guns did not have enough range a…

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