OVERWHELM Steam news

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• Review score85% positive
• Total reviews238
• Release dateJun 11, 2018
• DeveloperRuari O'Sullivan
• PublisherAlliance

Genres: Action, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Ruari O'SullivanPublisher: Alliance

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OVERWHELM Steam news

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

Latest Steam announcements

• Patch 1.0.3 - 17 January 2020

  Hey folks! I've just released a small patch that fixes language support and a few other loose ends. Fixed display of letters with accents in French, Italian, German and Spanish Fixed some crashes that occur in specific languages Fixed a rare crash that could happen after dying to the Kraken Added an option to reset controls to default I'm really sorry about these recent issues when using languages other than English. I'll take extra care testing language support to make sure this doesn't happen again. If you're having any other issues, send me an email at [email protected] and I'll do my best to help :) - Ruari

• ANNIVERSARY UPDATE - 18 July 2019

  We can't believe it's been a year since OVERWHELM came out. Time flies, right? Our reactions may be slowing with age, but at least there's one upside to all these days slipping through our fingers: we can now bring local co-op to OVERWHELM on PC and Mac! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32967895%2F2a907a09defd3e50ec0a7022e4937e33cefcc1f9.gif Bring someone in with a spare gamepad (or one gamepad each) and you'll have more ammunition between you, another gun to rely on if things get tough, and when your partner inevitably gets hit - maybe you'll be able to pick them back up before the Hive finishes you both off. Will any of this help? We're not sure. Hit the CO-OP option on the main menu, and good luck! - Ruari

• HALLOWEEN UPDATE - 27 October 2018

  Greetings! Halloween, like an angry bear in a dark alley, is almost upon us. It's the best season for having a bad time - and I couldn't let that pass without giving OVERWHELM some fresh teeth. Introducing NEW GAME+ For those who have beaten the Hive, here's a new challenge! The post-game NEW GAME+ mode mirrors the map, mixes up the enemy spawns and raises their aggression from the very start. If that wasn't enough, NEW GAME+ decides the order in which you'll fight the bosses and which upgrades the Hive will take first. Every run is different! Additional Features For a little extra fun, there are now shader options in the display menu. Switch the entire game into warm sepia, retro green or a murky midnight blue for a fresh look. (Enemies may blend in more... but that's part of the fun, right?) https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32967895%2F2440444e228b057c77%25E2%2580%25A6

• Mac Stability Fixes - 27 June 2018

  Hey friends! I've just posted a stability fix for Mac users. While the game ran fine on macOS High Sierra, it was crashing on older versions (e.g. El Capitan and Sierra). This is now fixed. I'm sorry we didn't find and fix this sooner. If you've been holding out for a Mac fix, thank you for your patience. Enjoy! - Ruari

• OVERWHELM picked Best of The MIX at E3 2018! - 26 June 2018

  Thank you to everyone who supported OVERWHELM! We're proud to announce that OVERWHELM brought home the honor of being Best of The MIX at this year's E3! (Thus, we've added a shiny new graphic to the Steam page!) Check out OVERWHELM and all the other great games that were featured at The MIX! - http://www.mediaindieexchange.com/e3-2018-mix-highlights/ We can't wait to share what we have in store for the game but we'll have to leave you in tantalizing suspense for now! Please continue to provide feedback, share the game with friends and enjoy the Summer Sale! - Brian

• Sound Options - 14 June 2018

  Hey everyone! Thanks for all of your feedback about the "Last Chance" sound. Stressful experiences are a big part of OVERWHELM, but this aspect clearly wasn't working for everyone. I've added a setting to the Sound menu that changes the volume of the "Last Chance" sound. Hop in there and you can customise it to a level that feels good to you (or turn it off entirely, if you like!). OVERWHELM's a tough game, and it's a stressful game, but even so... we want all of you to have fun. So if there's something stopping you from having fun - besides all the bugs ripping your lungs out - let us know. We'll fix what we can. Happy hunting! xx Ruari

• Launch Week Discount, Thank You & What's Next - 13 June 2018

  Hey everyone, We're so excited to bring you OVERWHELM and launch Untitled Publisher. Please enjoy a 20% launch week discount to celebrate! For all of you already immersed in the action-horror-world of OVERWHELM, thanks so much for the amazing response. If we were going to use a pun about being overwhelmed, we would use it right here. But we won't do that. What we are going to do is keep reading your reviews, discussions and listening to your feedback. We'll have more news about what's to come soon, but the short of it is that we have more plans to update and expand the world and features of OVERWHELM. Until then. -Chris

• Overwhelm (out today) is an unsettling little 2D shooter - 12 June 2018

  Overwhelm is a low-fi platform shooter by solo dev Ruari O’Sullivan, released just last night. Despite fast, twitchy movement and the player’s satisfyingly booming weaponry, it’s an unnerving experience to play thanks to it flipping the script on the very concept of power-ups. That, plus a bundle of visual, audio and mechanical tricks that make it vastly more unsettling to play than any screenshot could convey. (more…)

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